Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae – Seniorforsker Dr. Olav Sigurd Kjesbu
Forskningsgruppeleder ‘Bunnfisk’, Havforskningsinstituttet
Adresse: Havforskningsinstituttet, Postboks 1870, 5817 Bergen
Tlf.: 55238487
Faks: 55238555
E-post: olav.kjesbu@imr.no

Utdannelse 
1988: Dr. scient., Institute of Fish Biology, University of Bergen (cod reproductive biology)
1982: Cand. scient., Institute of Fish Biology, University of Bergen (blue whiting reproductive biology)
1979-1982: University of Bergen, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
1975-1978: University of Oslo, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences

Ansettelse
May 2010-today: Head of Research Group ‘Demersal Fish’
2007-2010: Research scientist (1183)/supervisor
2004-2007: Head of Research Group: ’Recruitment Biology and Behaviour’
2001-2003: Research Program Leader: ‘Reproduction and Early Life History of Fish and Shellfish’
1997-2000: Research Program Leader: ‘Reproduction and Recruitment’
1996: Principal scientist (1183)
1995-2003: Group Leader of ’IMR Marine Fish Reproduction Group’
1994: Senior scientist (1110)
1988: Research scientist (1009)
1985-1988: Research scholarship holder, Norwegian Fisheries Research Council (NFRC)
1984-1985: High-school teacher (mathematics/natural sciences) (Voss, Norway)

Gjesteforsker
2000: Strategic competence building grant (IMR/RCN): The Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, California, USA
1991/1992: International competence building scholarship (RCN): The Fisheries Laboratory, Lowestoft, England
1986 and 1987: Travel scholarships (RCN): The Fisheries Laboratory, Lowestoft, England (training in laboratory methods)

Prosjektledelse
2006-2009: Project leader of ‘Timing and determination of fecundity and skipped spawning: implications for stock-recruitment theory of determinate spawners’ (RCN: 173341/ S40)
2006-2009: Task leader of ‘ECOFISH – Ecosystem dynamics and fish stocks’ (RCN: 17356/i30)
2003-2006: Task leader of ‘ECOBE – Effects of North Atlantic climate variability on the Barents Sea ecosystem’ (RCN: 155930/700)
2003-2005: Project leader of ’ICES 2004 Symposium on Gadoid Mariculture: Development and Future Challenges’ (RCN, IMR, NOAA and DFO)
2002-2005: Co-ordinator of ‘Reproduction and stock evaluation for recovery’ (RASER) (EU Q5RS-2002-01825)
2002-2005: Project leader of ‘Competence building and development of mariculture. A cooperation project between Centro Investigaciones Pesqueras, La Habana and Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, 2003-2005’ (Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (UD))
2001-2003: Project leader of ‘Modern approaches to assess maturity and fecundity of warm- and cold-water fish and squids’ (RCN: 140267/120)
2000-2002: Project leader of ‘Condition effects on maturation and realized fecundity of cod with application to stock level production dynamics’ (RCN 133836/122)
1999-2001: Task leader of ‘An operational model of the effects of stock structure and spatio-temporal factors on recruitment’ (EU FAIR-CT98-4122: STEREO)
1998: Project leader of ’Fecundity and maturation rate of Norwegian spring-spawning herring’ (IMR)
1997-2001: Task leader of ’Reproduction of cod: effects of natural and anthropogenic environmental factors: competence building and method development at IMR’ (Strategic Institute Program) (RCN 11435/120)
1996-1997: Task leader of ‘Recruitment processes in cod and haddock: developing new approaches’ (EU FAIR-CT95-0084).
1995-1998: Project leader: ‘Reproductive potential of the spawning stock of Northeast Arctic cod in a management perspective’ (IMR)
1993-1994: Project leader: ’Maternal effects of herring’ (IMR)
1991-1993: Project leader: ’Reproductive strategies of Northeast Arctic cod)’ (NFRC: 3001-701.347)

Besøk av gjesteforskere 
So far 14 persons, funded by Large Scale Facility/Training and Mobility of Researchers Programme/EU; Japanese Science and Technology Agency; Japanese Government; COST Action FRESH; EU Erasmus Programme

Veiledning av studenter
19 Master Students; 8 Ph.D students

Utvalg
Several, today: Management Committee, COST Action FRESH (FA0601 – Fish Reproduction and Fisheries: 13 European countries)

Publisering
Citation index, ISI Web of Knowledge, at present: around 1900
Total number of publications, at present about 125 of which about 80 are peer-reviewed

Publikasjoner fra 2009
Espinoza, C., Vera, V., Perea, A., Buitron, B., Rojas, P., and Kjesbu, O.S. 2009. Effect of   feeding ration on gonad maturation and fat accumulation in Peruvian anchovy (Engraulis ringens Jenyns, 1842) in captivity. Lat. Am. J. Aquat. Res. 37(2): 181-190.

Groison, A.L., Fauvel, C., Suquet, M., Kjesbu, O.S., Le Coz, J.R., and Cosson, J. 2010. Some characteristics of sperm motility in European hake (Merluccius merluccius, L., 1758). J. Appl. Ichthyol. 26: 682-689.

