Curriculum Vitae

Personal data:
Name: Kathrine Michalsen
Born: 30.08 1967 in Mo i Rana, Norway
Citizenship: Norwegian
Marital status: partner, no kids
Work address: Institute of Marine Research
P.O.Box 1870 Nordnes, 5817 Bergen, Norway
TEL. +47 55 23 86 84
FAX. +47 55 23 86 87
Email: kathrine @imr.no
Private address: Hop, 5307 Ask

Education:
1986-1999 University of Bergen
Cand. scient 1993. “Diel variations in trawl catches of cod (Gadus morhua L.) - a result of vertical migration and feeding”.
Dr.scient , 1999 “Distribution of gadoids in the Barents Sea; Impact on
survey results”.
1998 Licence to conduct experiments/tagging with animals, University of Oslo
2006-2007 Leadership for young leaders, AFF, Norwegian School of economics and business administration.
Work experience:

2010 - Senior scientist at Institute of Marine research
2007-2010 Head of Research group on “Biogeography and Trophic interaction”, at Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway.
2003 Permanent position as researcher at IMR
2002-2003 Researcher at IMR. NFR-project “climate-fish interactions”
1999-2002 Researcher at the Institute of Marine Research in Bergen (Catch division /Demersal
division). The field of expertise is related to fish behaviour and abundance surveys
1994-1999 Doctoral fellowship financed by the Norwegian Research Council. In this period I have also been the cruise leader for several of the annual abundance surveys conducted in the Barents Sea and other, more experimental cruises.
1991-1993 Different short-time commitments at IMR where I have;
- Analyzed stomachs of Greenland halibut
- Cruise leader for 4 commercial fishing vessels, establishing the geographical distribution of Greenland halibut.
- Cruise leader during an experiment on size selectivity for long-line fisheries.
- Instructing students at Institute of Fishery and Marine Biology, University of Bergen, about the methods used in fishery biology.

Committees and Borders
2001-2003 member of the local board of the scientists union
2001-2002 leader of IMR’s data policy-committee
2001-2002 Participating in the National committee for Polar research (NFR)
2006-2011 representing the employees at IMR in the institute board

University experience:
Tutor for a PH.D. student and partly involved as tutor or data supplier for 2 other PH.D students. Participating in a scientific Ph.D. Committee and acting as an “opponent/examinator” for a Doctoral thesis at NTNU, 2007:“Surveillance of marine resources by use of stationary platforms and Autonomous Vehicle (AUV). Teaching of Master students in survey assessment methodology, and have at several occasions been used as sensor for the University of Bergen, Ålesund College, Norwegian College of Fishery science in Tromsø and the University of Bergen.

International experience:
Cruise leader of the former Norwegian - Soviet joint 0-group surveys in the Barents Sea.
Visiting scientist at Fisheries Conservation Chair, Memorial University, St. John’s Canada in, Nov-Dec 1996 and at Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Mont-Joli Canada, in Sept-Oct, 2003.
Member of the steering committee for the symposia« Fish behaviour in exploited systems», Bergen, 2003.
Participated with scientific papers or invited contributions to international meetings and conferences in England, Russia, France, Iceland, USA, Canada, Germany, Portugal, Denmark, Sweden. Host for several scientists visiting IMR, doing research related to fish tagging. Member of the ICES FAST (Fisheries Acoustics, Science and Technology) Working group and FTFB (Fishing Technology and Fish Behaviour) since 1998.
Financially co-ordinator for the European CODYSSEY (Q5RS-2002-00813). Involved in several international projects including the following EU project (STEREO; FAIR CT98-4122).
Participating in a planning committee for a project in Indonesia, financed by NORAD (Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation)
Scientific coordinator for a join IMR/PINRO Ecosystem survey in the Barents Sea (2007- 2008).
Cruise leader on a 6 week survey in the Indian Ocean with F/F Fridtjof Nansen (oct 2009)
Project leader for co-operation project between Indonesia and Norway (2010-2013)

Leader experience:
I have experience as cruise leader, project leader, and project co-ordinator on national and international level; as chairman of steering groups for research projects and for an international study group. Has been member of the steering committee of a large international symposium in fisheries behaviour in exploited systems. Head of a research group at IMR called “Biogeography and Trophic interactions” (si March 2007-April 2010).

