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On 14 January 2020, Kristian Schreiber Plet-Hansen will defend his PhD thesis at DTU Aqua, Lyngby.
Anders Nielsen has been appointed professor at DTU on statistical modelling of fish stocks and marine systems.
DTU researcher launches a new theory to model fish stocks and fish communities and applies it to current problems in fisheries science.
On 27 September 2019, Esther Beukhof will defend her PhD thesis at DTU, Lyngby.
DTU researcher develops short-term forecasts for marine life that can help the fishing industry to adapt to climate change.
Modifications in front of and inside the trawl can help the Norway lobster mixed trawl fishery coping with new EU landing obligation, concludes PhD thesis.
Institute Director Fritz Köster elected president of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea for the next three years
Researchers from DTU Aqua are currently testing the world’s first underwater eDNA laboratory. It checks the water daily for DNA traces from four species of fish
How much marine litter is floating around in the water column of the North Sea? How is it distributed, and what type is it? This will now be mapped in a new research...
Signs of recovery are appearing among previously overfished large-bodied fish stocks. This is good news, but may also present new challenges.
Microorganisms and copepods in the Arctic seas are negatively affected by oil spill, which may impact the entire marine food web, states new PhD thesis. On 22 August...
New study shows massive benefits for trout following full river restoration in a lowland river
Researchers have developed a garfish barometer, on which anglers can follow garfish fishing and contribute to climate research.
Researchers have, for the first time, tagged lumpfish with electronic tags in Denmark. The project aims to shed light on the fish’s unknown behaviour in the ocean.
Artificial lakes are used as a measure to reduce nitrogen load of streams. PhD Student Michael Schwinn has investigated the consequences for migrating brown trouts when...
When animals move from one habitat to another, it may affect the stability of the entire ecosystem. PhD Student Joan Holst Hansen has investigated the migratory behavior...
“Counting the uncountable” is the fundamental challenge in fish stock assessment. To meet this challenge, Christoffer Moesgaard Albertsen has evaluated and developed...
PhD Student Helle Jørgensbye has identified corals and other benthic sedentary organisms in Western Greenland which are particular vulnerable to human activities. On...
New report presents the first collection of knowledge about derelict fishing gear in Denmark
PhD Student Thomas Frank-Gopolos has produced experimental trout families with different levels of domestic-wild genetic ‘mixing’ and compared their fitness after some...
The number of non-native species which are recorded in new habitats outside their natural range is steadily increasing. Though thousands of species are daily transported...
PhD Student Paulus Inekela Kainge has investigated the effects of variations in e.g. oxygen, temperature and wind on collection of data on hake stocks in Namibia. On...
For the first time ever tagging of bluefin tuna has taken place in Danish and Swedish waters. The tags will collect important knowledge of the tuna that are present in...
The Centre for Ocean Life at DTU Aqua has received DKK 15 million from VILLUM FONDEN to continue its work for another five years
Tagging project expected to contribute to explaining why bluefin tuna has returned to Skagerrak and Kattegat after more than 50 years of absence.
Today DTU Aqua, SLU Aqua and WWF will start tagging bluefin tuna to get a better understanding of why the fish have begun returning to Danish and Swedish waters, after...
This month Professor Ken H. Andersen will defend his doctoral dissertation written on the basis of 10 years’ research and which resulted in his development of new fishery...
The world’s most coveted fish is back in Danish and Swedish waters. New project will tag tuna to find out why they have come back
PhD student Esther Savina defends her thesis about ecosystem effects of bottom set nets on 8 June 2017
The publication “PhD projects at DTU Aqua” presents DTU Aquas PhD students and their projects
Shorter time from idea to commissioning of new fishing gear. This is the idea behind a new research project in which DTU is a participant.
On 7 March 201, PhD student Thomas Noack defends his thesis which has increased the basic scientific understanding of Danish seining and developed methods and equipment...
DTU Aqua is part of the ‘blue-action’-project aiming to help communities and businesses cope with the impacts of dramatic Arctic climate changes
A new study published this week in Science Advances challenges a century-long–held assumption that eels spawn in the spring following their escapement from European shores
Director Fritz Köster, DTU Aqua, gives opening plenary lecture on the processes that influence the dynamics of fish stocks at the ICES Annual Science Conference 2016 in...
