Abstract guidelines Aqua Nor 2021

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Abstract guidelines Aqua Nor 2021

Please read these instructions carefully before preparing your abstract. Scroll down to submit your abstract. 


  • The deadline for abstract submission is 1 August 2021.
  • Notice of acceptance will be e-mailed to the submitting author in early August 2021
  • The organisers reserve the right to accept or refuse any abstract, to designate papers as either oral or poster presentations.
  • Session chairs will be responsible for selecting presentations and for the order and build their sessions before and latest soon after the deadline.
  • The submitting and presenting authors must register as a congress delegate and pay the registration fee before 13 August 2021. Abstracts without paid registration fee will not be accepted for the congress. Kjøp billett her  
  • Videos of presentations and posters will be available online in NORFISHING webpages for 2 months after the conference.
  • Oral presentations and selected poster presentations will have the opportunity for publication in an established Research topic: “More Food From the Ocean - Blue is the New Green” in Frontiers of Marine Science, with session chairs acting as Topic editors for the manuscripts
  • If you experience problems in registering the abstract through the web site, please contact the congress organisers by e-mail to aquanor@gyro.no
  • The deadline for abstract submission is 1 August 2021.
  • Notice of acceptance will be e-mailed to the submitting author in early August 2021
  • The organisers reserve the right to accept or refuse any abstract, to designate papers as either oral or poster presentations.
  • Session chairs will be responsible for selecting presentations and for the order and build their sessions before and latest soon after the deadline.
  • The submitting and presenting authors must register as a congress delegate and pay the registration fee before 13 August 2021. Abstracts without paid registration fee will not be accepted for the congress. Register here: https://aquanor.no/kjop-billett/  
  • Videos of presentations and posters will be available online in NORFISHING webpages for 2 months after the conference.
  • Oral presentations and selected poster presentations will have the opportunity for publication in an established Research topic: “More Food From the Ocean - Blue is the New Green” in Frontiers of Marine Science, with session chairs acting as Topic editors for the manuscripts
  • If you experience problems in registering the abstract through the web site, please contact the congress organisers by e-mail to aquanor@gyro.no

Video presentations

  • For oral presentations, recorded video files (e.g., recorded in Zoom or Teams) must be submitted by speakers who received e-mail regarding prerecording before 13 August. Instructions will be sent out together with notification of acceptance.
  • Each oral presenter will have 12 min presentation time, plus 3 min for introductions/questions.

Accepted filetypes: mp4 or mov.
Format: 16:9.

Presentation must be sent to either directly upload (upload site) or via Filemail and send to e-mail aquanor@gyro.no
We strongly recommend using the Upload Site as it will upload directly to Gyro Conference.

Make sure to rename your recording according to this format: lastname_session

Click here to download PDF on how to record in Zoom

Writing guidelines

  • Abstract must be written in English
  • Maximum number of words in total in the abstract body text is 300
  • Abstract text: Please include objectives, method, results, conclusions
  • Do not include tables, graphs or special symbols, references or key words in abstracts

Submission types

You can choose between the following submission types:

  • Oral only
  • Oral preferred
  • Poster

Frontiers of Marine Science

Oral presentations and selected poster presentations will have the opportunity for publication in an established Research topic: “More Food From the Ocean - Blue is the New Green” in Frontiers of Marine Science, with session chairs acting as Topic editors for the manuscripts.

Review criteria

All abstracts will be reviewed by the session chairs using a blind peer review system. The criteria will comprise quality and relevance.

Sessions

There will be 5 sessions available at Aqua Nor 2021. When submitting your abstract, choose one of the sessions below.

Session 1

Exposed aquaculture

Chair: Hans Bjelland, SINTEF Ocean
Co-chair: Ole Folkedal, Institute of Marine Research

This session invites scientific presentations within technology development for robust, safe and efficient fish farming operations, fundamental knowledge about risk factors and key limitations and regulation and stakeholders of novel, exposed farming systems.

Key words: Exposed and offshore aquaculture operations, marine technology, autonomy, fish welfare, risk and safety.

Session 2

Land-based aquaculture

Chair: Kari Attramadal, Nofitech
Co-chair: Olav Vadstein, NTNU

This session invites scientific presentations focusing on production strategies, fish welfare, resource utilization and new technological, including biotechnological, development in land-based aquaculture.

Key words: production strategies, fish welfare, microbial management, biotechnology, water treatment technology, surveillance, automation, operations management, models, waste handling/utilization

Session 3

Feed resources and nutrition

Chair: Mette Sørensen, Nord University
Co-chair: Jørgen Holm, Biomar

This session invites scientific presentations focusing on nutritional quality, feed utilization, pellet quality, sustainability and health of fish fed on novel feed ingredients.

Key words: Sustainable, new feed resources - terrestrial or aquatic, GM ingredients, low footprint, public perception, nutrition and health, food safety, cost benefit, circular economy

Session 4

Food processing and engineering

Chair: Ana Karina Carvajal, SINTEF Ocean
Co-chair: Ragnhild Dragøy, Nofima

This session invites scientific presentations within the following topics: technology development for increased automated processing and raw material utilization, technology, and methods for reduction of food loss, development of ingredients from rest raw materials and underutilized species, new innovative seafood products, and challenges related to the regulatory framework for use of ingredients from new marine resources.

Key words: processing, total utilization, seafood products, marine ingredients, food loss, value chain optimization, reduced environmental food print

Session 5

Enabling technology for aquaculture

Chair: Hanne Digre, ScaleAQ
Co-chair: Martin Føre, NTNU

This session invites scientific presentations in the field of enabling technologies that are of relevance to this session and span a vast range from sensor technology for remote sensing of abiotic and biotic conditions/Internet of Things, through methods in machine learning and mathematical modelling, to interfaces for man-fish communication. Enabling technologies within other topics such as underwater robotics, electrification, and big data are also invited.

Key words: Enabling material technologies, digital technologies, artificial intelligence, machine learning, remote sensing, IOT, sensors, big data, block-chain, biotechnology technologies.