• Assessment of the risk to Norwegian biodiversity and aquaculture from pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha). Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Alien Organisms and Trade in Endangered Species of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment 

      Hindar, Kjetil; Hole, Lars Robert; Kausrud, Kyrre Linné; Malmstrøm, Martin; Rimstad, Espen; Robertson, Lucy; Sandlund, Odd Terje; Thorstad, Eva Bonsak; Vollset, Knut; de Boer, Hugo; Eldegard, Katrine; Järnegren, Johanna; Kirkendall, Lawrence Richard; Måren, Inger Elisabeth; Nilsen, Erlend Birkeland; Rueness, Eli Knispel; Nielsen, Anders; Velle, Gaute (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The Norwegian Environment Agency and the Norwegian Food Safety Authority asked the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment to assess the risk to Norwegian biodiversity, to the productivity of native salmonid ...
    • Comparisons of reproductive function and fatty acid fillet quality between triploid and diploid farm Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) 

      Murray, D.S.; Kainz, M.J.; Hebberecht, L.; Sales, K.R.; Hindar, Kjetil; Gage, Matthew J.G. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Triploidy could prevent escaped farm salmon breeding in the wild, while also improving nutrient quality within farmed fillets. Despite these potential advantages, triploid Atlantic salmon have not been widely used in ...
    • Escaped farmed Atlantic salmon grow, migrate and disperse throughout the Arctic Ocean like wild salmon 

      Jensen, Arne Johan; Karlsson, Sten; Fiske, Peder; Hansen, Lars Petter; Hindar, Kjetil; Østborg, Gunnel Marie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013)
      This paper describes the first observations of escaped farmed Atlantic salmon Salmo salar in the Arctic Ocean. Among 138 individuals of Atlantic salmon captured at the west coast of the Spitsbergen Island at Svalbard in ...
    • Escaped farmed Atlantic salmon in Norwegian rivers during 1989–2013 

      Diserud, Ola Håvard; Fiske, Peder; Sægrov, Harald; Urdal, K.; Aronsen, Tonje; Lo, Håvard; Barlaup, Bjørn Torgeir; Niemela, Eero; Orell, P.; Erkinaro, J.; Lund, Roar A.; Økland, Finn; Østborg, Gunnel Marie; Hansen, Lars Petter; Hindar, Kjetil (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      We report on the data from an extensive monitoring programme for the occurrence of escaped farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in Norwegian rivers for 25 years. This monitoring started as a 3-year research programme in ...
    • Evaluating the Ryman–Laikre effect for marine stock enhancement and aquaculture 

      Waples, Robin S.; Hard, Jeffrey J.; Hindar, Kjetil; Karlsson, Sten (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      The Ryman–Laikre (R-L) effect is an increase in inbreeding and a reduction in total effective population size (NeT) in a combined captive–wild system, which arises when a few captive parents produce large numbers of ...
    • Gene flow from domesticated escapes alters thelife history of wild Atlantic salmon 

      Bolstad, Geir Hysing; Hindar, Kjetil; Robertsen, Grethe; Jonsson, Bror; Sægrov, Harald; Diserud, Ola Håvard; Fiske, Peder; Jensen, Arne Johan; Urdal, Kurt; Næsje, Tor; Barlaup, Bjørn Torgeir; Florø-Larsen, Bjørn; Lo, Håvard; Niemela, Eero; Karlsson, Sten (Journal article, 2017)
      Interbreeding between domesticated and wild animals occurs in several species. This gene flow has long been anticipated to induce genetic changes in life-history traits of wild populations, thereby influencing population ...
    • Generic genetic differences between farmed and wild Atlantic Salmon identified from a 7K SNP-chip 

      Karlsson, Sten; Moen, Thomas; Lien, Sigbjørn; Glover, Kevin A.; Hindar, Kjetil (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011)
      Genetic interactions between farmed and wild conspecifics are of special concern in fisheries where large numbers of domesticated individuals are released into the wild. In the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), selective ...
    • Growth-enhanced salmon modify stream ecosystem functioning 