Groison, A.L., Suquet, M., Cosson, J., Mayer, I., Severe, A., Bouquet, J.M., Geffen, A.J., Utne-Palm, A.C., and Kjesbu, O.S. 2010. Sperm motility in European hake, Merluccius merluccius, and characterization of its spermatozoa concentration and volume, spermatocrit, osmolality and pH. Aquaculture 301(1-4): 31-36.

Kennedy, J., Skjæraasen, J.E., Nash, R.D.M., Thorsen, A., Slotte, A., Hansen, T., and Kjesbu, O.S. 2010. Do capital breeders like Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) exhibit sensitive periods of nutritional control on ovary development and fecundity regulation? Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 67: 16-27.

Kjesbu, O.S. 2009. Applied fish reproductive biology: contribution of individual reproductive potential to recruitment and fisheries management. In Fish Reproductive Biology: Implications for Assessment and Mangement. Edited by T. Jakobsen, M.J. Fogarty, B.A. Megrey and E. Moksness. Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, U.K. pp. 293-332.
 

Kjesbu, O.S., Fonn, M., Gonzáles, B.D., and Nilsen, T. 2010. Stereological calibration of the profile method to quickly estimate atresia levels in fish. Fish. Res. 104: 8-18.
 

Kjesbu, O.S., Murua, H., Saborido-Rey, F., and Witthames, P.R. 2010. Method development and evaluation of stock reproductive potential of marine fish. Fish. Res. 104: 1-7.
 

Kjesbu, O.S., Righton, D., Krüger-Johnsen, M., Thorsen, A., Michalsen, K., Fonn, M., and Witthames, P.R. 2010. Thermal dynamics of ovarian maturation in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua). Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 67: 605-625.
 

Korta, M., Murua, H., Kurita, Y., and Kjesbu, O.S. 2010. How are the oocytes recruited in an indeterminate fish? Applications of stereological techniques along with advanced packing density theory on European hake (Merluccius merlucssius L.). Fish. Res. 104: 56-63.
 

Kurita, Y., and Kjesbu, O.S. 2009. Fecundity estimation by oocyte packing density formulae in determinate and indeterminate spawners: Theoretical considerations and applications. J. Sea Res. 61(3): 188-196.
 

Muncaster, S., Andersson, E., Kjesbu, O.S., Taranger, G.L., Skiftesvik, A.B., and Norberg, B. 2010. The reproductive cycle of female Ballan wrasse Labrus bergylta in high latitude, temperate waters. J. Fish Biol. 77: 494-511.
 

Nash, R.D.M., Pilling, G.M., Kell, L.T., Schön, P.-J., and Kjesbu, O.S. 2010. Investment in maturity-at-age and -length in northeast Atlantic cod stocks. Fish. Res. 104: 89-99.
 

Ndjaula, H.O.N., Hansen, T., Kruger-Johnsen, M., and Kjesbu, O.S. 2009. Oocyte development in captive Atlantic horse mackerel Trachurus trachurus. ICES J. Mar. Sci. 66: 623-630.
 

Ndjaula, H.O.N., Nash, R.D.M., Slotte, A., Johannessen, A., and Kjesbu, O.S. 2010. Long-term changes in the total egg production of Norwegian spring-spawning herring Clupea harengus (L.) - Implications of variations in population structure and condition factor. Fish. Res. 104: 19-26.
 

Paulsen, H., Kjesbu, O.S., Buehler, V., Case, R.A.J., Clemmesen, C., Carvalho, G., Hauser, L., Hutchinson, W.F., Moksness, E., Otterå, H., Thorsen, A., and Svåsand, T. 2009. Effects of egg size, parental origin and feeding conditions on growth of larval and juvenile cod Gadus morhua. J. Fish Biol. 75: 516-537.
 

Skjæraasen, J.E., Kennedy, J., Thorsen, A., Fonn, M., Strand, B.N., Mayer, I., and Kjesbu, O.S. 2009. Mechanisms regulating oocyte recruitment and skipped spawning in Northeast Arctic cod (Gadus morhua). Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 66: 1582-1596.
 

Skjæraasen, J.E., Nash, R.D.M., Kennedy, J., Thorsen, A., Nilsen, T., and Kjesbu, O.S. 2010. Liver energy, atresia and oocyte stage influence fecundity regulation in Northeast Arctic cod. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 404: 173-183.
 

Thorsen, A., Witthames, P.R., Marteinsdóttir, G., Nash, R.D.M., and Kjesbu, O.S. 2010. Fecundity and growth of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.) along a latitudinal gradient. Fish. Res. 104: 45-55.
 

van Damme, C.J.G., Dickey-Collas, M., Rijnsdorp, A.D., and Kjesbu, O.S. 2009. Fecundity, atresia, and spawning strategies of Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus). Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 66: 2130-2141.
 

Witthames, P.R., Thorsen, A., and Kjesbu, O.S. 2010. The fate of vitellogenic follicles in experimentally monitored Atlantic cod Gadus morhua (L.): Application to stock assessment. Fish. Res. 104: 27-37.
 

Witthames, P.R., Thorsen, A., Murua, H., Saborido-Rey, F., Greenwood, L.N., Dominguez, R., Korta, M., and Kjesbu, O.S. 2009. Advances in methods for determining fecundity: application of the new methods to some marine fishes. Fish. Bull. 107: 148-164.