• Aquaculture subsidies in the European Union: Evolution, impact and future potential for growth 

      Guillen, Jordi; Asche, Frank; Carvalho, Natacha; Fernandez Polanco, Jose M; Llorente, Ignacio Martín; Nielsen, Rasmus; Nielsen, Max; Villasante, Sebastian (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-06)
      Through its structural funds the European Union (EU) has invested €1.17 billion in the aquaculture sector over the period 2000–2014. In addition, the EU plans to spend a further €1.72 billion on the sector over the period ...
    • Climate Risk in Norwegian Aquaculture 

      Friestad, Malin; Gjessing, Martin Tiller (Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-06)
      Climate change poses significant challenges on a global scale, and financial impacts could be caused both directly through natural disaster and indirectly through a transition to a lower- carbon economy. Climate change and ...
    • Delivering the Goods: The Determinants of Norwegian Seafood Exports 

      Straume, Hans-Martin; Anderson, James L.; Asche, Frank; Gaasland, Ivar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-01)
      Seafood is the world’s most traded food product. In recent years, aquaculture has become an increasingly important part of seafood production, facilitating increased trade. However, despite evidence that fish farmers have ...
    • Dependence of Profitability on Time, Sector & Region across Aquaculture Value Chains in Norway 

      Khan, Bakhtawar (Masteroppgave/UIS-HHUiS/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-07-08)
      About 71% of earth is covered in water and 96.5% of this water is held by the oceans. (USGS, 2019). However, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that only about 2% of this ...
    • 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 ...
    • The impact of the different treatment methods, time and production zones on the adult female lice 

      Göktürk, Gözde (Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-07)
      The aquaculture sector is ever-growing since the 1980s, however, several challenges influence the growth of the industry. One of the core issues is the parasites, named “sea louse”, that attach to the fish and deteriorate ...
    • Innovation in the Norwegian aquaculture industry 

      Afewerki, Samson; Asche, Frank; Misund, Bård; Thorvaldsen, Trine; Tveterås, Ragnar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-11)
      Global aquaculture production has grown very rapidly in recent decades. This is largely due to a number of innovations that has increased the control with the production process and competitiveness. These innovations come ...
    • Investment analysis under uncertainty: a case study of investment in fish farming technology 

      Hogstad, Malin (Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06)
      The Norwegian Aquaculture industry is facing great environmental problems, where the Norwegian Government have limited the production potential in the industry until these challenges can be resolved. New technology and ...
    • 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 ...
    • Områdesamarbeid i norsk havbruk 

      Karlsen, Kine Mari; Robertsen, Roy; Hersoug, Bjørn; Tveterås, Ragnar; Osmundsen, Tonje Cecilie (Nofima rapportserie;, Research report, 2019-11)
      Rapporten beskriver funn fra områdesamarbeid i norsk havbruk i FHF-prosjektet "Havbruksforvaltning 2030". I denne studien er områdesamarbeid definert som "Samarbeid mellom to eller flere næringsaktører i havbruk innenfor ...
    • 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 ...
    • Research-based innovation for sustainable development: the case of aquaculture 

      Coffay, Matthew Mark; Tveterås, Ragnar (Chapter, 2023)
      Cutting emissions and preserving biodiversity requires innovations and investments at a scale and speed with no historical peacetime precedent. The challenges are complex, with a need for new knowledge and innovation which ...
    • 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 ...