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This week and next, we’re on tour with the “On wild Paths" project.Together with Einar Hallstensen Catering AS, we are visiting restaurant and food studies programs at upper secondary schools in Troms and Nordland. Here, students encounter ingredients, challenges, and opportunities they may not have worked with before:
- What should we do with species like pink salmon?
- Can sea urchins become a resource?
- And what role will the chefs of the future play in the sustainable management of the ocean?
We connect culinary education, nature, and hands-on practice, showing how challenges in ecosystems can also become new opportunities in the kitchen. The goal is to give students concrete experiences and inspire them to think differently about ingredients, resource use, and the role they themselves can play in the future. The tour is supported by Troms County Municipality (Arktis 2030), the SNN Foundation, the Norwegian Directorate for Education and Training (Udir), the Research Council of Norway, and the Norwegian Fishermen’s Sales Organization (Norges Råfisklag).
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We look back on inspiring and rewarding days during this year’s general assembly in the Blue Connect project.
The project addresses the need to protect and restore marine habitats and ecosystems — and to achieve ambitious international targets for protection and restoration by 2030.
Last year, SALT brought the partners together in Raet National Park here in Norway. This year, the gathering took place in Spain, where, among others, fishermen in Cabo Roche near Gibraltar have taken the lead in developing solutions to preserve fish stocks.
Commissioned by FHF, SALT, the Institute of Marine Research, and Menon Economics will compile existing knowledge on shrimp fishing in the Oslofjord. SALT is leading the project, which will present its findings by the end of January next year. The aim is to provide a more precise overview of trawling areas and gear development, identify knowledge gaps, and assess the economic consequences of new no-fishing zones.
-FHF expects the project to contribute updated knowledge on shrimp fishing, enabling both the industry and authorities to make future decisions based on a solid data foundation, says Rita Naustvik, Head of Fisheries, Coexistence and Framework Conditions at FHF.
A deposit-refund scheme for fishing pots in commercial fisheries is unlikely to have a significant effect, according to a new report commissioned by FHF – Norwegian Seafood Research Fund and prepared by Menon Economics and SALT.
Loss of pots in commercial fishing is often caused by factors beyond the control of fishers, such as weather conditions and ocean currents. A deposit scheme is therefore expected to have limited impact on behaviour in the commercial fleet. Instead a dedicated cleanup fee could be a more targeted and effective measure.
At the same time, a deposit schemes may have a positive effect in recreational fishing. It therefore recommends testing such a scheme through a pilot project.
SALT will now assess key issues that need to be clarified before a potential pilot can be launched.
More information about the project is available in a press release from FHF – Norwegian Seafood Research Fund.
