SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture

Summer internship

06.02.2013 We are searching for students who will be working on various projects with follow-up of our project managers. Summer jobs are starting in June and lasts for 8 weeks. We require you to work 6 of the 8 weeks and will do our best to help our students become a good summer team. During the...

Value created from productive oceans in 2050

14.12.2012 The potential for increased value creation in Norwegian biomarine industry is huge. In a new analysis says a task force appointed by the two science academies NTVA and DKNVS that it is possible with a turnover of 550 billion in 2050, a sixfold increase from today. The working group...

Underwater robot with needle and thread

08.06.2012 Underwater operations in aquaculture cages with a diameter of 157 meters, is time consuming and dangerous work. Now researchers from SINTEF is developing an underwater robot that can perform systematic and effective cleaning and inspection and also be able to repair damage to the nets...

Projects

Salmon farming in closed systems: preliminary project

The pilot project will form the basis for better decisions on investments in - and research needs for - the production of salmon in closed systems. At the same time it is expected that the knowledge summary will contribute to a fact-based debate about this type of system.

Development of ROV as a tool for automated simultaneous net operations in aquaculture cages

Within the offshore industry ROV has replaced most underwater operations. ROV technology is increasingly used within aquaculture, for operations such as mooring inspection, cleaning and inspection of nets. The technology has not been further developed and tailored for the typical farming...

Ph.D project on safety in the fishing fleet

This project use anthropological method and theory to study the health and safety in the fishing fleet.