NIVA Region West
NIVA Region West is located in Bergen.
At NIVA Region West we study and work with coastal possibilities and environmental challenges, including aquaculture, climate change and ocean acidification, blue growth through green restructuring, and sustainability.
The aquaculture industry as an actor in the coastal areas is central: clean food from the sea with reduced organic footprint, new sustainable production methods, new breeding species and new farming concepts.
Key foci
- Aquaculture
- Algae monitoring and toxic algae alerts
- Water quality monitoring and optimalisation
- Localisation of aquaculture facilities and current measurements
- Biodiversity
- Dissemination and mentoring, e.g. at The University of Bergen and the EU-funded ResponSEAble-project
Reference projects
AQUA-USERS: Aquaculture User driven operational Remote Sensing information services
NEXOS: Next Generation Web-Enabled Sensors for the Monitoring of a Changing Ocean
TAPAS: Tools for Assessment and Planning of Aquaculture Sustainability (2016-2020)
Respon-SEA-ble: Sustainable oceans: our collective responsibility, our common interest. Building on real-life knowledge knowledge systems for developing interactive and mutual learning media (2015-2019)
Cluster cooperations
NIVA is a part of NCE Seafood Innovation Cluster
Contact Information
Thormøhlensgate 53 D
5006 Bergen
Tel: (+47) 22 18 51 00
Website: www.niva.no