• 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 ...
    • The impact of parasitic sea lice on harvest quantities and sizes of farmed salmon 

      Zhang, Dengjun; Sogn-Grundvåg, Geir; Tveterås, Ragnar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-07)
      Sea lice infections are recognized as a primary challenge for both salmon farming and adjacent stocks of wild salmon and sea trout, triggering strict regulations at farm sites and in larger coastal production areas. In ...
    • 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 ...
    • New pathways for organic waste in land-based farming of salmon: The case of Norway and Denmark 

      Sandvold, Hilde Ness; Gregg, Jay Sterling; Olsen, Dorothy Sutherland (Chapter, 2019)
      Demand for farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) has been increasing dramatically. Simultaneously, the industry faces increasingly large ecological challenges with the grow-out phase at sea. As a result, and with the aid ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...