Senior Researcher Mark Payne, DTU Aqua will chair new ICES Working Group on Seasonal-to-Decadal Prediction of Marine Ecosystems
Evaluation of FMSY ranges as a tool to combine long-term single-stock targets with flexible, short-term, mixed-fisheries management requirements
Over the next three years, 18.000 cod will be tagged in Danish, German, Polish and Swedish waters to provide reliable age- and growth information for sustainable management...
Study finds substantial cross-system lipid transportation in the transition zone between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea (Øresund) where a resident cod population interact...
New video: Project coordinator and Professor Clara Ulrich, DTU Aqua, and two other project scientists describe the purpose of the international research project DiscardLess...
New study from the Centre for Ocean Life, DTU Aqua determines the empirical relationship between fish size at maturity, fecundity and spawning type in fish stocks from...
Two new doctoral theses from DTU are set to take us on a journey across the seven seas to examine fish larvae, and into the laboratory to push microscopic materials to...
The first scientific mapping of the arrival of the economically important mackerel in Greenland indicates it is there to stay
On 21 June 2016, Evandro Malanski,DTU Aqua, defends his PhD thesis about early life of capelin and Atlantic cod in West Greenland
On Monday, 9 May, a facility for the propagation of European eel was inaugurated at DTU in Hirtshals in North Jutland. Here, researchers and industry are working on developing...
On 18 May 2016 Louise Dahl Kristensen will defend her PhD thesis about the importance of habitat structure for the distribution and behaviour of demersal fish
A 3D-camera based on laser light can see through the murky conditions beneath the waves. DTU have tested cod to see whether they are irritated by being filmed.
It is a myth that eels from the Mediterranean cannot swim out through the Strait of Gibraltar and contribute to European eel stocks, recent tagging experiments show...
There is huge untapped resources of protein in the deep sea, but any potential exploitation should be done with caution, warns research.
Although employed by DTU, Thomas Diget Tarby rarely sets foot on any of the campuses— because as first officer on the marine research vessel Dana, he spends around 130...
The first steps was taken to upgrade DTU Aqua's monitoring fleet when Havfisken left the shipyard in Hvide Sande on Tuesday. The vessel will collect data about fish populations...
DNA tool makes it possible to ‘travel back in time’ and see exactly what went wrong, when the cod disappeared
Professor Henrik Gislason delivers opening plenary lecture at ICES Annual Science Conference
A two week research cruise led by DTU Aqua is to investigate if new areas have become available for successful spawning of cod after a recent inflow of water from the...
Following a large-scale rescue operation including extensive stream restoration and gene technology, the wild salmon in the streams of Jutland have turned into big local...
Professor Clara Ulrich from DTU Aqua is at the helm of a major European project intended to make the fishing industry more sustainable.
DTU has conferred professorships on J. Rasmus Nielsen and Clara Ulrich at DTU Aqua.
Nordic marine researchers push for increased collaboration across disciplines to handle growing pressure on the oceans.
There was a biting wind at the fjord as Dan Jørgensen, the Danish Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, fishcare consultant Mads Christoffersen and local anglers...
To improve understanding of the decline in the European eel population, a Danish research expedition with DTU Aqua's research vessel "Dana" explored the spawning areas...
The expedition has at times battled 12-metre Atlantic swells , making it impossible to get equipment in the water. However, expedition leader Peter Munk of DTU Aqua and...
A statistical model originally developed to allow fishermen to study the work done by researchers, has now become one of the most highly acclaimed tools for estimating...
New study: Impact of deep-sea fishery for Greenland halibut on non-commercial fish species off West Greenland
New study uses size- and trait-based models to compare balanced harvesting with traditional selective fishing patterns
An innovative use of catch statistics shows that climate change has already influenced the composition of species in fisheries around the world, and thereby the fish...
European and American scientists are meeting in Barcelona, Spain this month to launch a new European initiative for climate service observations and modelling. DTU Aqua...
It is never easy to have to count all the fish in the sea. However, biologists and administrators all over Europe will soon receive a helping hand from a new shared database...
The eastern Baltic cod stock has recently started to recover, after two decades of severe depletion, however with unexpected side-effects.
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