The Aquaculture Promise

A collaborative arena for sustainable development of aquaculture

The Aquaculture Promotion Initiative will contribute to knowledge-based innovation through co-creation between industry, authorities and research. The aim is to identify and overcome barriers, particularly related to knowledge and its application, and through the development of a unified knowledge base, stimulate new solutions for policy, practice and collaboration.

NCE Seafood Innovation contributes to the project with communication, dissemination and industry contact.

Background
The Aquaculture Promotion is a program that aims to provide a common understanding of problems and solutions that will translate into change in the aquaculture industry and administration. It will contribute to innovation through interaction and synthesis of knowledge from industry, authorities and research.

The program is a collaboration with 5 projects that all have a common main goal of strengthening the implementation of knowledge for the development of the aquaculture industry:

  • Innovation in aquaculture: Barriers and solutions for improved technology development (The Innovation Pledge)
  • From research to improvement in the aquaculture industry (IMPAQT)
  • Area and location access for sustainable aquaculture production (ALBA)
  • Regulations that prevent the implementation of new technology and operating methods in the aquaculture industry – interdisciplinary project in law and biology (RIFT)
  • Bridge building – effective knowledge transfer in the aquaculture industry (HavBroen)

Project goals
The goal is to identify and overcome barriers specifically related to knowledge and its application, and through the development of a unified knowledge base, stimulate new solutions for policy, practice and collaboration. The project will facilitate a collaborative arena that contributes to knowledge-based innovation through co-creation between industry, government and research.

Progress
The project started in June 2025 and will end in September 2027.

In short

Goal: To identify and overcome barriers to knowledge-based innovation through co-creation between industry, government and research.

Period: June 2026 – September 2027

Financing: NOK 7,140,000

Funded by: FHF

Partners:
University of Stavanger (project manager)
Blue Planet AS / Stiim Aquacluster
Institute of Marine Research
NCE Aquaculture AS
NOFIMA AS
NTNU Social Research AS
Salmon Living Lab AS
Sintef Ocean AS
Technology Akvarena / NCE Aquatech
The Seafood Innovation Cluster AS / NCE Seafood
University of Bergen
Veterinary Institute
Åkerblå AS / DNV

Project focus: Innovation through collaboration and synthesis of knowledge from industry, government and research

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