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Associate professor II The Norwegian College of Fishery Science ego006@post.uit.no +4777646064 45496531 Tromsø

Enrique Blanco Gonzalez

Job description

Molecular ecology, population genetics, evolution, marine conservation, stock enhancement of marine and estuarine fisheries, reproductive and ichthyoplankton ecology. Currently, the main focus of my research is on cleaner fish used for salmon delousing in Norwegian salmon aquaculture; and stocking and restocking programs of fish and invertebrates.

  • Yajie Liu, Trond Rafoss, Luis F. Oliva Turbis, Enrique Blanco Gonzalez :
    Stakeholders' perception and willingness-to-pay for an aquaculture-based fisheries enhancement program for coastal cod in Southern Norway
    Aquaculture 2024 DOI / ARKIV
  • Enrique Blanco Gonzalez, Femke de Boer :
    The development of the Norwegian wrassefishery and the use of wrasses as cleanerfish in the salmon aquaculture industry (Review Article)
    Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi 2021
  • Enrique Blanco Gonzalez, Femke de Boer :
    Correction to: The development of the Norwegian wrasse fishery and the use of wrasses as cleaner fish in the salmon aquaculture industry
    Fisheries Science 2021 DOI
  • Enrique Blanco Gonzalez, Femke de Boer :
    The development of the Norwegian wrasse fishery and the use of wrasses as cleaner fish in the salmon aquaculture industry
    Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi 2021 DOI
  • Enrique Blanco Gonzalez :
    Sørlandsfiskerne ønsker utsetting av flere millioner fisk i fjordene
    23. January 2025
  • Enrique Blanco Gonzalez, Trond Rafoss, Federico Håland Gaeta, Erlend Moksness :
    Gir vi opp torsken?
    19. March 2025
  • Enrique Blanco Gonzalez, Trond Rafoss, Federico Håland Gaeta, Erlend Moksness :
    Gir vi opp torsken?
    19. May 2025
  • Enrique Blanco Gonzalez, Federico Håland Gaeta, Erling Svensen :
    Fra tang til teknologi: dykkerklubb gir barn og unge en makebit av livet i havet gjennom sommerskole
    01. June 2025
  • Enrique Blanco Gonzalez :
    Sørlandsfiskerne ønsker utsetting av flere millioner fisk i fjordene
    23. January 2025
  • Gilles Lericolais, Sheila Heymans, Nicola Beumont, Juliette Aminian Biquet, Enrique Blanco Gonzalez, Julia Calderwood :
    European Marine Board. Navigating the Future VI: The Ocean’s role in addressing global crises. EMB Policy Brief N° 13, February 2025. ISSN: 0778-3590 ISBN: 9789464206340. 10.5281/zenodo.14192290.
    European Marine Board 2025 FULLTEKST
  • Enrique Blanco Gonzalez, Federico Håland Gaeta, Erling Svensen :
    Dykket i lærdom: sommerskolen er en stor suksess!
    10. July 2025
  • Enrique Blanco Gonzalez :
    Fishermen in Southern Norway seek the release of millions of fish into fjords
    partner.sciencenorway.no 12. February 2025
  • Enrique Blanco Gonzalez, Trond Rafoss, Federico Håland Gaeta, Erlend Moksness :
    Gir vi opp torsken?
    10. March 2025
  • Enrique Blanco Gonzalez :
    Vil sette ut flere millioner fisk i fjordene på Sørlandet
    23. January 2025
  • Sheila Heymans, Gilles Lericolais, Paula Kellett, Ángel Muñiz Piniella, B. Alexander, Ana Rodríguez Perez et al.:
    Navigating the Future VI: Ocean science for earth challenges
    2025
  • Enrique Blanco Gonzalez :
    Working as a marine biologist: an exciting retrospective experience
    2025
  • Enrique Blanco Gonzalez :
    Seascape ecology: towards understanding the drivers of biodiversity change and establishing optimal management strategies for marine ecosystems
    2025
  • Enrique Blanco Gonzalez :
    Utsetting av torskeyngel
    2025
  • Enrique Blanco Gonzalez :
    Sørlandsfiskerne ønsker utsetting av flere millioner fisk i fjordene
    https://forskning.no/ 05. November 2024
  • Enrique Blanco Gonzalez, Eirik Rognaldsen, Anne Skifjeld :
    Lite torsk langs Sørlands­kysten – forskere vil ta grep
    28. July 2024
  • Enrique Blanco Gonzalez :
    Forskere vil styrke bestanden av kysttorsk på Sørlandet med anlegg på land
    28. July 2024
  • Enrique Blanco Gonzalez :
    Bringing cod back to the fjords – voices for restoration in Agder
    2024