Referee jobs:
- Referee jobs for ICES Journal of Marine Science
- Referee jobs for Fisheries Research
- Referee jobs for Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science
- Referee jobs for Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
- Referee jobs for Journal of Sea Research
- Referee jobs for Fisheries Oceanography
- Referee jobs for the Portuguese Research Council , Spring 2010.
- Evaluation of applications for senior competence at Institute of Marine Research (1110 forsker), spring 2010
- Referee jobs for applications to the ”National Research Vessels, 2010 SHIP-TIME GRANT-AID PROGRAMME”, Ireland, Nov 2009 and 2010

Editorial work:
Michalsen, K., 2003. Havets ressurser 2003. Fisken og havet, særnr. 1-2003.
Michalsen, K., 2004. Havets ressurser 2004. Fisken og havet, særnr. 1-2004.

Other relevant information
Have received an award for best presentation of scientific work at ICES Annual Science Conference, Aalborg, 1995. The paper presented was; Godø, O. R., Huse, I., and Michalsen K. 1995. Catfish- King of the sea? ICES CM 1995/B:16 ref.G.

Presentation of electronic tagging on the Norwegian television in a science show (Shrødingers katt), Nov. 1998, in the news, March 2003 and Nov.2003 and in another science show (Newton), Apr. 06

Recent oral presentations:

The Barents Sea Ecosystem survey: in a historic perspective. Arctic science summit week, Bergen 23-28 March 2009, Bergen , Norway
The Joint Barents Sea Ecosystem Survey: Climate impacts on pelagic species distribution and interactions. Arctic science summit week, Bergen 23-28 March 2009, Bergen , Norway

List of Scientific outreach

Publications:
Michalsen, K., Godø , O.R. and Fernö , A. 1996. Diurnal variability in bottom trawl catches of gadoids and its influence on the reliability of abundance indices. ICES Marine Science Symposium, 53: 389-396.
Godø, O. R., Huse, I., and Michalsen K. 1997. Bait defence behaviour of wolffish and its impact on longline catch rates. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 54:273-275.
Ottersen, G., Michalsen, K. and Nakken, O. 1998. Ambient temperature and distribution of Northeast Arctic cod. ICES Journal of Marine Science 55:67-85.
Michalsen, K, Ottersen, G., and Nakken, O. 1998. Growth of north-east Arctic cod (Gadus morhua L.) in relation to ambient temperature. ICES Journal of Marine Science 55:863-877.
Michalsen, K., and Nedreaas, K. 1998. Food and feeding of Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides, Walbaum) in the Barents Sea and East-Greenland waters. Sarsia, 83: 401-407.
Aglen, I., Engås, A., Huse, I., Michalsen, K., and Stensholt, B.1999. How vertical fish distribution may affect survey results. ICES Journal of Marine Science 56:345-360.
Godø, O.R and Michalsen, K. 2000. Migratory behaviour of north-east Arctic cod, studied by use of Data Storage Tags. Fisheries Research 48: 127-140.
Helle, K., Bogstad, B., Marshall, C.T., Michalsen, K., Ottersen, G., and Pennington, M. 2000. An evaluation of recruitment indices for Arcto-Norwegian cod (Gadus morhua L.). Fisheries Research 48: 55-67.
Kristiansen, T., Michalsen, K., Jacobsen, J.A., and Huse, I. 2001 Optimal selection of temperature areas by juvenile cod (Gadus morhua L.) in the Barents Sea modelled by dynamic optimisation. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 58: 172-182.
Hjellvik, V., Michalsen, K., Aglen, A., and Nakken, O.. 2003. An attempt at establishing the effective fishing height of the bottom trawl using acoustic survey recordings. ICES J. Mar. Sci. 60: 967-979.
Handegard, N. O., Kathrine Michalsen and Dag Tjøstheim. 2003. "Avoidance behaviour in cod (Gadus morhua) to a bottom-trawling vessel", Aquatic Living Resources, Vol 16(3), pp 265-270.
Heffernan, O., Righton, D., and Michalsen, K. 2004. Use of data storage tags to quantify vertical movements of cod: effects on acoustic measures. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 61: 1062-1070.
Walsh S.J., Godø, O.R., and Michalsen, K. 2004. Fish behaviour relevant to fish catchability. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 61: 1238-1239.
Ådlandsvik, B., Huse, G., and Michalsen, K. 2007. Introducing a method for extracting horizontal migration patterns from Data Storage Tags. Proceedings to the 6th conference on fish telemetry held in Europe 5-11 June 2005. Hydrobiologia, 582:187-197.
van der Kooij, J., Righton, D., Strand, E., Michalsen, K., Thorsteinsson, V., Svedäng, H., Neat, C.F., and Neuenfelt, S. 2007. Life under pressure: insights from electronic data-storage tags into cod swimbladder function. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 64: 1293-1301.
Subbey, S., Michalsen, K., Nilsen, G.K. 2008. A tool for analyzing information from data storage tags: the continuous wavelet transform (CWT). Rev Fish Biol Fisheries: 18:301-312
Michalsen, K., Johannesen, E., and Bogstad, B. 2008. Feeding of mature cod (Gadus morhua) on the spawning grounds in Lofoten. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 65: 571-580
Justin J. Meager, Jon Egil Skjæraasen, Anders Fernö, Ørjan Karlsen, Svein Løkkeborg, Kathrine Michalsen, Stig Ove Utskot. 2009. Vertical dynamics and reproductive behaviour of farmed and wild Atlantic cod Gadus morhu. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES. Vol. 389: 233–243
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.
Righton D., Andersen K.H., Neat F., Neuenfeldt, S, Thorsteinsson V., Steingrund P. , Svedang H., Michalsen K, Hinrichsen H-H., Bendall V., Wright P., Jonsson P., Huse G., van der Kooij J., Mosegaard H., Hüssy K. and Metcalfe J. 2010. Thermal ranging of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua); limits, tolerance and optima. Marine Ecology Progress Series. Vol.420:1-13.

