1. Nofima (The Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research) – A Norwegian applied research institute
Dr. Torbjørn Åsgård
Director of research

2. Business idea
Nofima focus on value creation across traditional sector boundaries
Aquaculture and fisheries
Food industry
Agro based industry
Seafood industry
Ingredients
Nofima provides applied research and services based upon customer needs
Nofima is working by engaging research teams in problem solutions
Nofima has an international profile and is actively involved in EU projects

3. Political decision 2005: Appointed an expert group which should suggest reorganization of blue (marine) and green (agri.) research
They suggested:
Make a blue - green synergy in research
Avoid unnecessary competition between public institutes
Separate research for business development and research for public administrative purposes - independence
Efficient utilisation of research facilities and infrastructure

4. Nofima is created through a merger of several applied research organisations January 1st 2008

5. Nofima AS – organization
Shareholders:
Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs 56,8 %
The Agricultural Food Research Foundation 33,2 %
Akvainvest, Møre og Romsdal 10 %

6. Nofima is organized in business units
450 employees
Revenue: approx. € 54 mill
Locations in Norway:
HQ in Tromsø
Research activities in:
Tromsø, Bergen, Stavanger, Ås, Sundalsøra, Averøy

7. Organization

8. takes a holistic approach
Nofima provides research and technology service along the value chain – independent of raw materials
Raw materials
Cereals
Marine
Animal
Vegetables/
fruit
Diary
Applied
Technology
Retail
Raw material
traits
Product
development
Production
Packaging
HoReCa
Logistics
Service
Ingredients
Consumer
science
Cross functional
research teams
takes a holistic approach
to problem solution

9. Aquaculture research through the value chain
Market and
consumer
Slaughter and
processing
Sea water
phase
Fresh water
phase
Brood stock
and eggs
Fish feed
Raw material
Efficiency, quality and food safety

10. Nofima serves several national objectives
Education,
communication
and knowledge transfer
Applied research
and knowledge
gathering
Innovation and
industry development

11. Nofima work in line with the national research priorities
Structural
research
objectives
Internationalization
(Focus on EU, North-America, China and Japan)
Basic research
(with focus on quality and leadership within all areas
but a key focus on mathematics and related science)
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
(both in public and private sector with focus on knowledge based research)
Energy and
Environment
Aquaculture
Food
Health
Thematic
Technologies
ICT
New materials and
nanotechnology
Biotechnology

12. The independent research industry represent an asset to the industry and the society
An objective knowledge supplier with integrity (no other products than knowledge)
Offer a systematic approach and system to solving problems, gather new knowledge and testing important hypothesis
Deep competence in our fields of expertise
A tool for public/private funding of innovation and development
An efficient agent within the complex research and knowledge sector

13. Interaction between research and industry
Extend hypothesis and search for underlying mechanisms
More fundamental knowledge
Development and implementation of new tools
Increased certainty and faster evaluation of causalities
BASIC RESEARCH
NOFIMA
1-20 YEARS
Experimental evaluation of expected causalities
APPLIED RESEARCH
0-5 YEARS
Industry problem
Theoretical evaluation of causality
Improvement at customer
CONSULTANT

14. From basic research to application
Contract research
Project duration of 0,3 – 1 year
Private funding (often included public incentives)
Research projects with industry participation
Long term projects – 1-3 years
Public/private funding
Basic competence building and research
Long term projects – 1-5 years
Public funded

15. What we are and what we do…
Nofima Marin
What we are and what we do…
test

16. Nofima Marin AS – organization

17. Sources of Funding Nofima Marin 2009
Other (1,6%)
Strategic
& Basic Projects
(The Norwegian
Research Council)
Basic Funds
(The Ministry of Fisheries
and Coastal Affairs, The Norwegian Research Council)
25,9%
33,2%
39,2%
Contract work
(Industry, EU7FWP,
Regional, Innovation Norway)

18. Breeding and Genetics Goal:
Establish and improve breeding programmes that will provide profitability in the aquaculture industry
Nofima Marin presentation

