Projects
Nofima is involved at any moment in several hundred projects, from long-term industrially targeted fundamental research to short innovation projects, where the results are immediately put to use. A few of our projects are presented here. Could you benefit from Nofima’s expertise? Contact us to find out.
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AQUABIOPRO-FIT
AQUABIOPRO-FIT will take residual by-products and convert them into high-quality, functional ingredients using efficient and sustainable processing methods.
1. April 2018 – 31. March 2022
Researcher: Aikaterina Kousoulaki
Commissioner: EU - Horizon 2020
Aquaculture sustainability indicators
A web portal with indicators on the sustainability of Norwegian aquaculture has been developed.
15. May 2016 – 31. December 2021
Researcher: Eirik Mikkelsen
Commissioner: The Norwegian Seafood Research Fund - FHF
AquaIMPACT
AquaIMPACT is a EU-funded research project that integrates breeding and nutrition to increase the competitiveness of the EU's aquaculture of Atlantic salmon, rainbow trout, gilthead sebream and …
1. January 2019 – 31. December 2022
Researcher: Anna Kristina Sonesson
Commissioner: EU - Horizon 2020
AquaVitae
AquaVitae aims to develop solutions for increasing the cultivation of low-trophic species, such as seaweed and sea urchins.
1. June 2019 – 31. May 2023
Researcher: Philip John James
Commissioner: EU - Horizon 2020
ArcticHub
Increasing global competition for natural resources poses major challenges to the Arctic region.
1. August 2020 – 1. August 2024
Researcher: Roy Robertsen
Commissioner: EU - Horizon 2020
Authent-Net
The goal is to facilitate sustainable cooperation between national and international research funding bodies in the area of food authenticity, to improve the competitiveness of the food supply …
1. April 2016 – 31. March 2018
Researcher: Petter Olsen
Commissioner: EU - Horizon 2020
Strategic initiative
BIO4ROBUST
In the BIO4ROBUST project, the focus is on the biology of farmed Atlantic salmon: The aim is a robust fish in a shifting aquaculture industry.
1. January 2020 – 31. December 2022
Researcher: Vasco Mota
Commissioner: Nofima
CMSEdit
Identify and validate candidate genes for CMS resistance in Atlantic salmon through state-of-the-art gene editing.
1. March 2019 – 28. February 2023
Researcher: Binyam Sime Dagnachew
Commissioner: The Research Council of Norway
Coexistence and ripple effects of fish farming, fisheries and fishing tourism in Finnmark
SaRi aims to study coexistence between fish farming, fisheries and fishing tourism in Finnmark, and whether facts about ripple effects affect the coexistence between these parties.
1. February 2019 – 30. June 2022
Researcher: Roy Robertsen
Commissioner: Regional Research Fund Northern Norway RFF
CrispResist
Do Pacific salmon species carry a secret they could share with Atlantic salmon? What is it in the genes that make these relatives of Atlantic salmon less susceptible to lice? Researchers will …
1. January 2021 – 31. December 2024
Researcher: Nicholas Andrew Robinson
Commissioner: The Norwegian Seafood Research Fund - FHF
Strategic initiative
CtrlAQUA
CtrlAQUA is a Centre for Research-based Innovation (SFI) that will lay the foundation for the development of closed-containment concepts of the future. With greater control of the production …
1. April 2015 – 31. March 2023
Researchers: Åsa Maria O. Espmark, Kasper Thøring Juul-Dam
Commissioner: The Research Council of Norway
Strategic initiative
Digital Food Quality
Digital Food Quality (short named DigiFoods) is a centre for research-based innovation (SFI) with the purpose of developing smart sensor solutions for food quality assessment.
1. November 2020 – 31. October 2028
Researchers: Jens Petter Wold, Stine Thøring Juul-Dam
Commissioner: The Research Council of Norway
Strategic initiative
DigitalAqua
How can digitalisation help us assess fish welfare? …
1. January 2019 – 31. December 2021
Researchers: Lars Erik Solberg, Thomas Larsson, Christopher Noble, Ingrid Måge
Commissioner: Nofima
Edulia
Edulia responds to the urgent need of the EU society to find new ways to tackle the escalating issue of obesity, through promoting healthier eating from childhood, within the context of choice.
1. February 2018 – 31. December 2022
Researcher: Paula Varela-Tomasco
Commissioner: EU - Horizon 2020
EthiCatch
During this project, we will be identifying how the use of various types of commercial fishing gear affect the physiology and mortality of cod and thus their welfare and quality. We will also …
1. January 2020 – 20. December 2022
Researchers: Silje Kristoffersen, Geir Sogn-Grundvåg
Commissioner: The Research Council of Norway
EU-China-Safe
In this project, we work to improve food safety and deter food fraud within the EU and China.
1. September 2017 – 31. August 2021
Researcher: Petter Olsen
Commissioner: EU - Horizon 2020
FarFish
One fifth of EU catches originate from non-EU waters. These fisheries are often poorly regulated, management decisions are sometimes based on limited knowledge and enforcement capabilities, compliance …
1. June 2017 – 31. May 2021
Researcher: Petter Olsen
Commissioner: EU - Horizon 2020
FoodProFuture
FoodProFuture aims to develop the necessary knowledge platform for optimal production and utilization of Norwegian plant resources into tasty, healthy and attractive plant-based food products …
1. March 2017 – 28. April 2021
Researcher: Svein Halvor Knutsen
Commissioner: The Research Council of Norway