• Autonomous Monitoring and Inspection Operations with UUVs in Fish Farms 

      Kelasidi, Eleni; Su, Biao; Caharija, Walter; Føre, Martin; Pedersen, Magnus Oshaug; Frank, Kevin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      In this study, a general control framework for autonomous operations in highly complex and dynamically changing environments such as fish farms is proposed and experimentally validated. Since fish farms feature an environment ...
    • Biomonitoring using tagged sentinel fish and acoustic telemetry in commercial salmon aquaculture: A feasibility study 

      Føre, Martin; Frank, Kevin; Dempster, T; Alfredsen, Jo Arve; Høy, Erik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-08)
      We tested if it is technically feasible to monitor fish in real-time in full-scale commercial fish farms using acoustic telemetry. 31 Atlantic salmon were equipped with acoustic transmitter tags containing depth sensors. ...
    • Controller Analysis in Real-Time Hybrid Model Testing of an Offshore Floating System 

      Vilsen, Stefan Arenfeldt; Sauder, Thomas Michel; Føre, Martin; Sørensen, Asgeir Johan (ASME 2018 37th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, Volume 7B: Ocean Engineering;OMAE2018-77859,, Chapter, 2018-06-25)
      This paper presents an experimental study using Real-Time Hybrid Model (ReaTHM) testing of a moored floating cylindrical buoy, conducted in a wave basin. ReaTHM testing is a method for studying the dynamics of marine ...
    • Fish welfare based classification method of ocean current speeds at aquaculture sites 

      Jónsdóttir, Kristbjörg Edda; Hvas, Malthe; Alfredsen, Jo Arve; Føre, Martin; Alver, Morten; Bjelland, Hans Vanhauwaert; Oppedal, Frode (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-06-06)
      A major trend in marine aquaculture is to move production to more exposed sites with occasionally rough ocean current events. However, it is unclear whether fish will thrive in these extreme environments, since thorough ...
    • From Industry 4.0 to Smolt 4.0 - Current Status, Industry Challenges and Directions for Optimized and Sustainable Production 

      Eilertsen, Espen; Haugaløkken, Bent O. A.; Føre, Martin; Aarsland Mulelid, Mats; Svendsen, Eirik; Magne Sunde, Leif; Kelasidi, Eleni (Preprint, 2023)
      The recent growth and development in salmon farming in Norway has led to a need for more robust and larger smolt/post-smolts. New and larger smolt production plants have been constructed to serve this need. However, these ...
    • Heart rate and swimming activity as stress indicators for Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) 

      Svendsen, Eirik; Føre, Martin; Økland, Finn; Gräns, Albin; Hedger, Richard David; Alfredsen, Jo Arve; Uglem, Ingebrigt; Rosten, Carolyn; Frank, Kevin; Erikson, Ulf Gøran; Finstad, Bengt (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-01-30)
      We investigated the relationship between telemetry measurements of heart rate and swimming activity and the physiological status in farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) to assess the potential to use telemetry measurements ...
    • Identification of spectral signature for in situ real-time monitoring of smoltification 

      Svendsen, Eirik; Volent, Zsolt; Schellewald, Christian; Tsarau, Andrei; Bjorgan, Asgeir; Venås, Birger; Bloecher, Nina; Bondø, Morten Steen; Føre, Martin; Jónsdóttir, Kristbjörg Edda; Stefansson, Sigurd Olav (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      We describe the use of an optical hyperspectral sensing technique to identify the smoltification status of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) based on spectral signatures, thus potentially providing smolt producers with an ...
    • An integrated approach for monitoring structural deformation of aquaculture net cages 

      Su, Biao; Kelasidi, Eleni; Frank, Kevin; Haugen, Joakim; Føre, Martin; Pedersen, Magnus Oshaug (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The majority of present marine finfish production is conducted in flexible net cages which can deform when they are subjected to water movements generated by currents. The ability to monitor net deformation is important ...
    • Kalman estimation of position and velocity for ReaTHM testing applications 

      Mehammer, Eirill Bachmann; Føre, Martin; Sauder, Thomas Michel; Chabaud, Valentin Bruno; Parisini, Thomas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Offshore wind power research is a rapidly growing field, because of the present climate crisis and increasing focus on renewable energy. Model testing plays an important role in the risk and cost analysis associated with ...
    • Modelling how the physical scale of experimental tanks affects salmon growth performance 

      Føre, Martin; Alver, Morten; Alfredsen, Jo Arve; Senneset, Gunnar; Espmark, Åsa Maria Olofsdotter; Terjesen, Bendik Fyhn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-10-01)
      In this study, we explored the potential of using mathematical models for studying the effects of physical scale of production units on the growth performance of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.). Atlantic salmon are typically ...
    • Novel tag-based method for measuring tailbeat frequency and variations in amplitude in fish 

      Warren-Myers, F.; Svendsen, Eirik; Føre, Martin; Folkedal, Ole; Oppedal, Frode; Hvas, Malthe (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      The tailbeat frequency (TBF) together with tailbeat amplitude (TBA) of fish are tightly correlated with swimming speed. In addition, these parameters can be used as indicators of metabolic rate and general activity level, ...
    • NumSim - Numerical simulation of complex systems involving interaction between elements with large and varying stiffness properties 

      Kristiansen, David; Føre, Martin; Aarsæther, Karl Gunnar; Fredheim, Arne (SINTEF Fiskeri og Havbruk reports;A27066, Research report, 2015-07-31)
      This report is a short summa ry of the research activity and results obtained in the project Numsim - Numerical simulation of complex systems involving interaction between elements with large and varying stiffness properties. ...
    • Optical measurement of tissue perfusion changes as an alternative to electrocardiography for heart rate monitoring in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) 

      Svendsen, Eirik; Økland, Finn; Føre, Martin; Randeberg, Lise Lyngsnes; Finstad, Bengt; Olsen, Rolf Erik; Alfredsen, Jo Arve (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Background: Welfare challenges in salmon farming highlights the need to improve understanding of the fish’s response to its environment and rearing operations. This can be achieved by monitoring physiological responses ...
    • Precision fish farming: A new framework to improve production in aquaculture 

      Føre, Martin; Frank, Kevin; Norton, Tomas; Svendsen, Eirik; Alfredsen, Jo Arve; Dempster, Timothy David; Eguiraun, Harkaitz; Watson, Win; Stahl, Annette; Sunde, Leif Magne; Schellewald, Christian; Skøien, Kristoffer Rist; Alver, Morten; Berckmans, Daniel (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-11-14)
      Aquaculture production of finfish has seen rapid growth in production volume and economic yield over the last decades, and is today a key provider of seafood. As the scale of production increases, so does the likelihood ...
    • Using acoustic telemetry to monitor the effects of crowding and delousing procedures on farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) 

      Føre, Martin; Svendsen, Eirik; Alfredsen, Jo Arve; Uglem, Ingebrigt; Bloecher, Nina; Sveier, Harald; Sunde, Leif Magne; Frank, Kevin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-10-01)
      The aim of this study was to demonstrate the feasibility of acoustic telemetry for monitoring fish during farm operations and gather knowledge about Atlantic salmon responses during crowding and delousing events in a ...