Johan Johansen

Head of Department/Head of Research

(+47) 957 32 132
johan.johansen@nibio.no

Place
Bodø

Visiting address
Torggården, Kudalsveien 6, NO-8027 Bodø

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Division of Food Production and Society

OceanGreen: Maximizing Economic Value through Restored Kelp Forests and Sustainable Fisheries


The OceanGreen project aims to restore and protect kelp forests along the Norwegian coast, develop sea urchin removal technologies, and create commercially viable products from harvested sea urchins. It focuses on kelp forest restoration, scalable technologies, sea urchin utilisation, collaboration, and coastal community revitalisation.

Ava Ocean is the project owner, you'll find a link to their their project-site on the left side of this page. 

Active Updated: 17.12.2025
End: dec 2026
Start: dec 2023
Living lab illustration. Nature and society working together with rivers, fishermen, agriculture, farmers, trees and a big orange sun.

Division of Food Production and Society

FULCRUM – Transforming Food Systems Through Bioeconomy


FULCRUM envisions a world where circular and just bioeconomy strategies contribute to sustainable food system transformation. By engaging different actors in co-designing bioeconomy strategies in five different regions across Europe, FULCRUM connects bottom-up innovation with actionable and scalable policy recommendations for living and vibrant land and seascapes.

Active Updated: 17.07.2026
End: mar 2029
Start: apr 2026