About MaReMa

Centre of Marine Resource Management was established in 2004 at the Norwegian College of Fishery Science, University of Tromsø.
The aim of the centre is to promote research in resource management both nationally and internationally.
Special emphasis is placed on interdisciplinary research and education.

MaReMa has its origins from the Norwegian College of Fishery Science which holds multidisciplinary research groups in the field of resource management. The groups work on topics as resource biology, population dynamics, harvesting technology, fisheries economics, bioeconomics, sociology and planning. Many of the members of MaReMa also have a long track record in interdisciplinary research. The centre has considerable international experience within the areas of resource management and project evaluation.

Read more on the MaReMa history here.

The start

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South of the larger island Kvaløya lays a cluster of islets and small islands. Sommarøy is a busy fishing harbour placed in beautiful scenery. Outside Sommarøy lays the characteristic mountain cliff  Håja (in the middle of the picture above).

By mid 2004 NCFS had grown to be too big to be housed by the ten year old NCFS building only. Fortunately new facilities were available at the campus, but the big question remained: Who should move out of the main building? After a short debate an attractive proposal came up: Why not use this situation to try to achieve something we have been trying to initiate for a long time; namely to create a truly interdisciplinary research environment. This was the starting point of the MaReMa Centre. The concrete idea of establishing a centre organisation was put forward and applauded in the staff seminar held 13-14 December 2004 at Sommarøy in Tromsø. Below you’ll find some of the presentations given at the seminar.

Opening remarks (by Kurt Tande)


Disciplinary state of the art in Social science (by Svein Jentoft)


The national perspective: New challenges in fisheries management (by Bjørn Hersoug)


The international perspective: Fisheries management research (by John Pope) Part 1


The international perspective: Fisheries management research (by John Pope) Part 2


MAREMA Centre: Organisation, ambitions and working procedures (by Arne Eide)


From multidisciplinary to interdisciplinary research (by Poul Degnbol)

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