- Research Professor+47 92290372
This project investigates how and to what extent new policy instruments serves to promote innovation and environmentally sustainable production in Norwegian fish farming.
It will study the new Traffic Light System, which divides Norway into 13 production areas and uses infection pressure on wild salmon as the basis for deciding whether industry actors are allowed to increase (green light), freeze (yellow light) or reduce (red light) production growth. The project will also study the scheme for development permits, which supports big and capital-intensive innovation projects, as well as the aquaculture fund, which transfers state revenues to regional and local authorities.
The goal of the project is threefold:
- Firstly, it will evaluate how these new instruments interact with each other as well as existing regulations and public administration.
- Secondly, it will study how they contribute to innovation, focusing particularly on genetics (breeding for more lice-resistant fish) and technology (the development, demonstration and commercialization of entirely new production methods).
- Thirdly, the project will investigate and compare the politics of policy implementation within three selected production areas (attributed a red, yellow and green light respectively).
Based on these studies, it seeks to explain differences in environmentally sustainable production between production areas, and evaluate how policy design, implementation and public administration can be improved to secure more environmentally sustainable fish-farming in Norway.
Project period: 2019-2024
FNI PROJECT LEADER
FNI PARTICIPANTS
- Research Professor+47 92290372
- Research Professor+47 97168296
- Research Professor+47 97690518
- Deputy Director / Research Director Climate and Energy+47 97540217
- Research Professor+47 47477405
- Researcher+47 99716657
Research Council of Norway, HAVBRUK2 Programme
PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS
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Journal of Applied Ecology, available online 27.06.2024, 12 p. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.14712
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Aquaculture International, published online 31.08.2023, 17 p. DOI: 10.1007/s10499-023-01270-w
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Journal of Fish Biology, published online 06.06.2023, 24 p. DOI: 10.1111/jfb.15470
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Journal of the World Aquaculture Society, Vol 54, No 2, 2023, pp. 364-396.
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Marine Policy, Vol 138, April 2022, 7 p. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2022.104987
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Aquaculture, Vol 548, 2022, 11 p.
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Aquaculture, published online 04.10.2020. DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.736000
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Tidsskrift for rettsvitenskap, Vol 154, Nos 2-3, 2020, pp. 264-305. In Norwegian.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
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Dagens Næringsliv, July 3, 2024. In Norwegian.
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World Aquaculture, June 2024.
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Dagens Næringsliv, August 14, 2023. In Norwegian.
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Science Norway, October 19, 2022.
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Forskning.no, September 30, 2022. In Norwegian.
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Ung.forskning.no, September 28, 2022. In Norwegian.
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Norsk Fiskeoppdrett, no. 11, 2019.
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FNI Report 3/2019. Lysaker, FNI, 2019, 40 p. In Norwegian.
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Dagens Næringsliv, 18.10.2019. In Norwegian.
RELATED RESEARCH AREA(S)
IN MEDIA
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Canada’s Limits on Sea Lice in Salmon Farms Don’t Measure Up
Hakai Magazine, December 7, 2023.
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- Ingen eller liten effekt av strengere lusegrenser
Kyst.no, 04.12.2020. In Norwegian.
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I strid med det Stortingets intensjon: Miljøreform vasker oppdrettsnæringen grønn
Apollon, forskningsmagasin fra UiO, 09.11.20. In Norwegian
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Ingen miljøeffekt av strengere lusekrav (No environmental impact from stricter lice regulations)
IntraFish, 28.10.20. In Norwegian.
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Lusekrav i oppdrettslaks gir ingen effekt (Lice requirements in farmed salmon have no environmental effect)
Dagsnytt 18 NRK2, 22.10.20, Debattinnslag. In Norwegian.
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Grønn vekst i blå næring? ('Green growth in a blue economy?')
Norsk Fiskerinæring, edition 11/12 2019.
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Hvordan løse miljøproblemer samtidig som man øker produksjonsvolumene i oppdrettsnæringen ('How to solve environmental problems while increasing production in the salmon farming industry')
ilaks.no, 13.11.2019. In Norwegian.
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Slik jobber Mowi for å få fram den beste stamfisken ('How Mowi works to produce the best broodstock')
Ilaks.no, 8.11.2019. In Norwegian.
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Mener nye lusemetoder plager fisken ('New de-licing methods are hurting the fish, experts warn')
Bladet Vesterålen, 25.10.2019. In Norwegian.
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Fra luftslott til lakseløsninger ('From fairytale projects to salmon solutions')
Dagens Næringsliv, 24.10.2019. In Norwegian.
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Er havmerdene et stort luftslott? ('Are ocean farms fairytale projects?')
Fiskeribladet Fiskaren, 23.10.2019. In Norwegian.
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- Det er viktig å ta vare på de mindre aktørene ('- It's important to take care of the smaller players')
Kyst.no, 23.10.2019. In Norwegian.
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Luftslott og one hit wonders? Really? ('Illusions and one hit wonders? Really?')
Ilaks.no, 22.10.2019. In Norwegian.
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Store uenigheter om fersk rapport ('Big disagreements on new report')
Kyst.no, 22.10.2019. In Norwegian.
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– Jeg er forundret over at det går an å lage rapporter uten å innhente opplysninger og erfaringsdata fra de det angår ('- I'm surprised one can publish reports seemingly without gathering information and experience from those involved')
Ilaks.no, 21.10.2019. In Norwegian.
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- Havmerder kan være kostbare luftslott ('Ocean farms could turn out to bee too costly')
Metal Supply, 21.10.2019. In Norwegian
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Forskere mener havmerder kan bli «kostbare luftslott» ('Researchers warn ocean farms could become too pricy')
Vesterålen Online, 21.10.2019. In Norwegian.
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Forskerne mener havmerdene kan bli en stor skraphaug: – Vi kaller det one hit wonders, eller kostbare luftslott ('Researchers warn ocean farms could end up being scrapped: - We call them 'one hit wonders')
Ilaks.no, 20.10.2019. In Norwegian.
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Sjømat Norge om forskerrapport: – For tidlig å felle dom over utviklingsprosjektene før de er testet ut og evaluert ('Sjømat Norge on research report: Too soon to evaluate salmon farming development projects')
Ilaks.no, 21.10.2019. In Norwegian.
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Forskere mener oppdrett til havs er «kostbare luftslott» ('Researchers warn ocean farming could be pricy and unrealistic')
IntraFish, 21.10.2019. In Norwegian.
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Rapport: De store oppdretterne tjener på havbrukspolitikken ('Report: Big salmon farmers are gaining from aquaculture policies')
Sysla, 21.10.2019. In Norwegian.
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Havmerdene er «one hit wonders» og «kostbare luftslott», ifølge kritisk rapport ('Ocean farms could become 'one hit wonders' and 'pricy fairytales', report concludes')
Teknisk Ukeblad, 18.10.2019. In Norwegian.
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Forskere slår alarm om nye miljøkrav for laksenæringen ('Experts warn against new environmental requirements in the salmon industry')
Dagens Næringsliv, 18.10.2019. In Norwegian.