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The Research Council has carried out a mid-term evaluation of KABIS and the project received a score that exceeded the other ongoing capacity building projects. This has granted the project funding for a new three-year period. The project continues the work of strengthening ongoing activities and initiatives and build a lasting structure that can continue after the project is completed in 2023.

Koronapandemien klarte ikke å ta knekken på det som har utviklet seg til å bli en svært gjev konkurranse for oppstartsselskaper i havbruksnæringen. Nå håper juryen å få en vanskelig jobb.

Dangerous levels of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) in recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) has become an increasingly bigger challenge, one that causes economic losses of several million Norwegian kroners for affected farmers. KABIS researchers are working on a solution that can solve H2S related fish deaths and simultaneously reduce other risks.

This autumn, KABIS submitted a mid-term evaluation to the Norwegian Research Council, showing results and deliveries in the project. The evaluation shows, among other things, that the project is on track in the areas of competence and knowledge development. The project has carried out an extensive boost of various subjects and courses at UiB and HVL, and it has provided increased professional capacity.

NOKUT has approved the application to establish a new vocational school within recirculation aquaculture systems (RAS).

This fall StartupLab arranged the ideathon '2030 Bergen', and the cluster is thrilled to see Lerøy taking the winning idea to the next step because innovation is key to enabling sustainable growth in the seafood industry!

The seafood industry is growing and increasingly knowledge-intensive. Taking part in the Seafood Trainee program helps secure key talents and competency to your company.

In order to accommodate a more environmentally friendly aquaculture industry that also improves fish welfare, an imminent goal is to reduce the duration of the sea-phase in salmon farming.

Each fish farm must count sea lice on fish from every cage weekly and the numbers are reported to the authorities as an integral part of the sea lice management program. Each company obviously uses the numbers for their own internal sea lice management programs.

To help realize the Government's ambitions for increased visibility of Norwegian sustainable solutions, a number of agents have joined forces to develop a showroom for the ocean industries, aiming to increase exports and business opportunities for Norwegian industries, as well as facilitating delegation visits and strengthening the role of Norway as a global ocean nation.

SWIMFIT received funding from the Norwegian Research Council in 2019 and will be exploring the effect of swimming training on smolt.