Film about student experiment on sensor shutter

In this film, PhD student Xiaoxue Zhang in CtrlAQUA shows a piece of the methodology behind her research, which is about improving the quality of the sensors used in closed containment systems. See the film here:

“My thesis is about developing materials that can prevent the growth of biofilm and clogging on the sensors…

Annual report 2018

Now CtrlAQUA is half way through the lifetime of the centre, which is from 2015 to 2023. For anyone who are curious of the status and way forward for the research on closed containment aquaculture, this annual report for 2018 is good to read. Please view your preferred version, and enjoy reading! Reader friendly version…

Research and industry well established in the international arena

Chris Good has seen US land-based salmon farming begin to take off during the four years since CtrlAQUA began, with massive facilities being built or in the planning stage. Written by: Reidun Lilleholt Kraugerud for the CtrlAQUA Annual Report 2018 Dr. Good is Director of Research at The Conservation Fund’s Freshwater Institute in West Virginia,…

Many students being educated in CtrlAQUA

Researcher education is an area in which CtrlAQUA can undoubtedly claim success, just half way through the centre’s lifetime. Written by: Reidun Lilleholt Kraugerud for the CtrlAQUA Annual Report 2018 “From a purely quantitative perspective, we can claim success because we have already had eleven out of our fifteen doctoral candidates and twenty-two master’s students…

Are closed containment aquaculture the only solution?

There is a growing interest in closed containment aquaculture (CCA). Many want to know more, and the questions are many: Why do we need CCA? What exactly is CCA? How widespread will they become? Written by: Reidun Lilleholt Kraugerud for the CtrlAQUA Annual Report 2018 ”Closed containment aquaculture come in several varieties. Whether a large…

Safer transfer to the sea

More knowledge about barrier functions in post-smolt salmon can improve fish health and save the aquaculture industry millions. Post-smolt is a generic term for the time immediately after transfer to sea water. It is estimated that 10–20% of all farmed salmon in Norway die between transfer to the sea and slaughter, of which a significant…

Discussed how to produce smolt in the future

330 participants from 10 countries joined the fifth conference on recirculation in aquaculture at Sunndalsøra at the CtrlAQUA and Nofima headquarters. The most recent knowledge on how to best produce large salmon smolt in closed containment systems with recirculation technology was presented, including 17 presentations related to CtrlAQUA. “There is a high degree of innovation…

Research to improve fish health

Stress slows wound healing in fish, according to doctoral work done by Lene Sveen at Nofima. Sveen defends her thesis 30 November 2018 at University of Bergen. She has researched the impact of stress on fish’s ability to heal and to produce mucus. These are important capabilities in both open pens and closed containment aquaculture…

Best presentation award on sea lice detection

Nhut Tran in CtrlAQUA was awarded best presentation at conference about electronics engineering in Vietnam. His presentation was about early detection of attacks by sea lice, more precisely “A secure end-to-end IoT-based water sample collection system for early warning of attacks by sea lice larvae”. The conference where he presented was the 7th International Conference…

Knowledge Update: Future Smolt Production

It’s been ten years since the first Smolt Production in the Future conference took place in Sunndalsøra, Norway. “Back then, we were talking about using recirculation for smolt production. Now we are discussing closed-containment aquaculture and post smolt production.” says scientist Jelena Kolarevic in Nofima, head of the conference. “Even though progress is fast, the…