19. Breeding and Genetics Quantitative Genetics / Molecular Genetics
Advance desired characteristics such as disease resistance, growth, feed utilisation and muscle quality
Selection through genetic analysis, identification of genetic markers for desired characteristics and family origin
Statistical analyses and models
Develop models for breeding values
Nofima Marin presentation

20. Seafood – process and product development
Goal:
Better raw material handling and production methods in order to achieve improved quality
Nofima Marin presentation

21. Seafood – process and product development
Raw material properties
What significance the raw material’s composition has on further production
Slaughtering and handling of raw materials
Quality assessments with respect to catch damages, slaughtering methods and catch handling
Processing and product quality
The properties and development of different product types in accordance with consumer expectations
Health aspects of seafood
Positive health effects owing to the seafood’s unique content of proteins, fatty acids, minerals and vitamins
Nofima Marin presentation

22. Fish health and marine bioprospecting
Goals:
Better health and welfare
for farmed fish
Utilisation of unknown
properties in marine organisms
Nofima Marin presentation

23. Fish health and marine bioprospecting
Vaccine development
Knowledge about pathogenic bacteria and viruses, modes of transmission, challenge models
Immunology
Knowledge about genes involved in disease defence and development
Environment-related diseases
The relation between farming conditions and the fish’s health (deformations and lifestyle diseases)
Bioprospecting
Characterisation and mapping of the benefit of relevant molecules in marine organisms
Identification of biological markers for health
Nofima Marin presentation

24. Feed and nutrition Goal:
Develop feeds according to demands from fish and consumer based on sustainable resources and cost efficient production
Nofima Marin presentation

25. Feed and nutrition Nutritional requirements and nutritional physiology
Determine nutritional requirements and utilisation at different life stages during the production cycle
Feed ingredients
Evaluate nutritional value of ingredients, the technical properties and content of positive or negative components
Feed formulation and feed technology
Formulate and prepare feeds with designed nutrient content and physical properties
Feeding and growth
Optimal feeding which gives expected growth, health, welfare and minimal loss
Resource evaluation and environmental aspects
Sustainability aspects of ingredients, availability, stability, amounts and price
Nofima Marin presentation

26. Efficient and sustainable production
Goal:
Profitable aquaculture through optimisation and development of aquaculture species and production
Nofima Marin presentation

27. Efficient and sustainable production
Production of juveniles
Operation of the National Cod Breeding Programme, reproductive biology, sexual maturity, broodstock, feed and nutrition
Fish welfare
Environmental preference and tolerance, social interactions, welfare indicators, relation between welfare and health, handling
Environmental integrated production
Effect of farming activities on wild fish, escaping – reasons and effects, diseases and infection, criteria for good locations
Capture-based aquaculture
Live catch and transport, feed and feeding, pre-slaughter recuperation
Industrial production optimisation
Feed and feeding strategies, environment, recirculation, transport, slaughter
Nofima Marin presentation

28. Facilities in Tromsø

30. Austevoll, Bergen

31. Averøy
64 (5x5x5 m) + 20 (7x7x7m)

32. Sunndalsøra Research Station and Centre for Recirculation in Aquaculture

33. Recirculation - Sunndalsøra
Avl
Bedre tilvekst, mer fisk på samme areal/samme vannforbruk
Bedre motstanskraft, redusert antibiotikaforbruk
Under 10 % av verdens oppdrettsfisk er basert på avl (familieseleksjon), resten er basert på ville stammer. Systematisk avl har medført 10 % bedre tilvekst pr generasjon både for laks og tilapia.

34. Pilot plant for meat and fish processing

35. Pilot plant for packaging

36. Consumer studies and sensory analysis

37. Some of Nofimas laboratory facilities
Fish processing
Lab.
Dry lab
Biotech lab
Pilot plant
Pilot
extruder
Fish
X-ray lab
Sensory lab
Tromsø X x
Sunndalsøra
Bergen
Stavanger Ås

38. Thank you for your attention