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Aquaculture Technology
Department of Aquaculture Technology performs research projects in the entire farmed fish chain, from fish fry to slaughtering.

News

TEKMAR 2008: annual technology conference for innovation in  Norwegian fishfarming will take place in Trondheim on 2-3 December. Follow the program on www.tekmar.no

September 24, 2007 OATP workshop Offshore Aquaculture in Europe -
‘Next Steps’
is taking place in Dublin, Ireland. Results from the seminar "Future of aquaculture. Technological limitations and challenges" organized by SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture in Oslo 21st of June 2007 will contribute to the general agenda of the international workshop. More information here.

August 14-17, 2007 SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture is represented at AquaNor. Read more 

21st of June 2007 SINTEF and NTNU organize seminar "Havbruk i fremtiden. Teknologiske begrensninger og utfordringer"/"Future of aquaculture. Technological limitations and challenges"  in Oslo . Read more

Last year our institute recieved a grant from the Research Council of Norway to start CREATE - Centre for Research-based Innovation in Aquaculture Technology. Read more

The group of our researchers is initiating  a project proposal in the framework of the EU 7th program. It concerns the prevention of fish escape from sea-based aquaculture. Read more at http://www.sintef.no/preventescape

 



Fields of activity

  • Operation and management
  • Aquaculture constructions
  • Land-based aquaculture systems
  • Logistics, traceability and transport
Products and services
  • Analysis of aquaculture constructions (contact Arne Fredheim)
  • Environmental measurements in fish carriers and net cages (contact Øyvind Prestvik)
  • Equipment testing - strength / material tests and hydrodynamic tests (contact Østen Jensen


Research Projects:

Open Ocean Aquaculture Workshop

Measurements of tension in mooring line, frame lines on a commercial fish farm near the cost of Mid-Norway on-line

Jostein Storøy, Research director

Staff