Acronym NA
Category
Fisheries
Title Surveying the occurrence of whitefish in Norwegian waters throughout the year Programme National Programme
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
NA
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source National Coordinator Arne Levsen Coordinator email arne.levsen@hi.no
Coordinator institution
IMR - Institute of Marine Research (Norway)
Institutions involved
NA
Start year 2020 End year 2022 Funding (€) € 353,288 Website https://www.fhf.no/prosjekter/prosjektbasen/901628/ Summary Norway exported 370,000 tonnes of whitefish to a value of NOK 15 billion in 2019. Among these, cod (Gadus morhua) is in a special class and accounted for 180,000 tonnes to a value of over NOK 10 billion. Like other marine fish species, codfish are also usually infected with the larvae of parasitic nematodes, called kveis in Norwegian. The two most important species in fish from our waters are Anisakis simplex and Pseudoterranova decipiens both of which can cause acute stomach/intestinal disease or trigger allergic reactions if eaten alive. In recent years, the Norwegian whitefish industry has had several challenges related to kelp, primarily because of the repulsive effect of kelp when it appears in large quantities in a product. Such cases can be very damaging to the reputation of Norwegian producers of whitefish in the various markets. The project targets the various sectors in the whitefish industry with their need for knowledge about the occurrence of scum in whitefish as a basis for further production and processing.
Main objective:
To survey the occurrence of scum in cod, tusk and pollack. The main weight of the kelp surveys is placed on the kelp types Anisakis and Pseudoterranova in all three fish species.
Sub-goals:
• Surveying cod, tusk and pollack from the main catch areas in the Barents Sea and the Norwegian Sea, as well as along the coast of Northern Norway and Southern/Western Norway, over the course of a year. A total of 1,180 fish will be examined for quail, divided into 600 cod, 400 tusk and 180 sei.
• Map the occurrence of ""visible gills"" in the fillets of all three types of fish.
Keywords
Cod;
Parasite;
Tusk;
Fish;
Biology;
Whitefish;
Marine Region
13
Northern North Sea (27.IVa)
14
Skagerrak, Kattegat (27.IIIa)
42
Barents Sea (27.I)
41
Norwegian Sea (27.IIa)
4
Marine Region Map
