Curriculum Vitae

Working Experience
•  1996-  Scientist associated with the research group “Benthos and shellfish” at Institute of Marine
   Research, Bergen Norway. Current research activities include stock-enhancement/sea
   ranching with European lobster with emphasis on ecological ineractions/effects and carrying
   capacity in connection with releases. Reproduction, growth, movement and behavoiur in
   crustaceans species as European lobster (Homarus gammarus), American lobster (Homarus
   americanus) and snow crab  (Chionocetes opilio) are also fields of expertice. Research activities
   also include genetics and biology combined in studies of introduced species, aiming to clarify the
   origin, variation and adaptation (i.e. plasticity) decisive for establishment and possible further
   dispersal. Involved as well in mating experiments with local stocks of cod (Gadus morhua)
   (CodBioBank).
• 1994-1995 Associate Professional Expert for Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
   Nations, Swakopmund, Namibia. Employed at the project “Institutional support in fisheries
   management, policy and planning” in Namibia with dr. Les Clark as project leader, and located to
   the Ministry of Fisheries Resources in Swakopmund. Working tasks were to assist in collecting
   and processing data from important marine fisheries resources, especially to strengthen methods
   for stock assessment for one of the most important pelagic resources Southern African pilchard
   (Sardinops ocellatus).
• 1992 - 1994 Associate Professional Expert for Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
   Nations, Rome, Italy. Employed at the headquarters in Rome, Italy, and located to the “Marine
   Resources Division”. Responsible for preparing and editing numerous publications produced by
  the “Species Identification and Data Programme” lead by Dr. Kent Carpenter. This included
   compiling information on taxonomy, general biology as well as ecology of various marine
   resources as shellfish, crustaceans, fish and marine mammals. Most of the publications were in
   English, but a few were also in Spanish and French.
• 1989 - 1992 University scholarship (Universitets stipendiat) at the Department of Fisheries and
   Marine Biology, University of Bergen, Norway. In addition to work on a PhD program, I was
   responsible for giving courses to graduate students, both Norwegians and foreign (part of the
   NORAD diploma course). 

Publications
Agnalt, A.-L., E. Farestveit, K. Gundersen, K.E. Jørstad and T.S. Kristiansen. 2009. Population
            characteristics of the world’s northernmost stocks of European lobster (Homarus gammarus)
            in Tysfjord and Nordfolda, northern Norway. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater
            Research 2009, 43: 47-57.
Alvsvåg J., A.-L. Agnalt & K.E. Jørstad. 2009. Evidence for a permanent establishment of the snow
            crab (Chionoecetes opilio) in the Barents Sea. Biological Invasions (2009), 11: 587-595.
Jørstad, K.E., T.S. Kristiansen, P.A. Prodohl, M. Hughes, E. Farestveit, J.B. Taggart, A.-L. Agnalt & A. 
           Ferguson. 2009. Survival of laboratory-reared juvenile European lobster (Homarus gammarus)
           from three brood sourced in southwestern Norway. New Zealand Journal of Marine and
           Freshwater Research 2009, 43: 59-68..
Agnalt, A.-L. 2008. Stock enhancement of European lobster (Homarus gammarus) in Norway;
           Comparisons of reproduction, growth and movement between wild and cultured lobster. Dr.
           scient. Thesis, Department of Biology, University of Bergen, Norway.
Agnalt, A.-L. 2008. Do cultured females produce as many eggs as wild females? A fecundity study of
           European lobster (Homarus gammarus) distributed off southwestern Norway, after stock
           enhancement. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 65: 164-170.
Stenevik, E.K., S. Sundby, A.-L. Agnalt. 2008. Short communication Buoyancy and vertical distribution
           of Norwegian coastal cod (Gadus morhua) eggs from different areas along the coast. ICES
          Journal of Marine Science, 65: 1198-1202.
Agnalt, A..-L., T.S. Kristiansen, K.E. Jørstad. 2007. Growth, reproduction cycle, and movement of
           berried European lobster (Homarus gammarus L.), in a local stock off southwestern Norway.   
