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Profitable cod farming requires high sales prices

Sterile farmed salmon have a good life

Unlocks genetic value of feed intake

Breeding cod for faster growth

Progress in breeding provides basis for profitable cod farming

Breeding for more omega-3 in salmon

Cod is threatened by ocean acidification

Three strategies for adapting farmed fish to climate change

Collaboration strengthened salmon disease findings

“Major advances in modern breeding”

Record survival of juvenile cod

Projects

MacroALGAQUA

Increasing sustainable macroalgae production in Norway to provide food/feed ingredients

2021 - 2023

Genomics4Robust

Integrating genomics resources for robust fish for the future

2021 - 2023

Development of SNP array for cod

2020 - 2022

SeaMark

Seaweed-based market applications

2022 - 2026

Breeding programme for cod

2001

NoLice

Novel tools and knowledge for a future with no lice infestations in Norwegian aquaculture

2021 - 2024

NewTechAqua

New solutions for sustainable aquaculture research and innovation

2020 - 2024

MedAID

Aquaculture growth in the Mediterranean

2017 - 2021

FISHBOOST

Improving European aquaculture by advancing selective breeding to the next level

2014 - 2019

Facilities

Centre for Marine Aquaculture

The centre and its associated marine facility are designed for breeding cod, but also offer outstanding facilities for other types of trials with cod and other marine species.

Tromsø Aquaculture Research Station

The Aquaculture Research Station, of which we are part-owners, provides experimental facilities suitable for all types of experiment on fish and shellfish.

Research Station for Sustainable Aquaculture

At this land-based research station at Sunndalsøra with fresh water, seawater and recirculated water, we can carry out biological and technological experiments along the complete aquaculture value chain.

Press releases

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New members join a team working to reduce the problem of salmon lice in fish farming (29. Aug 2022)

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Green transition at the 2022 smolt conference (18. Aug 2022)

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Strong faith in farmed cod (12. Mar 2019)

Publications

Overcoming barriers to breeding for increased lice resistance in farmed Atlantic salmon: A case study from Norway

Aquaculture, 2022
Academic article

Predicted strong genetic gains from the application of genomic selection to improve growth related traits in barramundi (Lates calcarifer)

Aquaculture, 2022
Academic article

Current status and potential of genomic selection to improve selective breeding in the main aquaculture species of International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) member countries

Aquaculture Reports, 2021
Academic literature review

Development of cod farming in Norway: Past and current biological and market status and future prospects and directions

Reviews in Aquaculture, 2022
Academic literature review

Estimates of recent and historical effective population size in turbot, seabream, seabass and carp selective breeding programmes

Genetics Selection Evolution, 2021
Short communication

Summer Is Coming! Tackling Ocean Warming in Atlantic Salmon Cage Farming

Animals, 2021
Academic article

Development and testing of a combined species SNP array for the European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) and gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata)

Genomics, 2021
Academic article

Development and validation of a combined species SNP array for the European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) and gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata)

bioRxiv - the preprint server for biology, 2020
Article in business/trade/industry journal

A genetic solution for tackling white spot syndrome virus in shrimp

The Fish Site thefishsite.com, 2020
Article in business/trade/industry journal

Associated Research Areas

Breeding and genetics