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Kana Banno

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Kana Banno

Researcher, affiliated
Department of Biological Sciences Ålesund

kana.banno@ntnu.no
Kompasset, 293, Ålesund
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About

I do research within salmon aquaculture, with a focus on salmon behaviour in commercial cages, as response to various environmental factors.

My research interest covers wide range of topics, but I am especially interested in fish behaviour, fish welfare, and use of technologies (e.g. underwater cameras, ROVs, echosounders, sonars) for aquaculture monitoring.

I have worked at a Japanese land-based RAS company that produces rainbow trout, where I acquired thorough knowledge on everyday operation at RAS facilities, as well as strong observational skills necessary for healthy growth of salmonids. I earned my PhD degree in Biology from NTNU in 2025, with a focus on the monitoring of fish welfare and aquaculture -environment interactions. I was awarded a MSc in Biology with a focus on aquaculture and genetics, from UiT The Arctic University of Norway in 2019.

Main supervisor: Associate Prof. Lars Christian Gansel

Competencies

  • Aquaculture
  • Environmental monitoring
  • Fish biology
  • Fish welfare
  • Harmful algae
  • Hydroacoustics
  • Land based aquaculture
  • Molecular genetics
  • Salmon louse
  • Salmonids

Research

  • InnoSEA - Innovations for Sustainable sEabased Aquaculture

Publications

  • Chronological
  • By category
  • All publications registered in NVA

2025

  • Banno, Kana; Gao, Sihan; Stolz, Christian; Tuene, Stig Atle; Aas, Grete Kristine Følsvik Hansen; Gansel, Lars Christian. (2025) Data from: Multi-beam sonars for monitoring the distribution and welfare of fish reared in sea cages - strengths and challenges. Mendeley Data
    Data set
  • Banno, Kana; Gao, Sihan; Stolz, Christian; Tuene, Stig Atle; Aas, Grete Kristine Følsvik Hansen; Gansel, Lars Christian. (2025) Multi-beam sonars for monitoring the distribution and welfare of fish reared in sea cages - strengths and challenges. Aquaculture
    Academic article
  • Banno, Kana; Gansel, Lars Christian; Aas, Grete Kristine Følsvik; Torres, Richardo Da Silva. (2025) Monitoring of fish in sea-caged aquaculture: methodology and applications. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
    Doctoral thesis

2024

  • Banno, Kana; Gonçalves, Filipe Marcel Fernandes; Sauphar, Clara Pauline; Anichini, Marianna; Hazelaar, Aline; Sperre, Linda Helen; Stolz, Christian; Aas, Grete Kristine Følsvik Hansen; Gansel, Lars Christian; Torres, Ricardo. (2024) Healthy and Loser Salmon Dataset. Mendeley Data
    Data set
  • Banno, Kana; Gonçalves, Filipe Marcel Fernandes; Sauphar, Clara Pauline; Anichini, Marianna; Hazelaar, Aline; Sperre, Linda Helen; Stolz, Christian; Aas, Grete Kristine Følsvik Hansen; Gansel, Lars Christian; Torres, Ricardo. (2024) Identifying losers: Automatic identification of growth-stunted salmon in aquaculture using computer vision. Machine Learning with Applications (MLWA)
    Academic article
  • Banno, Kana; Gao, Sihan; Anichini, Marianna; Stolz, Christian; Tuene, Stig Atle; Gansel, Lars Christian. (2024) Expanded vision for the spatial distribution of Atlantic salmon in sea cages. Aquaculture
    Academic article

2023

  • Gao, Sihan; Banno, Kana; Hu, Zhicheng; Han, Peihua; Gansel, Lars Christian; Li, Guoyuan; Zhang, Houxiang. (2023) Digital Prototyping of a Stocked Cage with Multi-Sensor Integration.
    Academic chapter
  • Landeira, José M.; Fatira, Effrosyni; Banno, Kana; Tanaka, Yuji. (2023) Maternal influence on the larval morphometry of the brush-clawed shore crab Hemigrapsus takanoi (Decapoda: Brachyura). Scientia Marina
    Academic article

2022

  • Banno, Kana; Kaland, Håvard; Crescitelli, Alberto Maximiliano; Tuene, Stig Atle; Aas, Grete Hansen; Gansel, Lars Christian. (2022) A novel approach for wild fish monitoring at aquaculture sites: wild fish presence analysis using computer vision. Aquaculture Environment Interactions
    Academic article

2019

  • Banno, Kana; Præbel, Kim; Bhat, Shripathi; Dalmo, Roy. (2019) Investigating population genomic structure of salmon lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) in northern Norway. UiT Norges arktiske universitet
    Master thesis

2018

  • Banno, Kana; Oda, Tatsuya; Nagai, Kiyohito; Nagai, Satoshi; Tanaka, Yuji; Basti, Leila. (2018) Deleterious effects of harmful dinoflagellates and raphidophytes on egg viability and spermatozoa swimming velocity in the Japanese pearl oyster Pinctada fucata martensii. Journal of Shellfish Research
    Academic article

