• Production growth, company size, and concentration: The case of salmon 

      Pandey, Rudresh; Asche, Frank; Misund, Bård; Nygård, Rune; Adewumi, Olugbenga Michael; Straume, Hans-Martin; Zhang, Dengjun (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      The largest companies in salmon aquaculture are rapidly getting bigger due to organic growth as well as mergers and acquisitions, and the largest are now multi-national companies. There are two main explanations for this ...
    • Production growth, company size, and concentration: The case of salmon 

      Pandey, Rudresh; Asche, Frank; Misund, Bård; Nygård, Rune; Adewumi, Olugbenga Michael; Straume, Hans-Martin; Zhang, Dengjun (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-08)
      The largest companies in salmon aquaculture are rapidly getting bigger due to organic growth as well as mergers and acquisitions, and the largest are now multi-national companies. There are two main explanations for this ...
    • Regelrett eller rett regel? Håndtering og praktisering av regelverket for havbruksnæringen 

      Robertsen, Roy; Andreassen, Otto; Hersoug, Bjørn; Karlsen, Kine Mari; Osmundsen, Tonje; Solås, Ann-Magnhild; Sørgård, Bjørn; Asche, Frank; Tveterås, Ragnar (Research report, 2016)
    • Renewable energy in fisheries and aquaculture: Case studies from the United States 

      Scroggins, Rachel E.; Fry, Jillian P.; Brown, Mark T.; Neff, Roni A.; Asche, Frank; Anderson, James L.; Love, David C. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Fisheries and aquaculture are highly reliant on fossil fuels and must transition to renewable energy to reduce carbon emissions and meet global planetary heath goals. Here, we assessed total and renewable energy use in ...
    • Risk Culture and Processes 

      Skutle, Thomas (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IØRP/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-06-15)
      This paper set out to identify and evaluate the risk management tools and processes currently being used by M&MS department and if possible obtain an understanding of the overall risk culture in the organization. The ...
    • Risks Shift Along Seafood Supply Chains 

      Love, David; Nussbaumer, Elizabeth M.; Harding, Jamie; Gephart, Jessica; anderson, james; Asche, Frank; Stroll, Josh; Thorne-Lyman, Andrew; Bloem, Martin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-03)
      Seafood is a highly traded commodity and 71% of the United States (U.S.) supply is imported. This study addresses questions about imported seafood safety and compares risks of outbreaks and recalls across countries of ...
    • Rolleforståelse i prosjektteam i samferdselsavdelingen i Rogaland fylkeskommune 

      Skaar, Knut (Master thesis, 2023)
      Sammendrag Oppgaven handler om organisering av team i samferdselsavdelingen i Rogaland fylkeskommune, med spesielt fokus på rollesammensetning. Helt presist har problemstillingen vært «Hvordan kan rolleforståelsen i ...
    • Salmon Aquaculture in a Global Perspective, a Lesson from Norwegian Regulations 

      Afradi, Karl Stefan (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IØRP/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-12-15)
      The salmon aquaculture is experiencing rapid growth as the worlds need for sustainable sources of protein and fat increases. The Norwegian aquaculture industry is world leading. Over the years several regulatory schemes ...
    • Seafood prices reveal impacts of a major ecological disturbance 

      Smith, Martin D.; Oglend, Atle; Kirkpatrick, A. Justin; Asche, Frank; Bennear, Lori S.; Craig, J. Kevin; Nance, James N. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-01)
      Coastal hypoxia (dissolved oxygen ≤ 2 mg/L) is a growing problem worldwide that threatens marine ecosystem services, but little is known about economic effects on fisheries. Here, we provide evidence that hypoxia causes ...
    • Seasonal Harvest Patterns in Multispecies Fisheries 

      Birkenbach, Anna M.; Cojocaru, Andreea-Laura; Asche, Frank; Guttormsen, Atle; Smith, Martin D. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-01)
      Fishers face multidimensional decisions: when to fish, what species to target, and how much gear to deploy. Most bioeconomic models assume single-species fisheries with perfectly elastic demand and focus on inter-seasonal ...
    • Serving the industry or undermining the regulatory system? The use of special purpose licenses in Norwegian salmon aquaculture 

