The message was devastating: A whole pallet of food items on its way to our research partner in central Europe had to be discarded due to a broken cool chain. Unfortunately, this was not the first time we saw a whole experiment going down the drain.

The Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research is one of Norway’s most successful institutes in terms of obtaining funding for research and innovation projects in Horizon 2020. The Minister of Research and Higher Education, Henrik Asheim, says he is impressed by Nofima's efforts.

A computer tool now provides fishermen with a visual description of what is happening to fishing and the ecosystem in the ocean, depending on the species and volume they are fishing. Researchers from Tromsø have helped create this through the large-scale MareFrame EU project.