SINTEF Ocean projects

The focus of EXPLOIT is to improve the sustainability of the intensive fish farming industry by integrating cultivation of mussels and seaweed with traditional salmon aquaculture.

The electronic quality manual for pelagic fish was designed in the project "Pelagic quality - from ocean to plate," which was a larger collaborative project ended in 2006 with participants from across the pelagic chain. The handbook is now revised.

Recent environmental considerations, as salmon lice, escape of farmed fish and release of nutrients, have prompted the Norwegian aquaculture industry to consider the use of closed fish production systems. The use of such systems is amongst other...

The focus of APROPOS is to develop novel eco-efficient bio-mechanical processing solutions to enrich intermediate fractions from industrial high protein and oil-containing process residues originating from agriculture and fisheries.

The proportion of herring that are filleted has increased from 30% to 50% from 2003 to 2010, and it is expected that it will increases in future. This project will develop a system that takes out the individual fractions from the fillet to make use...

The current methods of measurement for quantity of bait in the catch does not give a correct picture of the danger of belly bursting. The objective of the project is to develop an accurate and objective measuring instrument.

Norway has the opportunity to develop the macroalgae cultivation to a new, large industry. Industrial cultivation of macroalgae gives many opportunities within the production of bioenergy, food and health food, chemicals, and contributes to...

This is a multidisciplinary project which focuses on new sensor technologies and automation processes for sustainable food and fishing industry. Methods and tools which will be developed in this project will be used for quality control and grading of...

In order to improve reliability related to operation of flexible risers there is need for cooperation, improvements and systematic work. The starting point should be an industry consensus of what is the current status and secondly promote and obtain...