Institute of Marine Research

Until October 13, you can follow our videostream live from the seafloor off the Skagerrak coast in southern Norway.

The key to its success is fresh water from the Matre mountains.

The Yellow Sea Model which is based on the Institute of Marine Research's coastal current model is now producing important results for Chinese aquaculture in the Yellow Sea. 

The Soviet research vessel Sevastopol arrived in Bergen on 16 February 1958. On board were eight scholars who were to resume the marine research cooperation that Norway and Russia had established before the Russian Revolution of 1917. Half a year later, Norwegian marine scientists returned the favour by visiting Murmansk.

Reduced emissions to air and water have contributed to a significant decrease in Greenland halibut mercury concentrations from the Norwegian Sea.

Humpback whales are once again abundant in their summer grazing grounds in the western Southern Ocean.