      Cucherousset, Julien; Sundt-Hansen, Line Elisabeth Breivik; Buoro, Mathieu; Zavorka, Libor; Lassus, Remy; Bækkelie, Knut Andreas Eikland; Fleming, Ian A.; Björnsson, Björn Thrandur; Johnsson, Jörgen I.; Hindar, Kjetil (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Use of fast-growing domesticated and/or genetically modified strains of fish isbecoming increasingly common in aquaculture, increasing the likelihood of deliberateor accidental introductions into the wild. To date, their ...
    • Half a century of genetic interaction between farmed and wild Atlantic salmon: Status of knowledge and unanswered questions 

      Glover, Kevin; Solberg, Monica Favnebøe; McGinnity, Phil; Hindar, Kjetil; Verspoor, Eric; Coulson, Mark W.; Hansen, Michael Möller; Araki, Hitoshi; Skaala, Øystein; Svåsand, Terje (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) is one of the best researched fishes, and its aquaculture plays a global role in the blue revolution. However, since the 1970s, tens of millions of farmed salmon have escaped into the wild. ...
    • Host specificity drives genetic structure in a freshwater mussel 

      Wacker, Sebastian; Larsen, Bjørn Mejdell; Karlsson, Sten; Hindar, Kjetil (Journal article, 2019)
      Parasites often depend on their hosts for long distance transport, and genetic population structure can be strongly affected by host specificity and dispersal. Freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera) populations ...
    • Introgression from farmed escapees affects the full life cycle of wild Atlantic salmon 

      Bolstad, Geir Hysing; Karlsson, Sten; Hagen, Ingerid Julie; Fiske, Peder; Urdal, Kurt; Sægrov, Harald; Florø-Larsen, Bjørn; Sollien, Vegard Pedersen; Østborg, Gunnel Marie; Diserud, Ola Håvard; Jensen, Arne Johan; Hindar, Kjetil (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      After a half a century of salmon farming, we have yet to understand how the influx of genes from farmed escapees affects the full life history of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) in the wild. Using scale samples of over ...
    • Iteroparity and its contribution to life-history variation in Atlantic salmon 

      Persson, Lo; Raunsgard, Astrid; Thorstad, Eva Bonsak; Østborg, Gunnel Marie; Urdal, Kurt; Sægrov, Harald; Ugedal, Ola; Hindar, Kjetil; Karlsson, Sten; Fiske, Peder; Bolstad, Geir Hysing (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Evolution of iteroparity is shaped by the trade-off between current and future reproduction.We studied variation in iteroparity among 205 050 individual Atlantic salmon caught in 179 rivers spanning 14◦ of latitude. The ...
    • Monitoring presence and abundance of two gyrodactylid ectoparasites and their salmonid hosts using environmental DNA 

      Fossøy, Frode; Brandsegg, Hege; Sivertsgård, Rolf; Pettersen, Oskar; Sandercock, Brett K.; Solem, Øyvind; Hindar, Kjetil; Mo, Tor Atle (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Background: Invasive species represent a major challenge for the conservation of biodiversity. The invasive ectoparasitic fluke Gyrodactylus salaris is considered one of the major threats to the Atlantic salmon (Salmo ...
    • Natural and anthropogenic drivers of escaped farmed salmon occurrence and introgression into wild Norwegian Atlantic salmon populations 

      Diserud, Ola Håvard; Fiske, Peder; Karlsson, Sten; Glover, Kevin Alan; Næsje, Tor; Aronsen, Tonje; Bakke, Gunnar O; Barlaup, Bjørn Torgeir; Erkinaro, J.; Florø-Larsen, Bjørn; Foldvik, Anders; Heino, Mikko Petteri; Kanstad-Hanssen, Øyvind; Lo, Håvard; Lund, Roar Asbjørn; Muladal, R.; Niemela, E.; Økland, Finn; Østborg, Gunnel Marie; Otterå, Håkon Magne; Skaala, Øystein; Skoglund, Helge; Solberg, Ingrid; Solberg, Monica Favnebøe; Sollien, Vegard Pedersen; Sægrov, Harald; Urdal, Kurt; Wennevik, Vidar; Hindar, Kjetil (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Marine aquaculture of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) is a relatively new industry where breeding programs have led to rapid genetic change in the captive populations that were built up alongside conspecific wild individuals. ...
    • Prospects for the future of pink salmon in three oceans: From the native Pacific to the novel Arctic and Atlantic 

