RAS has almost become an off-the-shelf product, while semi-closed facilities at sea still have a way to go. According to Chairperson Trond W. Rosten, this is the status after eight years of intense research conducted on fish in closed fish farms in CtrlAQUA. Written by Reidun Lilleholt Kraugerud for the CtrlAQUA Annual Report 2022. CtrlAQUA…
This annual report marks the end of eight years of research and innovation in CtrlAQUA SFI. “I believe that a lot of development has taken place during the eight years that the Centre has worked on the topic. The development of RAS and semi-closed systems have made significant improvements, both regarding technological development and how…
An important task for an SFI is to educate students. In 2021 the three PhD students John Davidson, Enrique Pino Martinez and Sharada Navada defended their degrees at the University of Bergen and NTNU. Three central pieces of the puzzle to make closed containment aquaculture off the shelf product, have been placed. Common for the…
Written by: Reidun Lilleholt Kraugerud for the CtrlAQUA Annual Report 2021 The fact that there are few salmon lice in semi-closed fish farms is the main argument for these farms having a future, says Are Nylund, a professor in fish health at the University of Bergen. Nylund has been researching pathogenic organisms in closed fish farms…
In the newly released annual report of CtrlAQUA for 2021, focus has been placed on to what extent CtrlAQUA results have made the closed-containment aquaculture systems more “off the shelf”. Besides containing a sum up of the year, scientific highlights and more, you can meet scientists and students in CtrlAQUA working on key questions: Do…
Raising large salmon smolt in Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS) is pioneering work. Therefore, fish farmers have requested research on how different production strategies for large smolt in RAS affect growth, survival rates, welfare and sexual maturity during the sea phase. Scientists Trine Ytrestøyl from Nofima and Tom Ole Nilsen from the University of Bergen are…
Written by: Reidun Lilleholt Kraugerud for the CtrlAQUA Annual Report 2019 CtrlAQUA has welcomed two new technology suppliers as partners. While the contribution from Atlantium from Israel is to work on treating intake water with UV, the contribution from the Norwegian CreateView is machine learning and artificial intelligence for improved fish welfare. Atlantium Getting Atlantium as…
During the lifetime of a Centre for Research-Based Innovation (SFI), there is a high probability that new challenges emerge and must be resolved in order to achieve the goal. In the case of CtrlAQUA, the ambition is to make closed-containment systems for salmon up to one kilogram into off-the-shelf systems by 2023. Written by: Reidun…
Even before the results of the CtrlAQUA project about optimal production regimes appeared in any report, Grieg Seafood was implementing the knowledge at its RAS facilities in Canada. Written by: Reidun Lilleholt Kraugerud for the CtrlAQUA Annual Report 2019 ”This knowledge from the CtrlAQUA project concerns which light regimes and water qualities provide the best…
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…