      Hersoug, Bjørn; Olsen, Marit Schei; Gauteplass, Asle Årthun; Osmundsen, Tonje C.; Asche, Frank (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-05)
      Aquaculture governance can be challenging as a number of stakeholders have different objectives and visions for the industry. A license is an important tool in ensuring an orderly development of an industry, providing ...
    • Stochastic modeling and financial viability of mollusk aquaculture 

      Moor, Jordan; Ropicki, Andrew; Anderson, James L.; Asche, Frank (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Compared to finfish and crustaceans, limited attention has been given to the economic modeling and production risk analysis of mollusk aquaculture. Given mollusk aquaculture's sensitivity to environmental factors, understanding ...
    • Technological innovations promoting sustainable salmon (Salmo salar) aquaculture in Norway 

      Føre, Heidi Moe; Thorvaldsen, Trine; Osmundsen, Tonje Cecilie; Asche, Frank; Tveterås, Ragnar; Fagertun, Jan Tore; Bjelland, Hans Vanhauwaert (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      While highly successful in terms of profitable seafood production, salmon (Salmo salar) aquaculture may also be a source of potential negative environmental externalities. In an attempt to address these challenges through ...
    • Thalassorama : the salmon disease crisis in Chile 

      Asche, Frank; Hansen, Håvard; Tveterås, Ragnar; Tveterås, Sigbjørn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009-12)
      The Chilean salmon farming industry is currently facing unprecedented economic losses related to the infectious salmon anemia (ISA) disease. Production of Atlantic salmon is being reduced from almost 400,000 tonnes in ...
    • The cost of lice: Quantifying the impacts of parasitic sea lice on farmed salmon 

      Abolofia, Jay; Wilen, James E; Asche, Frank (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-04)
      Diseases are an important challenge in aquaculture. However, most of what is known about the effect of diseases comes from laboratory experiments. Using a farm-level data set containing sea lice infestation counts for all ...
    • The fishery performance indicators: A management tool for triple bottom line outcomes 

      Anderson, James L.; Anderson, Christopher M.; Chu, Jingjie; Meredith, Jennifer; Asche, Frank; Sylvia, Gil; Smith, Martin D.; Anggraeni, Dessy; Arthur, Robert; Guttormsen, Atle; McCluney, Jessica K.; Ward, Tim; Akpalu, Wisdom; Eggert, Håkan; Flores, Jimely; Freeman, Matthew A.; Holland, Daniel S.; Knapp, Gunnar; Kobayashi, Mimako; Larkin, Sherry; MacLauchlin, Kari; Schnier, Kurt; Soboil, Mark; Tveterås, Sigbjørn; Uchida, Hirotsugu; Valderrama, Diego (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-05)
      Pursuit of the triple bottom line of economic, community and ecological sustainability has in- creased the complexity of fishery management; fisheries assessments require new types of data and analysis to guide science-based ...
    • The growth and decline of fisheries communities: Explaining relative population growth at municipality level 

      Iversen, Audun; Asche, Frank; Buck, Marcus; Henriksen, Edgar; Stein, Jonas; Svalestuen, Sigbjørn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-02)
      In several countries, maintaining the population of fisheries dependent communities are of major importance in the fisheries governance system. However, most studies investigating the relationship between fisheries and ...
    • The operationalisation of sustainability: Sustainable aquaculture production as defined by certification schemes 

      Osmundsen, Tonje Cecilie; Amundsen, Vilde Steiro; Alexander, Karen A.; Asche, Frank; Bailey, Jennifer Leigh; Finstad, Bengt; Olsen, Marit Schei; Hernandez, Klaudia; Salgado, Hugo (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-01)
      Sustainability certification has become an increasingly important feature in aquaculture production, leading to a multitude of schemes with various criteria. However, the large number of schemes and the complexity of the ...
    • Tools of the trade: trade flexibility with respect to margins and buyers 

      Asche, Frank; Oglend, Atle; Straume, Hans-Martin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Access to highly disaggregated trade data allows for a more nuanced investigation of different margins of trade, and the factors known to influence them. In this paper, the number of importers and shipments to each importer ...
    • Who’s a major? A novel approach to peer group selection: Empirical evidence from oil and gas companies 

      Misund, Bård; Asche, Frank (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-12)
      This study presents a novel approach to selecting comparable companies in equity valuation. While valuation multiples is probably the most common valuation method in practice, discounted cash flow and residual income ...