
PhD
+47 469 54 659
+47 77 62 91 25
vasco.mota@nofima.no
Publikasjoner i Cristin
Tromsø
https://nofima.no/person/vasco-mota/
Forsker
PhD
+47 469 54 659
+47 77 62 91 25
vasco.mota@nofima.no
Publikasjoner i Cristin
Tromsø
Forsker
I work in the Production Biology department within Nofima’s Aquaculture division. My research interest lies primarily in understanding and optimizing the interaction between fish and production systems.
Fish physiology, health, welfare and growth assessment in different production conditions is an important area of my research. Here, I have worked with several aquaculture species including rainbow trout, turbot, Nile tilapia and Atlantic salmon. Recent research includes improvement of Atlantic salmon post-smolt in RAS, within the CtrlAQUA SFI.
Recirculating aquaculture systems are another central part of my research. Here I focus on water quality assessment, including the accumulation of several metabolites (e.g. TAN, CO2, hormones, particles), nutrient mass balances and, system unit (e.g. biofilter, degasser) removal efficiencies.Education: Aquaculture PhD, Wageningen University, The Netherlands; Aquaculture and Fisheries MSc, University of Algarve, Portugal; Biology BSc, University of Lisbon, Portugal.
Davidson, John; Summerfelt, Steven T.; Espmark, Åsa Maria Olofsdotter; Mota, Vasco; Marancik, David; Earley, Ryan L.; Snead, Anthony; Good, Christopher
2021
Stiller, Kevin Torben; Kolarevic, Jelena; Lazado, Carlo C.; Gerwins, Jascha; Good, Christopher; Summerfelt, Steven T.; Mota, Vasco C.; Espmark, Åsa Maria Olofsdotter
2020
Mota, Vasco C.; Nilsen, Tom Ole; Gerwins, Jascha; Gallo, Michele; Kolarevic, Jelena; Krasnov, Aleksei; Terjesen, Bendik Fyhn
2020
Influence of rate of salinity increase on nitrifying biofilms
Navada, Sharada; Vadstein, Olav; Tveten, Ann-Kristin; Verstege, Gerhardus C.; Terjesen, Bendik Fyhn; Mota, Vasco C.; Venkatraman, Vishwesh; Gaumet, Frederic; Mikkelsen, Øyvind; Kamstra, Andries
2019
Effect of CO2 on elemental concentrations in recirculating aquaculture system tanks
Aslam, Shazia Nusrat; Navada, Sharada; Bye, Gisle Roel; Mota, Vasco C.; Terjesen, Bendik Fyhn; Mikkelsen, Øyvind
2019
Mota, Vasco C.; Nilsen, Tom Ole; Gerwins, Jascha; Gallo, Michele; Ytteborg, Elisabeth; Bæverfjord, Grete; Kolarevic, Jelena; Summerfelt, Steven T.; Terjesen, Bendik Fyhn
2019
Effects of high environmental CO2 levels on Atlantic salmon post-smolts
Nilsen, Tom Ole; Terjesen, Bendik Fyhn; Kolarevic, Jelena; Ytteborg, Elisabeth; Ebbesson, Lars O.E.; Handeland, Sigurd O; Mota, Vasco C.
2018
The effect of carbon dioxide on fish growth performance in recirculating aquaculture systems
Stiller, Kevin Torben; Nilsen, Tom Ole; Mota, Vasco C.; Gerwins, Jascha; Gallo, Michele; Ytteborg, Elisabeth; Bæverfjord, Grete; Kolarevic, Jelena; Summerfelt, Steven T.; Terjesen, Bendik Fyhn
2018
Water velocity in commercial RAS culture tanks for Atlantic salmon smolt production
Gorle, Jagan; Terjesen, Bendik Fyhn; Mota, Vasco C.; Summerfelt, Steven T.
2018
15. januar 2020 – 15. februar 2023
Årlig produseres det 344 millioner smolt til lakseoppdrett i Norge. Nå står denne produksjonen foran et stort teknologisk skifte.
1. januar 2020 – 31. desember 2022
I prosjektet BIO4ROBUST er fokus på oppdrettslaksens biologi: Målet er en robust fisk i en havbruksnæring i omstilling.
1. juni 2019 – 31. mai 2023
I 2017 lanserte EU-kommisjonen rapporten “Food from the Oceans”, som spesifikt antyder at marine arter på lavere nivåer i næringskjeden er fremtiden for bærekraftig havbruk.