Ongoing research projects

This study is mainly focus on capacity building in understanding differences in virulence between historical and newer isolates as a mean to manage infectious salmon anemia disease in salmon.

Today, about 92 percent of the raw materials used in Norwegian aquafeeds are currently imported. Shellfish can be a sustainable feed supplement and valuable local marine resource, but are regularly contaminated with algal toxins. The ShellFeed-project aim at providing knowledge about the toxicity of the algal toxins (OA/DTXs and STXs) in salmon after dietary exposure, and potential carry-over of these toxins or their metabolites into fish fillets or by-products.

This four-year project aims at reducing the antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Tanzania from a One Health perspective.

Research on presence of rodenticides in the environment and search for safer options.

NVI is a partner in NAMC - North Atlantic Microplastic Centre (NAMC). NAMC is organized by NORCE Norwegian Research Centre and aims to engage leading researchers nationally and internationally in a joint effort to understand and quantify how much microplastics is in the environment, the risks related to microplastic pollution in our surroundings, and the best ways to manage the challenge. 

PARC is a EU funded partnership for risk assessment of chemicals. Some main aims of the project are to provide new data, methods and innovative tools to those responsible for assessing and managing the risks of chemical exposure and to strengthen the networks, which bring together actors specialised in the different scientific fields contributing to risk assessment.

Research on plastic litter as vector for hazardous fungi and bacteria and the use of fungi to degrade plastic litter.

The Fish for Development Programme in Ghana aims to empower the Fisheries Commission to be in a better position to manage and regulate both the marine fisheries and the aquaculture industry in a sustainable manner. The programme seeks to introduce science-based sustainable management practices to both sectors. Sustainable development will bring long-term socio-economic benefits to the nation.