Outbreak of cardiomyopathic syndrome (CMS) in farming sites has helped in uncovering genetic QTL markers for this disease. CMS field outbreak mortality from a Marine Harvest site indicates that genetic markers on two chromosomal regions might confer stronger survival and robustness to CMS.

An important property of the packaging is to protect the salmon fillets and, in order to attain the best possible quality and desired shelf life, the fillets must also be protected from oxygen. Packaging must be dependable A significant proportion of the exported salmon fillets are packed into ‘big batches’, i.e. packages containing 10-12 kg […]

Does stating on the package that the product is eco-friendly help to promote sales? Project Blueshell is testing how products containing residual raw materials such as seafood shells can most easily be introduced into the market.

One in three households in Norway are classed as being in the premium segment. They are willing to pay at least 10% more for super- fresh cod – that is, cod sold less than 48 hours after slaughtering.

On Monday on behalf of the Centre for the Ocean and the Arctic, Nofima’s director Øyvind Fylling-Jensen signed an agreement with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The parties will, among other things, cooperate on issues related to marine pollution, especially the vast amount of plastic that ends up in the seas.

The results from Nofima’s research are unequivocal: live-stored cod for salted fish should not be salted until rigor has passed.

With a PhD in the rather narrow field of enzymatic hydrolysis in copepods, Birthe Vang thought she might have a hard time finding a job. Then Peptek was established.

The combination of concrete, applied research and freedom to push science forwards appeals to Carl Emil Aae Eskildsen, a postdoctoral researcher in Spectec.

The results from the strategic research initiatives are already so good that the Managing Director of Nofima, Øyvind Fylling-Jensen, would like to start up more.

Nofima is investing over NOK 8 million kroner a year of its internal funds to develop cutting-edge expertise in selected research fields. The goals for this initiative are both bold and ambitious: Nofima Food Research Institute shall be commercially useful, relevant, innovative, and at the forefront of international research within spectroscopy technology and peptide technology.