Research

DTU Aqua's research addresses the environmental consequences and interactions of human activities in the aquatic environment and helps resolve the conflict between exploitation and conservation

Goal

As a leading international institute for marine sciences, fisheries and aquaculture, the goal of DTU Aqua's research is to address the environmental consequences and interactions of human activities in the aquatic environment and help resolve the longstanding conflict between aquatic resource exploitation and conservation.

Approach

The research approach builds upon:

conducting field and experimental work addressing all temporal and spatial scales using modern technology.
understanding biological, chemical and physical interactions and processes structuring aquatic ecosystems and their dynamics.
elaborating models for assessing and predicting the development of fisheries and aquaculture and ecosystems under natural and anthropogenic forcing at both short and long terms.

Habitats

DTU Aqua's research deals with all types of aquatic habitats—from the North Atlantic Ocean and European shelf areas to coastal areas and inner Danish waters, ecosystems in lakes and streams as well as aquaculture.

European shelf seas, Danish coastal areas and freshwaters are our main working areas, but we also work on Arctic and sub-Arctic waters, in particular in the North Atlantic surrounding Greenland, and we are involved in research activities in other parts of the world.