A new way of measuring fish welfare in wild-capture fisheries
When excessive quantities of mackerel are crowded tightly together in the net, the fish experience poor welfare.
Institute of Marine Research
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Launching into an EU project to farm kelp and mussels at offshore wind farms
“As scientists, we have a responsibility not just to find problems, but also to solve them”, says Nils Gunnar Kvamstø, the CEO of the Institute of Marine Research.
New study:
Cod did not abandon their spawning site when exposed to noise from seismic airguns
Across two spawning seasons, researchers have exposed Atlantic cod to powerful blasts from airguns during spawning and tracked the behaviour of the fish. The results have now been published.
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High concentration of trawl marks north of Svalbard
Before surveying the area, scientists expected to find large areas of untouched seabed – and the odd trawl mark left by fishing boats. What they actually found was nothing like that.
What happened to the big saithe we tagged off Lofoten?
One was eaten by a whale, another caught by a local fisherman called Håkon, and three returned to the same spot they were tagged a year ago.
Over 100 observations of string jellyfish reported
This autumn there has been a big increase in the number of string jellyfish along the coast. This colonial jellyfish can reach lengths of up to 30 metres and it can be fatal to farmed fish.
