Development of cod farming in Norway: Past and current biological and market status and future prospects and directions
Atlantic cod is a historically abundant species in the North Atlantic region and has contributed to the prosperity of many nations. But a decline in stocks in the last century has prompted to initiate commercial farming of cod in captive conditions. Several approaches have been employed ranging from...
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ftnofima:oai:nofima.brage.unit.no:11250/2978121 2024-09-09T19:29:52+00:00 Development of cod farming in Norway: Past and current biological and market status and future prospects and directions Puvanendran, Velmurugu Mortensen, Atle Johansen, Lill-Heidi Kettunen, Anne Helena Hansen, Øyvind J Henriksen, Edgar Heide, Morten 2022 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2978121 https://doi.org/10.1111/raq.12599 eng eng Nofima AS: 1090 Reviews in Aquaculture. 2022, 14 308-342. urn:issn:1753-5123 https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2978121 https://doi.org/10.1111/raq.12599 cristin:1999304 308-342 14 Reviews in Aquaculture Peer reviewed Journal article 2022 ftnofima https://doi.org/10.1111/raq.12599 2024-06-27T03:01:21Z Atlantic cod is a historically abundant species in the North Atlantic region and has contributed to the prosperity of many nations. But a decline in stocks in the last century has prompted to initiate commercial farming of cod in captive conditions. Several approaches have been employed ranging from stock enhancement, capture-based aquaculture and intensive cod farming. However, except for the enhancement efforts which were carried out for almost a century, efforts on other methods were intermittent coinciding with lower quotas. Intensive farming was attempted in Norway, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, Iceland and Faroe Islands in the 2000s. But it was carried out hastily to cash in the demand for cod in the market even though there were many biological knowledge gaps that are required for a successful aquaculture venture. The reasons for the failure of commercial farming in Norway during the 2000s were not only because of limited knowledge of the biology of cod but also the economic meltdown in Europe in 2008. Cod farming came to a halt; however, the Norwegian National Cod Breeding Program (NCBP) initiated in 2003 continued to operate and produced a fifth generation of a domesticated cod in 2019. Efforts to fill the gaps and the selective breeding for better growth and disease resistance within NCBP have improved the quality of the juveniles produced. We will discuss the past efforts and reasons for failure in farming of cod, how the current situation looks and the future direction in terms of cod biology, political atmosphere and market. publishedVersion Article in Journal/Newspaper atlantic cod Faroe Islands Iceland North Atlantic Nofima Knowledge Archive (Brage) Canada Faroe Islands Norway Reviews in Aquaculture 14 1 308 342 |
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Atlantic cod is a historically abundant species in the North Atlantic region and has contributed to the prosperity of many nations. But a decline in stocks in the last century has prompted to initiate commercial farming of cod in captive conditions. Several approaches have been employed ranging from stock enhancement, capture-based aquaculture and intensive cod farming. However, except for the enhancement efforts which were carried out for almost a century, efforts on other methods were intermittent coinciding with lower quotas. Intensive farming was attempted in Norway, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, Iceland and Faroe Islands in the 2000s. But it was carried out hastily to cash in the demand for cod in the market even though there were many biological knowledge gaps that are required for a successful aquaculture venture. The reasons for the failure of commercial farming in Norway during the 2000s were not only because of limited knowledge of the biology of cod but also the economic meltdown in Europe in 2008. Cod farming came to a halt; however, the Norwegian National Cod Breeding Program (NCBP) initiated in 2003 continued to operate and produced a fifth generation of a domesticated cod in 2019. Efforts to fill the gaps and the selective breeding for better growth and disease resistance within NCBP have improved the quality of the juveniles produced. We will discuss the past efforts and reasons for failure in farming of cod, how the current situation looks and the future direction in terms of cod biology, political atmosphere and market. publishedVersion |
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Puvanendran, Velmurugu Mortensen, Atle Johansen, Lill-Heidi Kettunen, Anne Helena Hansen, Øyvind J Henriksen, Edgar Heide, Morten Development of cod farming in Norway: Past and current biological and market status and future prospects and directions |
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Development of cod farming in Norway: Past and current biological and market status and future prospects and directions |
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Development of cod farming in Norway: Past and current biological and market status and future prospects and directions |
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