Annual meeting 2025
The 2025 annual meeting of CRI Dsolve was successfully held in Porsgrunn in the beginning of April.
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Annual meeting 2025
The 2025 annual meeting of CRI Dsolve was successfully held in Porsgrunn in the beginning of April.
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BR Karlsen and two fishing vessels are new partners in Dsolve
An extraordinary general assembly unanimously approved the inclusion of the fishing company BR Karlsen, and the two fishing vessels Vardøyfisk II and Østkapp, as new partners in Dsolve.
Cientists and industry partners – together in Dsolve to develop and test new biodegradable equipment.
SFI Dsolve is researching new materials for fishing and aquaculture gear. See how scientists and industry partners work together in Dsolve to develop and test new biodegradable equipment. This video is produced in collaboration with our research and industry partners.
Retrieval expedition with the FF Helmer Hanssen
This week, Dsolve is on an expedition with the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries to retrieve and document ghost fishing and marine litter caused by fishing activities.
Fishing gear made of degradable materials presented at this year's Nor-Fishing
The work carried out by Sintef to test fishing gear made of degradable materials was presented at this year's Nor-Fishing. The testing of new materials was a theme at the Fishermen's joint stand organized by, among others, the SFI partners Norges Fiskarlag and Norges Råfisklag.
Meet Dsolve at Nor-Fishing
Get to know SFI Dsolve better at Nor-Fishing 2024 in Trondheim next week. Dsolve will be represented both at a stand and on stage during the fisheries fair.
Summer internship in NORSUS
Nora Løvdal Gamnes – master student at Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU – is a summer intern in Dsolve research partner NORSUS. In this article she talks about her experiences as a summer intern and also her master's thesis and the collaboration with Dsolve.
Dsolve represented at the ICES-FAO meeting in St. John's, Canada
SFI Dsolve was present at the annual ICES-meeting in the working group for «Fisheries Technology and Fish Behaviour» (WG FTFB) in St. John’s, Newfoundland 3.- 7. of June. WGFTFB is the largest work group within ICES whit a global network of delegates.
Circumpolar snow crab fisheries
First workshop of the project “Networking for increasing sustainability in snow crab fisheries in the Arctic” in St. John’s Newfoundland, Canada
The first Dr. phil. from Dsolve
PhD student Kristine Cerbule, within Dsolve Research Area 3 (field tests with biodegradable materials), presented the trial lecture and thesis, and held the defense of her thesis at UiT the Arctic University of Norway May 22nd.
Lost fishing gears and ghost-fishing in Latvian waters
A new study has been recently published in Marine Policy on estimation of amounts of abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear (ALDFG) in Gulf of Riga and coastal areas of Latvia in collaboration between UiT The Arctic University of Norway and Latvian Maritime Academy of Riga Technical University.