This report summarizes the findings from a price experiment survey on the willingness to pay (WTP) for salmon produced using new production systems in salmon farming in three countries (Norway, Canada and Scotland). This includes land-based, floating closed containment cages and offshore production systems. The results revealed that consumers preferred salmon produced using conventional (traditional) ...

I denne artikkelen undersøker vi hva som, tross lave søkertall og negativ medieomtale, motiverer unge mennesker til å studere sykepleie. Studien setter søkelys på skillet mellom altruistisk og egennyttig motivasjon, og sammenligner dessuten sykepleiestudenter på bakgrunn av deres kjønn, alder, tidligere arbeidserfaring og hvilken prioritet de ga studiet da de søkte. Kvantitative data ble samlet ...

Seabirds are vulnerable to bycatch in longline fisheries but for most species the impacts are largely unknown. To address this knowledge gap, studies can estimate bycatch directly using observations or calculate the theoretical risk of bycatch using overlap indexes. Here we quantify the scale and risk of bycatch of northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) in the Norwegian offshore longline fishery using ...

Unintended continuous capture or so-called “ghost fishing”, by abandoned, lost, or otherwise discarded fishing gear produces negative environmental impact on marine life and nature conservation. The risk of ghost fishing in pots could be high due to potential self-baiting resulting from mortality of ghost fished catch. Self-baiting may increase ghost fishing by further attracting marine organisms, ...

There is an urgent need to promote a sustainable entrepreneurial mindset in Higher Education (HE) across fields and disciplines, to address the deficit of new and innovative value creation activities and bring about necessary transformations towards sustainability. This can be strategically achieved by educating new generations of entrepreneurs in tackling the sustainability challenges of our times ...

Rural public policies are important and contested in many countries. Politicians and administrations often have high ambitions for both spatial policies (e.g. maintaining demography, local work, businesses etc.) technological development (modernisation, increased productivity etc.), while production tend to be limited by markets (as in the case of agricultural productions) or resources (as in e.g. ...

Common sole (Solea solea) is an economically important species in several European trawl fisheries, yet little is known about the size selective properties of codends used in bottom trawl fisheries targeting sole. This study presents results from a sea trial conducted in the inner Danish waters where common sole is fished in a seasonal trawl fishery using a 90 mm diamond mesh codend with a mandatory ...

Zooplankton are keystone organisms that provide a critical link between primary production and higher-order predators in the marine food web, as well as facilitating the sequestration of carbon within the ocean. In this context, there is considerable interest in the detection of zooplankton swarms from satellite ocean color signals. However, for this to be possible, accurate inherent optical ...

How do online students manage to balance studies, jobs, and private life – and yet succeed with their studies? Online studies typically attract students in jobs who seek to formalize their competence. Based on qualitative research design, this article sheds light on the academic learning of online students who attend a full-time program. Our focus narrows down to the inaugural class of online ...

Contamination from petroleum products and hydrocarbons is one of the major sources of pollution worldwide. The use of plants or microbes to reduce pollution is called bioremediation and is a cheap and environmentally friendly alternative to mechanical or chemical clean-up. A good understanding of native plants and microbes is required to implement bioremediation. In this study, the common and ...