           ICES J. Mar. Sci.64: 288-297.
Jørstad, K.E., Prodohl, P.A., A.-L. Agnalt, M. Hughes, E. Farsteveit and A. Ferguson. 2007.
           Comparison of genetic and morphological methods to detect the presence of American
            lobsters, Homarus americanus H.Milne Edwards, 1837 (Astacidea: Nepropidae) in Norwegian
           waters. Hydrobiologia, 590: 103-114.
Otterå, H., A.-L. Agnalt, K.E. Jørstad. 2006. Differences in spawning time of captive Atlantic cod from
           four regions in Norway, kept under identical conditions. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 63:
           216-223.
Jørstad, K.E., P.A. Prodöhl, T.S. Kristiansen, M. Hughes, E. Farestveit, J.B. Taggart, Ann-L. Agnalt, A.
           Ferguson. 2005. Communal larval rearing of European lobster (Homarus gammarus): Family
           identification by microsatellite DNA profiling and offspring fitness comparisons. Aquaculture,
           247: 275-285.
Agnalt, A.-L., Jørstad, K.E., Kristiansen, T., Nøstvold, E., Farestveit, E., Næss, H., Paulsen, O.I, and
           Svåsand, T. 2004. Enhancing the European lobster (Homarus gammarus) stock at Kvitsøy
           Islands; Perspectives of rebuilding Norwegian stocks, In Stock Enhancement and Sea
           Ranching. Developments, pitfalls and opportunities. Edited by K M. Leber., S. Kitada, H.L.
           Blankenship and T. Svåsand. Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Oxford. pp. 415-426.
Jørstad K.E, P.A. Prodöhl, A.-L. Agnalt, M. Hughes, A.P. Apostolidis, A. Triantafyllidis, E. Farestveit,
           T.S. Kristiansen, J. Mercer and T. Svåsand. 2004. Sub-arctic populations of European lobster,
           Homarus gammarus,in northern Norway. Environmental Biology of Fishes 69: 223-231.
Svåsand, T., A.-L. Agnalt, J. Borthen, T. Heggberget & O.T. Skilbrei. 2004. An integrated development
            programme for marine stocking: the Norwegian example, p. 19-72. In D.M. Bartley & K.M. 
            Leber (eds). Marine Ranching. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper. 429. 213 pp.
Jørstad, K.E., Farestveit, E., Rudra, H., Agnalt, A-L. & Olsen, S. 2002. Studies on red king crab
         (Paralithodes camchaticus) introduces to the Barents Sea, p. 425-438. In: A.J. Paul, E.G. Dawe,
         R. Elner, G.S. Jamieson, G.H. Kruse, R.S. Otto, B. Sainte-Marie, T. C. Shirley & D. Woodby
        (eds.), Crabs in Cold Water Regions: Biology, Management and Economics. University of Alaska
          Sea Grant, AK-SG-02-01, Fairbanks. 876 pp.
Jørstad, K.E., Nøstvold, E., Kristiansen, T. & Agnalt, A-L. 2001. High survival and growth of European
          lobster juveniles (Homarus gammarus), reared communally with natural bottom substrate.
         Marine and Freshwater Research, 52: 1431-1438.
Agnalt, A.-L., G. van der Meeren, K.E. Jørstad, E. Nøstvoll,H Næss, E. Farestveit, Svåsand, E. Korsøen
         & L. Ydstebø. 1999. Stock enhancement of European lobster (Homarus gammarus): A large
         scale experiment off south-western Norway (Kvitsøy), p. 401-419. In B. Howell, E. Moksness & T. Svåsand, eds. Stock Enhancement and Sea Ranching. Oxford, Fishing News Books, Blackwell
         Science. 606 pp.
