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The Barents Sea
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The Barents Sea is one of the world’s most productive sea areas, supporting varied benthic communities and large populations of fish, seabirds and marine mammals. It is still clean and rich in resources, but is under pressure from human activity, climate change and acidification.
Tool technology - NYTEK
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New technical standard requirements were introduced on 1 January 2012 for floating fish farms and for the main elements included in these farms.
Biomass
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In order to control production, biomass is used to determine the weight of a given volume of fish in fish farms.
Prepared for the unthinkable
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Since oil production began in the North Sea in 1971, an oil spill has never reached land. But it could happen. Therefore, Norway has the most comprehensive oil spill response in the world.
Searching for oil with sound waves
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Seismic surveys are used to provide a picture of the earth's crust as it appears below the surface. This is the first step in the search for oil and gas.
Licensed to drill – and produce
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Much oil and gas still lies concealed on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS), and many companies want a slice of this cake. Their entry ticket is a production licence (PL) from the government.