Reports:
Godø, O. R., Huse, I., and Michalsen K. 1995. Catfish- King of the sea? ICES CM 1995/B:16 ref.G.
Nakken, O., and Michalsen, K. 1996. Year to year variations in horizontal and vertical distribution of Northeeast Arctic cod - influence on survey estimates of abundance. (FAST), Woods Hole, April 1996.
Ottersen, G., Michalsen, K. and Nakken, O. 1997. Ambient temperature and distribution of Northeast Arctic cod. ICES CM 1996/G:13.
Michalsen, K, Ottersen, G., and Nakken, O. 1997. Growth of north-east Arctic cod (Gadus morhua L.) in relation to ambient temperature. ICES CM 1996/G:14
Godø, O.R., and Michalsen, K. 1997. Patterns of movements of North-East Arctic cod (Gadus morhua L.). ICES, FAST Working Group, Hamburg, Germany, April 1997.
Godø, O. R., and Michalsen K. 1997. The use of Data Storage Tags to study natural behaviour of cod to bottom trawl surveys in the Barents Sea. ICES CM 1997/Theme Session W:17
Aglen, A., Engås, A., Huse, I., and Michalsen K. 1997. Vertical distribution of cod, haddock and redfish; Impact on bottom trawl and acoustic surveys in the Barents Sea. ICES CM 1997/Y:16.
Aglen, A., Engås, A., Huse, I., Michalsen K., and B. Stensholt. 1997. Vertical distribution of cod and redfish: impact on bottom trawl and acoustic surveys in the Barents Sea. In Proceedings of the seventh IMR-PINRO symposium, Murmansk, 23-24 June 1997.. Ed. By V. Shleinek and M. Zaferman. PINRO Press, pp.77-92.
Michalsen, K. 1998. Ambient temperature, horizontal distribution and growth of north-east Arctic cod. ICES/GLOBEC workshop on application of environmental data in stock assessment, Bergen, 23-25 March 1998.
Michalsen, K. Aglen, A., Somerton, D., Svellingen, I., Øvredal, J.T. 1999. Quantifying the amount of fish unavailable to a bottom trawl by use of an upward looking transducer. ICES CM 1999/ J:08.
Michalsen, K. 1999. Distribution of gadoids in the Barents Sea; Impact on survey results. Dr. Scient Thesis. Department of Fisheries Biology, University of Bergen. 167 pp.
Marshall, C.T., Ottersen; G., Bogstad, B., Helle, K., Michalsen, K., and Pennington, P. 1999. Availability of juvenile cod to the international 0-group survey. Working document to the ICES Arctic Fisheries Working Group, Copenhagen, August 1999.
Stensholt, B.K., K. Michalsen and O.R. Godø. Behavioural rhythm of cod during migration in the Barents Sea. ICES CM 2000/K: 34, 19pp.
Michalsen, K., Aglen, A., and Pennington, M. 2001. Report on demersal fish surveys in the Barents Sea and Svalbard area during summer/autumn 2000.
Michalsen, K., Pennington, M., Aanes, S., Totland, A.., Solbakken, L., and Høines, Å. 2002. The demersal fish survey in the Barents Sea and Svalbard area during summer 2001. Survey Report, Institute of Marine Research (in Norwegian with English summary and subtitles). 47 pp.
Huse, I., Michalsen, K., and Skeide, R. 2002. Estimates of towing time in surveys. ICES CM 2002/J:04.
van der Kooij, J., Righton, D.,Michalsen, K., Thorsteinsson, V., Svedäng, H. and Neat, F. 2006 Observations of cod behaviour reveal insights into the function and properties of the swimbladder under pressure. ICES CM 2006/Q13.