Borthen, J., Agnalt, A.-L. & van der Meeren, G.I. 1999. A bio-economical evaluation of a stock
         -enhancement project of European lobster; The simulation model LOBST.ECO with some
         preliminary results, p. 583-596. In B. Howell, E. Moksness & T. Svåsand, eds. Stock
         Enhancement and Sea Ranching. Oxford, Fishing News Books, Blackwell Science. 606 pp.
Meeren, G.I. van der, A.-L. Agnalt & K.E. Jørstad. 1998. Lobster (Homarus gammarus) stock
          enhancement in Norway, experiences from a large-scale release project from 1990-1997, p.
          63-68. In Gendron, L. (ed.) 1998. Proceedings of a workshop on lobster stock enhancement
          held in the Magdalen Islands (Quebec) from October 29 to 31, 1997. Can. Ind. Rep. Fish. Aquat.
          Sci., 244: xi + 135 pp. 

Other (reports etc)
Agnalt, A.-L., E. Farestveit og K.E. Jørstad. 2009.Bæreevne i havbeite med hummer (CANO –
            hummer). Carrying capacity in sea ranching of European lobster s.146-147. Kyst og havbruk
           2009. Fisken og havet, særnummer 2-2009.
Knutsen, J.A., A.R. Pettersen, S.E. Enersen, P.A. Heuch, E. Karlsbakk, E. Morland, K.E. Jørstad, T.
            Langeland og A.-L. Agnalt. 2009.Hummer – European lobster, s.99-101. Kyst og havbruk
            2009. Fisken og havet, særnummer 2-2009.
Knutsen, J.A., A.-L. Agnalt, K.E. Jørstad, E.M. Olsen, A.R. Pettersen, E. Moland, H. Knutsen & T.
            Langeland. 2008. Nye forvalningsregler for hummer, s.42-43. Kyst og havbruk 2008. Fisken
            og havet, særnummer 2-2008.
Jørstad, K.E., A.-L. Agnalt, E. Farestveit & O.I. Paulsen. 2008. Langtidseffekter av storskala ustettinger
            av hummer? s. 166-169. Kyst og havbruk 2008. Fisken og havet, særnummer 2-2008.
Knutsen, J.A. & A.L. Agnalt. 2008. Hummer, s. 88-89. Kyst og havbruk 2008. Fisken og havet,
             særnummer 2-2008.
Agnalt, A.-L., K.E. Jørstad, J. Alvsvåg & J. Sundet. 2008. Snøkrabben etablert i Barentshavet, s. 157
             -159. Havets ressurser og miljø 2008. Fisken og havet, særnummer 1-2008.
Sundet, J. & A.L. Agnalt. 2008. Faktaark: Snøkrabbe (Chionoecetes ophilio) – en ny art i
             Barentshavet.
Veim, A.K., T. Thorvik, J.A. Knutsen, A.-L. Agnalt, K.E. Jørstad, R.P. Vetvik, T. Halsteinsen, K. Grundvig,
            B. Leikvoll, T. Ottermo & T.C. Langeland. 2007. Forvaltning av hummer i Norge. Rapport med
            forslag til revidert forvaltning av hummer fra arbeidsgruppe nedsatt av Fiskeridirektrøren. 77 s.
Woll, A.K., Ann-L. Agnalt, I. Fossen & J.H. Sundet. 2005. Ressursundersøkelse av taskekrabbe.
            Årsrapport for sesongen 2004 (Report from a project looking at possibilities for the use of
            CPUE in stock assessment of Cancer pagurus). Møreforkning Ålesund,
            Havforskningsinstituttet. April 2005. 25 p.
Jørstad, K.E., E. Farestveit & Ann-L. Agnalt. 2004. Amerikansk hummer i norske farevann: status for
            morfologiske og genetiske undersøkelser i 2003 (American lobster in Norwegian waters:
            status for morphological and genetic investigations in 2003). Report to the Institute of Marine
            Research, February 2004, Bergen. 4 p.
Strand, Ø., Ann-L. Agnalt & T. Magnesen. 2004. Havbeiteloven – et virkemiddel for næringsutvikling?