Journal publications

  • Banno, Kana; Gao, Sihan; Stolz, Christian; Tuene, Stig Atle; Aas, Grete Kristine Følsvik Hansen; Gansel, Lars Christian. (2025) Multi-beam sonars for monitoring the distribution and welfare of fish reared in sea cages - strengths and challenges. Aquaculture
    Academic article
  • Banno, Kana; Oda, Tatsuya; Nagai, Kiyohito; Nagai, Satoshi; Tanaka, Yuji; Basti, Leila. (2018) Deleterious effects of harmful dinoflagellates and raphidophytes on egg viability and spermatozoa swimming velocity in the Japanese pearl oyster Pinctada fucata martensii. Journal of Shellfish Research
    Academic article
  • Landeira, José M.; Fatira, Effrosyni; Banno, Kana; Tanaka, Yuji. (2023) Maternal influence on the larval morphometry of the brush-clawed shore crab Hemigrapsus takanoi (Decapoda: Brachyura). Scientia Marina
    Academic article
  • Banno, Kana; Gonçalves, Filipe Marcel Fernandes; Sauphar, Clara Pauline; Anichini, Marianna; Hazelaar, Aline; Sperre, Linda Helen; Stolz, Christian; Aas, Grete Kristine Følsvik Hansen; Gansel, Lars Christian; Torres, Ricardo. (2024) Identifying losers: Automatic identification of growth-stunted salmon in aquaculture using computer vision. Machine Learning with Applications (MLWA)
    Academic article
  • Banno, Kana; Kaland, Håvard; Crescitelli, Alberto Maximiliano; Tuene, Stig Atle; Aas, Grete Hansen; Gansel, Lars Christian. (2022) A novel approach for wild fish monitoring at aquaculture sites: wild fish presence analysis using computer vision. Aquaculture Environment Interactions
    Academic article
  • Banno, Kana; Gao, Sihan; Anichini, Marianna; Stolz, Christian; Tuene, Stig Atle; Gansel, Lars Christian. (2024) Expanded vision for the spatial distribution of Atlantic salmon in sea cages. Aquaculture
    Academic article

Part of book/report

  • Gao, Sihan; Banno, Kana; Hu, Zhicheng; Han, Peihua; Gansel, Lars Christian; Li, Guoyuan; Zhang, Houxiang. (2023) Digital Prototyping of a Stocked Cage with Multi-Sensor Integration.
    Academic chapter

Student thesis or dissertation

  • Banno, Kana; Præbel, Kim; Bhat, Shripathi; Dalmo, Roy. (2019) Investigating population genomic structure of salmon lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) in northern Norway. UiT Norges arktiske universitet
    Master thesis
  • Banno, Kana; Gansel, Lars Christian; Aas, Grete Kristine Følsvik; Torres, Richardo Da Silva. (2025) Monitoring of fish in sea-caged aquaculture: methodology and applications. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
    Doctoral thesis

Teaching

BIA3003 Introduction to scientific method (2024 Autumn)

Outreach

2024

  • Conference lecture
    Kaland, Håvard Blindheim; Banno, Kana; Gansel, Lars Christian; Amundsen, Trond; Tuene, Stig Atle; Aas, Grete Kristine Følsvik Hansen. (2024) Does farmed Atlantic salmon get frightened of wild fish around sea cages?. AQUA 2024

2022

  • Lecture
    Banno, Kana; Anichini, Marianna; Auning, Kurt E.; Haugen, Pål; Almaas, Kjell; Tuene, Stig Atle; Gansel, Lars Christian. (2022) Monitoring the spatial distribution of farmed fish in large commercial sea cages deploying a multi-beam sonar. Aquaculture Europe 2022
  • Lecture
    Gonçalves, Filipe M. F.; Banno, Kana; Anichini, Marianna; Gansel, Lars Christian; Torres, Ricardo. (2022) Automatic detection of growth-stunted phenotype in farmed Atlantic salmon: a new insight into quantify their distribution and behaviour based on a machine learning approach. Aquaculture Europe 2022

2021

  • Interview
    Banno, Kana; Waycott, Bonnie. (2021) Women in aquaculture: Kana Banno.
  • Interview
    Banno, Kana. (2021) Artificial intelligence makes it easier to study wild fish at salmon farm sites.
  • Conference lecture
    Banno, Kana; Kaland, Håvard; Crescitelli, Alberto Maximiliano; Tuene, Stig Atle; Aas, Grete Hansen; Gansel, Lars Christian. (2021) A novel system for wild fish monitoring at aquaculture sites - artificial intelligence in wild fish abundance analysis. Aquaculture Europe 2020

2019

  • Lecture
    Præbel, Kim; Banno, Kana; Bhat, Shripathi; Llewellyn, Martin. (2019) Lakselusa er ikke bare lus status fra licemap. Aqua Nor 2019

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