Michalsen, K., Johansen T. & Johannesen, E. 2006. Linking tagging technology and molecular genetic to gain insight in the spatial dynamics of two stocks of cod in Northeast Atlantic waters. ICES CM 2006/Q07.
Huse et al. 2007.Environmental information for stock evaluation and management advice purposes. Fisken og havet nr 4. 31 pp.
Michalsen, K. and Høines, Åge. 2008. Kveite- atlantic halibut. In Boxaspen, K.et al. Kyst og havbruk 2008. Fisken og havet, særnr.2-2008.
Michalsen, K. and Høines, Åge. 2009. Kveite- atlantic halibut. In Agnalt, A.-L.et al. Kyst og havbruk 2009. Fisken og havet, særnr.2-2009.
Dolgov et al. 2007. Ecological interactions. In Joint PINRO/IMR report on the state of the Barents sea Ecosystem in 2007 with expected situation and considerations for management. Stiansen, J.E. and Filin, A.A. (Ed). IMR/PINRO joint Report Series 2008 (1)., Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway, 185 pp. ISSN 1502-8828
Stiansen, J.E., Filin, A., Anisimova, N.N., Arneberg, P., Bogstad, B., Boitsov, S., Budgell, P., Byrkjedal, I., Dalpadado, P., Dolgov, A., Drevetnyak, K., Drinkwater, K., Gjøsæter, H., Howell, D., Hvingel, C., Høines, Å.S., Ingvaldsen, R., Ivshin, A., Johannesen, E., Jørgensen, L.L., Karsakov, A., Klungsøyr, J., Knutsen, T., Kvamme, C., Liubin, P.A., Lukin, N.N., Manushin, I.E., McBride, M.M., Mehl, S., Michalsen, K., Naustvoll, L.J., Nedreaas, K., Novikov, M.A., Olsen, E., Orlova, E.L., Ozhigin, V.K., Pavlov, V.A., Pedchenko, A.P., Pinchukov, M.A., Plotitsina, N.F., Rudneva, G.B., Shevelev, M.S., Skern-Mauritzen, R., Skogen, M., Smirnov, O.V., Sokolov, K.M., Sundet, J., Titov, O.V., Tjelmeland, S., Trofimov, A.G., Yurko, A.S., Zabavnikov, V.B., Zhilin, A.Yu., Ziryanov, S.V., Zolotariov, P.N., Øien, N., Ådlandsvik, B., Aanes, S., Aars, J. 2008. Joint PINRO/IMR Report on the State of theBarents Sea Ecosystem in 2007, with Expected Situation and Considerations for Management.

Posters:
O. Heffernan*, D. Righton* and K. Michalsen. 2003. Vertical movements of cod challenge assumptions of acoustic-based bi0mass estimates. ICES Symposium on fish behaviour in exploited ecosystems, 23-26 June, Bergen, Norway.
Michalsen, K, Seitz, A.C. and Nielsen, J. 2005. The potential of using Pop-up archival transmitting (PAT) tags to study the migration and behaviour of Atlantic Halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus L., 1758) in Norwegian waters. The 6th conference on fish telemetry held in Seisimba, Portugal 5-11 June 2005.
Michalsen, K., Fernõ, A., and Nilsson, J. 2006. Synchronous vertical dynamics of individual cod (Gadus morhua L.) at the spawning ground. FSBI conference. Aberdeen, Scotland, 10-14 June 2006.
Michalsen, Kathrine, Dimitry D. Prozokevich, Edda Johannesen, Knut Sunnanå, Thomas de lange Wenneck, Jan Erik Stiansen, Anne Berit Skiftesvik, Erik Olsen. 2009. The Barents Sea Ecosystem survey: in a historic perspective. Arctic science summit week, Bergen 23-28 March 2009, Bergen , Norway.