  • Enrique Blanco Gonzalez :
    Forskere vil styrke bestanden av kysttorsk på Sørlandet med anlegg på land
    29. July 2024
  • Enrique Blanco Gonzalez :
    Forskere vil styrke bestanden av kysttorsk på Sørlandet med anlegg på land
    28. July 2024
  • Enrique Blanco Gonzalez :
    Forskere vil styrke bestanden av kysttorsk på Sørlandet med anlegg på land
    28. July 2024
  • Enrique Blanco Gonzalez :
    Forskere vil styrke bestanden av kysttorsk på Sørlandet med anlegg på land
    28. July 2024
  • Enrique Blanco Gonzalez :
    Vil sette ut torskeyngel i fjorden
    18. July 2024
  • Enrique Blanco Gonzalez :
    Forskere vil styrke bestanden av kysttorsk på Sørlandet med anlegg på land
    28. July 2024
  • Enrique Blanco Gonzalez, Anna Rut Tørresen :
    Vil redde kysttorsken med oppdrett i anlegg på land
    28. July 2024
  • Enrique Blanco Gonzalez :
    Vil sette ut millionar av småfisk i fjordene
    05. November 2024
  • Enrique Blanco Gonzalez, Federico Håland Gaeta, Erling Svensen, Mana Naito, P. Thjørmøe, Ulf Tjåland :
    Project report - Overvåkning og fjerning av havnespy i UNESCO Magma Geopark
    Norwegian Environment Agency 2024
  • Enrique Blanco Gonzalez :
    Restoration efforts to rebuild coastal cod populations in southern Norwegian fjords
    2024
  • A.C. Lima, R. Machado, Trond Rafoss, Marta Moyano, Enrique Blanco Gonzalez, A. Duarte et al.:
    Blue Control Centre - Architectural specification & requirement analysis
    EEA Grants Portugal 2024
  • Enrique Blanco Gonzalez :
    Vil sette ut fleire millionar småfisk i fjordene
    05. November 2024
  • A.C. Lima, R. Machado, Trond Rafoss, Marta Moyano, Enrique Blanco Gonzalez, A. Duarte et al.:
    Blue Control Centre - Solution user manual
    EEA Grants Portugal 2024
  • Enrique Blanco Gonzalez :
    Implementation of molecular approaches for restoration and management of marine resources: experiences from the Skagerrak coast of Norway
    2024
  • Enrique Blanco Gonzalez :
    Implementation of molecular approaches for restoration and management of marine resources: experiences from the Skagerrak coast of Norway
    2024
  • Enrique Blanco Gonzalez :
    Restoration efforts to rebuild coastal cod populations in southern Norwegian fjords
    2024
  • Nicola Beumont, Juliette Aminian Biquet, Enrique Blanco Gonzalez, Julia Calderwood, Renske de Winter, Tainá Fonseca et al.:
    Navigating the Future VI: Placing the Ocean within the wider Earth system. Position Paper 28 of the European Marine Board
    European Marine Board 2024
  • Jonas Storsæter, Enrique Blanco Gonzalez :
    Development of a marine rocky shore sampling device for larvae and juvenile fish and invertebrates
    Universitetet i Agder 2023
  • Enrique Blanco Gonzalez, Adam Hassan, Benjamin Finkenhagen :
    Assessing fish species composition dynamics in response to lobster fishing season outside Flødevigen
    Universitetet i Agder 2023
  • Enrique Blanco Gonzalez, Federico Håland Gaeta, Erling Svensen, Mana Naito, Pål Thjømøe, Ulf Tjåland :
    Overvåkning og fjerning av havnespy i UNESCO Magma Geopark
    Norwegian Environment Agency 2023
  • Enrique Blanco Gonzalez, Federico Håland Gaeta :
    Na er resultatet fra lokale havnespy undersokelser kommet
    25. November 2023
  • Yajie Liu, Enrique Blanco Gonzalez, Luis F. Oliva Turbis :
    Socio-economic perception of fisheries enhancement in Agder
    2023
  • Enrique Blanco Gonzalez, Federico Håland Gaeta :
    Vær oppmerksom på «havnespyet»
    26. May 2023
  • Enrique Blanco Gonzalez :
    Recent scientific advances in coastal cod ecology & genetics: a potential for restocking?
    2023
  • Enrique Blanco Gonzalez, Federico Håland Gaeta :
    Dette er en fremmed art den truer med a innta flekkefjord
    15. May 2023
  • Enrique Blanco Gonzalez :
    Programa completa ciclo de repoblamientos en apoyo de la pesca artesanal
    21. December 2020
  • Enrique Blanco Gonzalez :
    Chile: Apostando por el cultivo de moluscos y nuevas especies.
    01. September 2020
  • Enrique Blanco Gonzalez :
    Programa tecnológico liderado por la UNAP finalizó investigación con exitoso repoblamiento de erizos
    18. December 2020

