Guri Hjallen Eriksen new Centre co-ordinator

Jannike Falk-Petersen, the first Centre co-ordinator, left the Centre in December 2005, giving priority to her scientific work. Jannike did an excellent job by establishing standard routines, organising Centre activities and proved the importance of having a Centre co-ordinator. We are now happy to announce that Jannike has got a successor; Guri Hjallen Eriksen started at the Centre in January 2006 and will be co-ordinating the Centre activities in 2006. Guri is a master of fisheries science specialised in bioeconomics.

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Reorganising MaReMa, Petter Holm new board leader

MaReMa has finally, almost two years after it was founded, formally been established as a centre under the Norwegian College of Fishery Science. The organisational structure involves three departments and representatives of the faculty staff and research fellows at the Centre in the steering committee of board of MaReMa. Head of department Petter Holm at the Department of Social and Marketing Studies (ISAM) was elected the first board leader of the new MaReMa board. The other board members are Derek Clark (Head of department, Department of Economics and Management), Kjell Kr. Olsen (representing Department of Aquatic Biosciences), Svein Jentoft (faculty staff member) and Maiken Bjørkan (PhD-student). Centre leader Arne Eide and co-ordinator Guri Hjallen Eriksen are secretariat for the board.

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MaReMa involved in the evaluation of Norwegian quota management

The Norwegian Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs has appointed a committee of 14 members to evaluate resent structural changes in the Norwegian quota management policy and work out recommendations on how to improve the quota management procedures under given management objectives. Claire Armstrong at the Norwegian College of Fisheries Science is appointed member in the committee and the MaReMa member Øystein Hermansen (picture) is engaged as secretary of the committee. 

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New coffee machine at the Centre

It is well known that we have some heavy coffee drinkers at the Centre and some claim that coffee is the most important resources in fisheries research. In that case the scientific development at the Centre has got a significant push forward this week. Acknowledging the importance, professor Svein Jentoft opened the new era by drinking the first MaReMa brewed cup of coffee on April 4. The new equipment supports however also other tastes, as a variety of coffee, chocolate and hot water (!) are available.

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