Curriculum Vitae

EGIL ONA

Born: 22 December 1952, on the island of Ona, NW-Norway

Citizenship: Norwegian

Work address: Institute of Marine Research
P.O.Box 1870, 5024 Bergen, Norway
TEL. +47 55 23 85 00
FAX. +47 55 23 85 31

MOB. +47 90 99 80 87
Email: egil.ona@imr.no

Education:
1982 Cand. real. Department of Fisheries Biology, University of Bergen, with thesis: «Mapping of the swim bladder shape and form stability for theoretical calculations of acoustic reflection by fish».

Present position:  Principal Scientist, Research group “Observation Methodology” IMR.
Adjunct professor, Fisheries acoustics, University of Bergen.

Recent publications (2009-2007)

1. Patel, R., Pedersen,G. and Ona,E. 2009. Inferring the acoustic dead-zone volume by split-beam echo sounder with narrow-beam transducer on a noninertial platform. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 125, 698-705

2. Demer, D.A., Kloser, R.J., MacLennan, D.N. and Ona, E. 2009. Introduction: Proceedings of the 2008 ICES Symposium on the Ecosystem Approach with Fisheries Acoustics and Complementary Technologies. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 66/6: 961-965.

3. Harbitz, A. Ona, E. and Pennington, M. 2009. The use of an adaptive acoustic-survey design to estimate the abundance of highly skewed fish populations. ICES Journal of Marine Science, Vol. 66/6: 1349-1354.

4. Johnsen, E., Pedersen, R. and Ona, E. 2009. Size-dependent frequency response of sandeel schools. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 66/6: 1100-1105.

5. Ona, E., Mazauric, V. and Andersen, L.N. 2009. Calibration methods for two scientific multibeam systems. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 66: 1326-1334.

6. Patel, R., Ona, E. 2009. Measuring herring densities with one real and several phantom research vessels. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 66/6: 1264-1269.

7. Pedersen, G. and Handegard, N.O and Ona, E. 2009. Lateral-aspect, target-strength measurements of in situ herring (Clupea harengus). ICES Journal of Marine Science, Vol. 66/6: 1191-1196.

8. Totland, A., Johansen, G.O., Godø, O.R., Ona, E. and Torkelsen, T. 2009. Quantifying and reducing the surface blind zone and the seabed dead zone using new technology. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 66/6: 1370–1376.

9. Fässler, S.M.M., Gorska, N., Ona, E. and Fernandes, P.G. 2008. Differences in swimbladder volume between Baltic and Norwegian spring spawning herring, consequences for mean target strength. Fisheries Research, 92, 314 - 321.

10. Korneliussen, R. J., Diner, N., Ona, E., Berger, L., and Fernandes, P. G. 2008. Proposals for the collection of multi-frequency acoustic data. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 65: 982–994.

11. Hjellvik, V., Handegard, N. O., and Ona, E. 2008. Correcting for vessel avoidance in acoustic-abundance estimates for herring. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 65: 1036–1045.

12. Ona, E. and Andersen, L.N. 2008. Field Calibration of a 3D Scientific Fisheries Sonar. Sea Technology, Feb. 2008, 61-65.

13. Løland, A., Aldrin, M., Ona, E., Hjellvik, V., and Holst, J. C. 2007. Estimating and decomposing total uncertainty for survey-based abundance estimates of Norwegian spring-spawning herring. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 64: 1302–1312.

14. Ona, E., Godø, O. R., Handegard, N. O., Hjellvik, V., Patel, R., and Pedersen, G. 2007. Silent research vessels are not quiet. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 121: EL145–EL150.

15. Gorska, N., Korneliussen, R. J., and Ona, E. 2007. Acoustic backscatter by schools of adult Atlantic mackerel. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 64: 1145–1151