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New knowledge about ballan wrasse feed

South koreans will not eat lumpfish

Farmed ballan wrasse must not be given this type of feed

Projects

Lumpfish4Food

Sustainable afteruse of lumpfish

2020 - 2023

FutureFish

Sustainable breeding of salmon and lumpfish for robustness under climate change

2017 - 2019

Worth knowing

Worth to know about cleaner fish

Facilities

Research permits in aquaculture

Large scale, commercially beneficial research is being carried out together with the fish farming industry in Southern, Central and Northern Norway as part of Nofima’s research licenses.

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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Giving the consumer a voice in research (12. Jan 2022)

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Can cleaner fish become dinner? (07. Jan 2021)

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Download the Fishwell handbooks (05. May 2020)

Publications

Comparative proximate analysis of wild and captive lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) eggs show deficiencies in captive eggs and possible egg quality determinants

Aquaculture, 2022
Academic article

Environment and feeding for optimal health and survival of cleaner fish in sea cages

2022
Nofima’s reports

Godt fôr til rensefisk, en forutsetning for god helse, velferd og funksjon

Norsk Fiskeoppdrett, 2022
Article in business/trade/industry journal

Optimization of the Balance between Protein, Lipid and Carbohydrate in Diets for Lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus)

Aquaculture Nutrition, 2022
Academic article

Gjenfangst, bedøvelse, avliving og etterbruk av rensefisk (CleanCatch). Sluttrapport FHF-prosjekt 901560

2021
Report

Lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) used as cleaner fish: Characterization and suitability for human consumption

Applied Food Research , 2021
Academic article

Sustainable afteruse of cleanerfish

2021
Nofima’s reports

Nutritional needs and feeding for optimal health and survival of cleanerfish – Part 1 Ballan wrasse

2021
Nofima’s reports

Nutritional needs and feeding for optimal health and survival of cleanerfish

2021
Nofima’s reports

Electric stunning and killing of lumpfish

2021
Nofima’s reports

Technical feed quality influences health, digestion patterns, body mineralization and bone development in farming of the stomachless cleaner fish ballan wrasse (Labrus bergylta)

Animal Feed Science and Technology, 2021
Academic article

Associated Research Areas

Market studies

Aquaculture systems

Farmed fish