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Occupational health and safety in Norwegian aquaculture - National profile for a FAO report on global aquaculture OHS
(SINTEF Ocean reports;2017:00822 A, Research report, 2018-06-04)The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) are gathering an overview of the global, regional and national terrain of aquaculture/fish farming occupational health and safety and related social and welfare impacts. This ... -
Occupational health, safety and work environments in Norwegian fish farming - employee perspective
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-07-15)Background Aquaculture workers are exposed to several workplace hazards. Norwegian fish farming has a high occupational injury rate. This article provides new knowledge about workers' perceptions of their health and work ... -
Occupational safety in aquaculture – Part 1: Injuries in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-09-01)This article presents an overview of reported injuries in the Norwegian aquaculture industry focusing on the production of Atlantic salmon and trout, which dominates the fish farming industry in Norway. Two different data ... -
Occupational safety in aquaculture – Part 2: Fatalities in Norway 1982–2015
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-09-01)This article presents an overview of reported fatalities in the Norwegian aquaculture industry focusing on the production of Atlantic salmon and trout, which dominate the fish farming industry in Norway. The data on ... -
Occurrence and tissue distribution of 33 legacy and novel per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in Baikal seals (Phoca sibirica)
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are bioaccumulative and associated with adverse effects in both wildlife and humans. The occurrence of 33 PFASs was assessed in the plasma, liver, blubber, and brain of 18 Baikal ... -
Occurrence, characterisation and fate of (nano)particulate Ti and Ag in two Norwegian wastewater treatment plants
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-09-15)Due to their widespread application in consumer products, elemental titanium (e.g., titanium dioxide, TiO2) and silver (Ag), also in nanoparticulate form, are increasingly released from households and industrial facilities ... -
Ocean acidification effects on mesozooplankton community development: Results from a long-term mesocosm experiment
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-04-14)Ocean acidification may affect zooplankton directly by decreasing in pH, as well as indirectly via trophic pathways, where changes in carbon availability or pH effects on primary producers may cascade up the food web thereby ... -
Ocean futures: Exploring stakeholders' perceptions of adaptive capacity to changing marine environments in Northern Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-09)Globally, the projected increase in sea surface temperature is expected to facilitate large changes in the marine food web, affect coastal communities, marine ecosystem goods and services, global fisheries, tourism, ... -
Ocean plastics and the BBNJ treaty—is plastic frightening enough to insert itself into the BBNJ treaty, or do we need to wait for a treaty of its own?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-05-08)Marine litter, and plastics in particular, is fast rising to the top of the political agenda at all levels of governance. The popular phrase today, evoked at all political meetings, in all speeches and at all cocktail ... -
Oceanic plastic pollution caused by Danish seine fishing in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Wear and tear on fishing gear is a sparsely investigated source of microplastic pollution in the sea. In Norway, Danish seine ropes and trawls are the fishing gears that contribute most to this pollution. The main reason ... -
Oda crude oil – Weathering Properties and behaviour at sea - In relation to oil spill response -
(SINTEF Ocean AS rapporter;2019:01159 A, Research report, 2019-11-01)A weathering study including dispersibility has been conducted on Oda crude oil. This study included a standardized small-scale laboratory testing and a meso-scale flume experiment at 13 °C. The SINTEF Oil Weathering Model ... -
Offshore field experiments with in-situ burning of oil: Emissions and burn efficiency
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)In situ burning (ISB) is an oil spill response technique including ignition and burning to remove oil on the water surface. The technique rapidly and effectively removes large portions of the oil. However, the combustion ... -
Offshore supply planning in a rolling time horizon
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-09-20)This paper presents a real transportation problem stemming from offshore oil and gas logistics and shows how optimization models used in a rolling horizon simulation framework can be very valuable to assess and improve the ... -
Oil droplet fouling and differential toxicokinetics of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in embryos of Atlantic haddock and cod
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)The impact of crude oil pollution on early life stages (ELS) of fish, including larvae and embryos, has received considerable attention in recent years. Of the organic components present in crude oil, polycyclic aromatic ... -
Oil droplet interaction with suspended sediment in the seawater column: Influence of physical parameters and chemical dispersants
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)The interaction of dispersed oil droplets with large diameter suspended particulate materials (SPM) has been little studied. In the current study, particle size, oil characteristics and chemical dispersant significantly ... -
Oil spill containment by use of air bubbles
(SINTEF Fiskeri og havbruk rapporter;A 19518, Research report, 2011-06-16)This report summarizes the activities and results from the research project "Oil spill containment by use of air bubbles". The goal of the pro;ect has been to investigate how air bubble induced flows can be used as a barrier ... -
Oil Spill Contingency and Response Modelling in Ice-Covered Waters
(Chapter, 2018)This paper descibes several updates to SINTEFs Oil Spill Contingency and Response (OSCAR) model, which have significantly improved th emodelling of oil spills in cold and ice-covered waters. In addition to transport of ... -
Oil Spill Field Trial at Sea: Measurements of Benzene Exposure.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-06-08)Objectives: Characterize personal exposure to airborne hydrocarbons, particularly carcinogenic benzene, during spill of two different fresh crude oils at sea. Methods: The study included 22 participants taking part in an ... -
Oil spill identification - OSINET – Round Robin 2016
(SINTEF Ocean reports;OC2017 A-035, Research report, 2017-01-30)The 11 th Oil Spill ldentification Round Rabin test (RR2016) within the Bonn Agreement Oil Spill ldentification Network of Experts (OSINET) has been organized by Rijkswaterstaat, Netherlands. This year's samples, one spill ... -
Oil spill response capabilities and technologies for ice-covered Arctic marine waters: A review of recent developments and established practices
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-12)Renewed political and commercial interest in the resources of the Arctic, the reduction in the extent and thickness of sea ice, and the recent failings that led to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, have prompted industry ...