• Low anthropogenic mortality of humpback (Megaptera novaeangliae) and killer (Orcinus orca) whales in Norwegian purse seine fisheries despite frequent entrapments 

  Bjørge, Arne Jostein; Moan, André; Ryeng, Kathrine; Wiig, Jørgen Ree (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)

  Fishery inspector logbooks were used to estimate fishing gear interaction rates for humpback (Megaptera novaeangliae) and killer (Orcinus orca) whales in Norwegian purse seine fisheries for herring from 2011 to 2020. ...

• Dietary selenomethionine reduce mercury tissue levels and modulate methylmercury induced proteomic and transcriptomic alterations in hippocampi of adolescent BALB/c mice 

  Mellingen, Ragnhild Marie; Myrmel, Lene Secher; Rasinger, Josef; Lie, Kai Kristoffer; Bernhard, Annette; Madsen, Lise; Nøstbakken, Ole Jakob (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)

  Methylmercury (MeHg) is a well-known environmental contaminant, particularly harmful to the developing brain. The main human dietary exposure to MeHg occurs through seafood consumption. However, seafood also contains several ...

• Managing size selectivity: the relevance of compulsory and alternative selection devices in the Northeast Atlantic bottom trawl fishery 

  Brinkhof, Jesse; Sistiaga, Manu; Herrmann, Bent; Grimaldo Vela, Eduardo Enrique; Larsen, Roger B. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)

  Two decades of use of the compulsory selectivity gear configuration in the Northeast Atlantic bottom trawl fishery, which consists of a rigid sorting grid followed by a diamond mesh codend, have revealed problems with ...

• Role of the Melanocortin System in Gonadal Steroidogenesis of Zebrafish 

  Navarro, Sandra; Crespo, Diego; Schulz, Rüdiger W.; Ge, Wei; Rotllant, Josep; Cerdá-Reverter, José Miguel; Rocha, Ana (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)

  In teleost, as in other vertebrates, stress affects reproduction. A key component of the stress response is the pituitary secretion of the adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), which binds to the melanocortin 2 receptor ...

• Infaunal and epifaunal secondary production in the BarentsSea, with focus on snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)preyresources and consumption 

  Holte, Børge; Fuhrmann, Mona Maria; Tandberg, Anne Helene S.; Hvingel, Carsten; Hjelset, Ann Merete (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)

  Since the first observation of snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) in the Barents Sea in 1996, the population has increased significantly, supporting a commercial fishery on the Norwegian shelf since 2012. To investigate whether ...

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