The purpose of this paper is to introduce and solve a planning problem faced by shipping companies operating in a special segment of tramp shipping called project shipping. Project shipping differs from other more traditional tramp segments because the cargoes are more unique and usually transported...
... Aquaculture of carnivorous fish species in sea-cages typically uses artificial feeds, with a proportion of these feeds lost to the surrounding environment. This lost resource may provide a trophic subsidy to wild fish in the vicinity of fish farms, yet the physiological consequences of the...
The main objectives of the study were to (a) assess the effect of perimortem stress on blood drainage, (b) compare the efficiency of gill cutting and direct gutting as bleeding methods, and (c) compare pre- and postrigor filleting strategies for presence of residual blood in Atlantic cod fillets...
The study was carried out to evaluate three microalgae as potential nutrient sources in diets for monogastric animals. In a digestibility experiment with adult mink (Mustela vison), the microalgae Nannochloropsis oceanica, Phaeodactylum tricornutum and Isochrysis galbana were fed at 60, 120 and...
... Background: Ecological traps form when artificial structures are added to natural habitats and induce mismatches between habitat preferences and fitness consequences. Their existence in terrestrial systems has been documented, yet little evidence suggests they occur in marine environments. Coastal...
In an investigation into their potential ecological role(s), a group of mainly diterpene isonitriles, nine in total, isolated from the tropical marine sponge Cymbastela hooperi, and the sesquiterpene axisonitrile-3, isolated from the tropical marine sponge Acanthella kletra, were evaluated in a...
All marine operations have steps where the dynamic behavior changes in a transient way. In fact – it is the purpose of every operation to make changes. A process dominated by transient or highly non–linear response must be analyzed differently from a stationary case. The applicability and...
... Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to describe a new slaughter line for industrial slaughtering of salmonid fish. Traditionally, slaughtering of farmed salmonids salmon and rainbow trout was done manually by bleed cutting with knives. Using the new slaughter line that includes 3D machine vision...
A dynamical model for simulating growth of the brown macroalga Saccharina latissima is described. In addition to wet and dry weights, the model simulates carbon and nitrogen reserves, with variable C/N ratio. In effect, the model can be used to emulate seasonal changes in growth and composition of...
Hydrodynamic interaction effects between two ships going ahead in regular deepwater waves were numerically studied during typical maneuvers for ship-to-ship (STS) operations, such as lightering, replenishment, etc. Such maneuvers are usually classified as potentially hazardous situations, due to the...
I dette prosjektet ble sammensetningen av fiskeslam fra ulike resirkuleringsanlegg for settefiskproduksjon undersøkt. Slam fra Smøla Klekkeri og Settefisk sitt anlegg på Smøla, Marine Harvest sitt anlegg på Tustna og Nofima sitt anlegg på Sunndalsøra ble analysert for innhold av tørrstoff...