 Aquaculture Research and Development
Since 2001,
Akvaplan-niva has become increasingly involved in the
administration and coordination of applied and basic research
projects within aquaculture. These projects are supported
primarily by grants from national research councils, Norwegian
Ministries, European Union framework programmes, and internal
company investments.
The primary goal
of our research activities is the optimisation and modernisation
of commercial aquaculture practices and techniques, providing
solutions to problems faced by the fish farming industry. A key
aspect of our research strategy is the direct involvement of
both industry players and academic institutes in the planning
and execution of the projects, resulting in experimental work
that is both scientifically sound and directly relevant to
industry needs. The organisation and supervision of such
cooperative endeavours has allowed Akvaplan-niva to position
itself as an important conduit between academia and industry.
Our active
involvement and continuous dialogue with both the scientific and
business communities also allows us to rapidly evaluate and
utilise new technology and management strategies in operational
fish farming, overseeing the application of results from
experimental set-ups to commercial aquaculture production.
Manipulation of Environmental Parameters and Rearing Conditions
Growth and sexual
maturation are highly complex processes in fish and are influenced by
numerous factors. Of prime interest to the fish farming industry are the
factors that may be controlled under culture conditions in order to
optimise production. The manipulation of environmental factors and
rearing conditions such as temperature, salinity, photoperiod, and feed
ration is currently used as a means to manage these physiological
processes in farmed fish (read more).
Shallow raceway systems
Since the early 1990s,
Akvaplan-niva has drawn experience from its R&D activities to provide
scientific rationale for the development of a hyper-intensive
aquaculture system (read more).
Project examples
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