• Factors influencing production loss in salmonid farming 

      Pincinato, Ruth Beatriz; Asche, Frank; Bleie, Hogne; Skrudland, Aud; Stormoen, Marit (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-02)
      Using a unique dataset, this paper investigates factors influencing production loss in Norwegian salmonid farming. The factors can be grouped into fish-specific factors (e.g. species, genetics, and generation), input factors ...
    • The future looks like the past: Introgression of domesticated Atlantic salmon escapees in a risk assessment framework 

      Glover, Kevin; Wennevik, Vidar; Hindar, Kjetil; Skaala, Øystein; Fiske, Peder; Solberg, Monica Favnebøe; Diserud, Ola Håvard; Svåsand, Terje; Karlsson, Sten; Berg Andersen, Lasse; Grefsrud, Ellen Sofie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-06)
      Escapes of domesticated fish from aquaculture, followed by interbreeding with wild conspecifics, represent a threat to the genetic integrity and evolutionary trajectory of natural populations. Approximately fifty years of ...
    • Implications of Entry Restrictions to Address Externalities in Aquaculture: The Case of Salmon Aquaculture 

      Soini, Vesa-Heikki; Øglend, Atle (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-10)
      This paper investigates production license management when regulation constrains the number of production licenses to address production externalities. This is increasingly relevant for aquaculture production where disease ...
    • Recent trends in salmon price volatility 

      Øglend, Atle (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-08)
      Since the start of intensive salmon farming, salmon has become an increasingly cheaper source of protein. Salmon has transitioned from a relative luxurious food item to a staple part of everyday diets. For most of the 1980s ...
    • Salmon trout, the forgotten cousin? 

      Landazuri-Tveteraas, Ursula; Oglend, Atle; Steen, Marie; Straume, Hans-Martin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-12)
      This study investigates potential economic reasons why the production of trout is maintained in Norway by analyzing prices and production for Norwegian Atlantic salmon and trout. The species Atlantic salmon dominates the ...
    • 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 ...