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    Research interests

    My main research interests are in molecular ecology and conservation genetics. I employ molecular approaches in combination with biological and environmental information to study how evolutionary, demographic, environmental and anthropogenic forces shape the genetic architecture of marine populations, and what the adaptive responses of the organims to those factors are. Over the last years, I have also been working on mating behavior and reproductive strategies of fish. In particular, I aim at improving our understanding of reproductive fitness, potential hybridization between wild and released organisms and the viability of their offspring. 

    ORCID: 0000-0002-2631-2331

    CV

    2019 – present. Associate Professor, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Norway

    2014 – 2018. Associate Professor, University of Agder, Norway

    2015 – 2016. Visiting Researcher, CSIRO, Australia

    2012 – 2014. Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Agder, Norway

    2011 – 2012. Postdoctoral Fellow, Shimane University, Japan

    2009 – 2011. Postdoctoral Fellow, Fukuyama University, Japan

    2009 Ph.D. Bioresource Science (Fish Genetics), Hiroshima University, Japan. Implications of the stock enhancement program of black sea bream (Acanthopagrus schlegelii) on the genetic resources and population fitness in Hiroshima Bay. Supervisor: Prof. Tetsuya Umino.

    2006 M.Sc. Bioresource Science & Technology (Fish Genetics), Hiroshima University, Japan. Contribution assessment of hatchery origin black sea bream Acanthopagrus schlegeli into natural populations using microsatellite markers. Supervisor: Prof. Tetsuya Umino. 

    2004 D.E.A. Zoology (equivalent to M.Sc.), University of Cadiz, Spain. Determinación de las condiciones ambientales y localización de las zonas de puesta del boquerón, Engraulis encrasicolus (L., 1758), en aguas del Golfo de Cádiz durante el comienzo de la sesión de puesta. (in English: “Determination of the environmental conditions and spawning grounds of European anchovy, Engraulis encrasicolus (L. 1758) in the Gulf of Cadiz during the beginning of the spawning session). Supervisor: Prof. José Antonio Hernando Casal.

     2000 B.Sc. Marine Science, University of Cadiz, Spain.