           (Sea ranching – a mean for the industry?) pp. 90-92. . In Ann-L. Agnalt, A. Ervik, T.S.
            Kristiansen & F. Oppedal (eds.), Havbruksrapporten 2004. Fisken og Havet, Særnummer 3
            - 2004.
Tveite, S. & Ann-L. Agnalt. 2004. Hummer og sjøkreps (Lobster and Norway lobster), pp. 115-116. In
           K. Michalsen (ed.), Havets ressurser 2004. Fisken og Havet, Særnummer 1-2004.
Strohmeier, T., Ø. Strand, K.E. Jørstad, S. Mortensen & Ann-L. Agnalt. 2003. Potensielle
            miljøkonsekvenser ved havbeite med kamskjell og hummer (Possible ecological
           consequences with sea ranching great scallop and European lobster), pp. 70-72. In A. Ervik, A.
           Kiessling, O. Skilbrei & T. van der Meeren (eds.), Havbruksrapporten 2003. Fisken og Havet,
           Særnummer 3, 2003.
Agnalt, A.-L. & K. E. Jørstad. 2002. Hummer og hummerfisket – noe vi bør ta vare på? Miljøkrim, Nr.
           2-3/02 juni Årgang 5: 23-25.
Slinde, E., A.-L. Agnalt & S. Sundby. 2002. A feasibility study on the potential for mariculture in
           Namibia. Nansen Program, Institute of Marine Research in Norway November 2002. 32 pp.
Strohmeier, T., Ø. Strand, K.E. Jørstad, S. Mortensen & A.-L. Agnalt. 2002a. Potensielle
           miljøkonsekvenser ved havbeite, kamskjell og hummer. Havforskningsinstituttet, mai 2002.
           Utredning til Fiskeridirektoratet og Fiskeridepartementet. 14 s.
Strohmeier, T., K.E. Jørstad, E. Farestveit, A.-L. Agnalt & Ø. Strand. 2002b. Mulige begrensninger i
           allemannsretten ved havbeite, kamskjell og hummer. Havforskningsinstituttet, juni 2002.
          Utredning til Fiskeridirektoratet og Fiskeridepartementet. 14 s.
Agnalt, A-L, Strand, Ø, Jørstad, KE, van der Meeren, G.I. & Kristiansen, T. 2001. Havbeiteloven –
          Kunnskapsstatus og strategier. Havforskningsinstituttet, juni 2001. Utredning til
          Fiskeridirektoratet og Fiskeridepartementet, 66 s.
Borthen, J.,A.-L. Agnalt, K.E. Jørstad, J. Sørensen, T. Kristiansen & S. Munkejord. 2001. Sluttrapport –
          Hummer og hummerforvaltning, prøveprosjekt på Kvitsøy, Rogaland fylke (Final report- Lobster
          and lobster management, A pilot investigation at Kvitsøy, Rogaland County). Sluttrapport til
          Fiskeridirektoratet, 32 p.
Jørstad, K.E. & A.-L. Agnalt. 2001. Potensialet i havbeite og oppdrett av hummer, s. 18-24. 
           Konferanserapport, Skalldyrnæringa, et stebarn av kystsoneforvaltningen i Nordsjøregionen?
           Bergen 2-3. november 2000.
Jørstad, K.E. og Agnalt, A.-L. 2000. Potensialet i havbeite og oppdrett av hummer, s. 18-24.
            Konferanserapport: Skalldyrnæringa, et stebarn av kystsoneforvaltningen i Nordsjøregionen?
            Bergen, november, 2000.
van der Meeren, G.I., A.K. Woll & Ann-L. Agnalt. 2000. Hummeren, populær og hemmelighetsfull
             (European lobster, popular and full of secrets), pp. 90-93. In Ø. Karlsen & A. Mangor-Jensen
             (eds), Havbruksrapporten 2000. Fisken og Havet, Særnummer 3 – 2000.