We’re thrilled to announce that BTN will receive funding for two major research projects through the Norwegian Research Council (NFR). These projects - CARE-COD and ROPES - will deepen our understanding of how marine ecosystems respond to rapid environmental change, from the high Arctic to the fjords of western Norway. CARE-COD: Cod Evolution in a Changing World The CARE-COD project turns its lens to the Atlantic cod, a species central to Norwegian fisheries and now facing t

Over the next decade, the Norwegian road agency plans dumping of tunnel masses at different locations in Sørfjorden from the development...

Last summer, we tagged 26 gorgeous thornback rays in Osterfjorden, just a bit north of Bergen. Most of them were captured with rod and...

At the end of August, we spent three intense and exciting days at Finse, carrying out the first phase of the COLD pilot project to...

We’re excited to share that our new paper is out, where we tracked the movements of sea-run brown trout (or sea trout/anadromous brown...

Before summer, PhD students Saron Berhe and Erlend M Hanssen took part in the NoWPaS workshop, a five day international workshop for PhDs...

Historically, Norwegian rivers have been associated with the fascinating Atlantic salmon fish species. This salmonid has become...

PhD Candidate Lotte S Dahlmo visited two early career researchers at VLIZ in Belgium this week. In the fall of 2023, Lotte Pohl and David...

During spring and early summer, Saron and Lars Martin have been out in field maintaining our receivers that are located in the city...

In fall 2024 we received the news that the application for the PUFFINS project was accepted and will receive funding by the Norwegian...

In January, the BTN team together with colleagues at NORCE and other partnering institutes in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Canada...

We received great news from Save Our Seas Foundation that the Ghost Track project will be funded. The ghost shark, Chimaera monstrosa ,...

We are now in 2025 and are halfway through our otter project - RePress. The motivation behind this project stems from the reemerging...

We are excited to share our latest research on how infections impact wild fish! Pathogens - organisms that cause disease - are known to...

Fieldwork in the Arctic presents new challenges for us. One morning we were met by two new guests on the beach blocking the way to the...

As this season’s fieldwork in BOATS project draws to a close, we’ve truly enjoyed the mostly sunny days at Puddefjorden and Store...

We recently received amazing news from the Norwegian Research Council (NRC) that our 'Pressures of Urbanisation on Fish and Fisheries in...

We have now completed the first year's fieldwork in the NICE project in Svalbard. We have had several successful field trips, including...

In September and October, we are tagging migrating silver eels in Storelva in Tvedestrand, Southern Norway. We have previously documented...

In the end of September, our PhD candidate Lotte presented results from her first PhD chapter at the 2024 OTN Symposium hosted by Ocean...