Public Policy Improvements to Norwegian Salmon Aquaculture Operations – A Case Study
The aquaculture industry is an important food production industry both in Norway and around the world. As a young industry, it is still developing and growing. Industry-wide challenges exist, including but not limited to idle capacity, lice infestations, an inability to reach the maximum allowed fis...
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ftunivbergen:oai:bora.uib.no:1956/18269 2023-05-15T15:32:38+02:00 Public Policy Improvements to Norwegian Salmon Aquaculture Operations – A Case Study Mcconnell, Erica Jane 2018-06-28T22:00:13Z application/octet-stream application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/1956/18269 eng eng The University of Bergen https://hdl.handle.net/1956/18269 Copyright the author. All rights reserved. aquaculture system dynamics atlantic salmon salmo salar case study casestudie fish farming salmon farming Norwegian aquaculture 733199 Master thesis 2018 ftunivbergen 2023-03-14T17:41:55Z The aquaculture industry is an important food production industry both in Norway and around the world. As a young industry, it is still developing and growing. Industry-wide challenges exist, including but not limited to idle capacity, lice infestations, an inability to reach the maximum allowed fish biomass and long and risky periods of salmon growth in the sea. This paper focuses on public policy solutions which when implements would improve the problematic behaviour in the industry. To study these challenges, a model has been constructed, using the method of system dynamics. The model is a case study, and is built based on the real-life aquaculture operation of Osland Havbruk AS in the Sogn og Fjordane region of Norway. This model first reproduces the normal behaviour of the fish farm, and pinpoints the location of the problems in the operation. Then, the model is tested for validity, compared to real-life data and analyzed to ensure it is recreating the correct behaviour for the correct reasons. Policies are then created and experimented with which help improve the problematic behaviour of idle capacity, not reaching the maximum allowed biomass and long periods of salmon growth in the sea. Though this paper focuses on public policy improvements, it also looks at the effects these would have on the population of lice in the fish farm. Master's Thesis in System Dynamics GEO-SD350 Master Thesis Atlantic salmon Salmo salar University of Bergen: Bergen Open Research Archive (BORA-UiB) Norway Osland ENVELOPE(-130.161,-130.161,54.137,54.137) Sogn ENVELOPE(-21.133,-21.133,63.994,63.994) |
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The aquaculture industry is an important food production industry both in Norway and around the world. As a young industry, it is still developing and growing. Industry-wide challenges exist, including but not limited to idle capacity, lice infestations, an inability to reach the maximum allowed fish biomass and long and risky periods of salmon growth in the sea. This paper focuses on public policy solutions which when implements would improve the problematic behaviour in the industry. To study these challenges, a model has been constructed, using the method of system dynamics. The model is a case study, and is built based on the real-life aquaculture operation of Osland Havbruk AS in the Sogn og Fjordane region of Norway. This model first reproduces the normal behaviour of the fish farm, and pinpoints the location of the problems in the operation. Then, the model is tested for validity, compared to real-life data and analyzed to ensure it is recreating the correct behaviour for the correct reasons. Policies are then created and experimented with which help improve the problematic behaviour of idle capacity, not reaching the maximum allowed biomass and long periods of salmon growth in the sea. Though this paper focuses on public policy improvements, it also looks at the effects these would have on the population of lice in the fish farm. Master's Thesis in System Dynamics GEO-SD350 |
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Mcconnell, Erica Jane |
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Mcconnell, Erica Jane |
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Mcconnell, Erica Jane |
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Public Policy Improvements to Norwegian Salmon Aquaculture Operations – A Case Study |
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Public Policy Improvements to Norwegian Salmon Aquaculture Operations – A Case Study |
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Public Policy Improvements to Norwegian Salmon Aquaculture Operations – A Case Study |
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Public Policy Improvements to Norwegian Salmon Aquaculture Operations – A Case Study |
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Public Policy Improvements to Norwegian Salmon Aquaculture Operations – A Case Study |
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public policy improvements to norwegian salmon aquaculture operations – a case study |
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The University of Bergen |
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2018 |
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ENVELOPE(-130.161,-130.161,54.137,54.137) ENVELOPE(-21.133,-21.133,63.994,63.994) |
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Norway Osland Sogn |
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Norway Osland Sogn |
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Atlantic salmon Salmo salar |
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Atlantic salmon Salmo salar |
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