      Lennox, Robert; Berntsen, Johan Henrik Hårdensson; Garseth, Åse Helen; Hinch, Scott G.; Hindar, Kjetil; Ugedal, Ola; Utne, Kjell Rong; Vollset, Knut Wiik; Whoriskey, Frederick G.; Thorstad, Eva Bonsak (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      While populations of other migratory salmonids suffer in the Anthropocene, pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbusca Salmonidae) are thriving, and their distribution is expanding both within their natural range and in the Atlantic ...
    • Salmonid stocking in five North Atlantic jurisdictions: Identifying drivers and barriers to policy change 

      Aas, Øystein; Cucherousset, Julien; Fleming, Ian A.; Wolter, Christian; Höjesjö, Johan; Buoro, Mathieu; Santoul, Frederic; Johnsson, Jörgen I.; Hindar, Kjetil; Arlinghaus, Robert (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)
      1. New knowledge challenges long-established practices of fish stocking and transfer because of increasing scientific consensus that the release of cultivated fish can pose risks to biodiversity; however, stocking can also ...
    • Selection against individuals from genetic introgression of escaped farmed salmon in a natural population of Atlantic salmon 

      Wacker, Sebastian; Aronsen, Tonje; Karlsson, Sten; Ugedal, Ola; Diserud, Ola Håvard; Ulvan, Eva Marita; Hindar, Kjetil; Næsje, Tor (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The viability of wild Atlantic salmon populations is threatened by genetic introgression from escaped farmed salmon. Farmed Atlantic salmon are genetically improved for important commercial traits and a life in captivity ...
    • The structural variation landscape in 492 Atlantic salmon genomes 

      Bertolotti, Alicia C.; Layer, Ryan M.; Gundappa, Manu Kumar; Gallagher, Michael D.; Pehlivanoglu, Ege; Nome, Torfinn; Robledo, Diego; Kent, Matthew Peter; Røsæg, Line Lieblein; Holen, Matilde Mengkrog; Mulugeta, Teshome Dagne; Ashton, Thomas J.; Hindar, Kjetil; Sægrov, Harald; Florø-Larsen, Bjørn; Erkinaro, Jaakko; Primmer, Craig R.; Bernatchez, Louis; Martin, Samuel A.M.; Johnston, Ian A.; Sandve, Simen Rød; Lien, Sigbjørn; Macqueen, Daniel J. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Structural variants (SVs) are a major source of genetic and phenotypic variation, but remain challenging to accurately type and are hence poorly characterized in most species. We present an approach for reliable SV discovery ...
    • Supplementary stocking selects for domesticated genotypes 

      Hagen, Ingerid Julie; Jensen, Arne Johan; Bolstad, Geir Hysing; Diserud, Ola Håvard; Hindar, Kjetil; Lo, Håvard; Karlsson, Sten (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Stocking of hatchery produced fish is common practise to mitigate declines in natural populations and may have unwanted genetic consequences. Here we describe a novel phenomenon arising where broodstock used for stocking ...
    • Thiamin dynamics during the adult life cycle of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) 

      Todisco, Vittoria; Fridolfsson, Emil; Axen, Charlotte; Dahlgren, Elin; Ejsmond, Maciej J.; Hauber, Marc M.; Hindar, Kjetil; Tibblin, Petter; Zöttl, Markus; Söderberg, Linda; Hylander, Samuel (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Thiamin is an essential water-soluble B vitamin known for its wide range of metabolic functions and antioxidant properties. Over the past decades, reproductive failures induced by thiamin deficiency have been observed in ...