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On 14 January 2020, Kristian Schreiber Plet-Hansen will defend his PhD thesis at DTU Aqua, Lyngby.
Birds and fish in the Disko Bay no longer have access to the same amount of two Arctic fat-rich copepod species as they did 25 years ago, according to recent research.
On 6 December 2019, Kim Birnie-Gauvin will defend her PhD thesis at DTU Aqua, Silkeborg.
Anders Nielsen has been appointed professor at DTU on statistical modelling of fish stocks and marine systems.
Colin Stedmon is appointed professor at DTU in the chemical composition of the oceans.
Participants from around the world gained insight into some of the World’s largest land-based recirculating aquaculture systems at the fifth NordicRAS Workshop.
DTU researcher launches a new theory to model fish stocks and fish communities and applies it to current problems in fisheries science.
A new partnership agreement between DTU and The University of Queensland strengthens research collaboration.
Researchers look into whether organisms living deep in the oceans can be exploited in an ecologically and economically sustainable way.
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.
Thomas Kiørboe, Professor of Ocean Ecology at DTU, receives research prize for his groundbreaking work.
Once again, DTU researchers are tagging bluefin tuna to find out why the huge fish have returned to Denmark as summer visitors. Thirty-two tuna have been tagged in four...
How much derelict fishing gear is there in the sea around Denmark, and how can it be removed? DTU Aqua will now investigate this.
On 22 August 2019, Tiago Malta will defend his PhD thesis at DTU, Hirtshals.
New, large international research project will improve the cultivation and utilization of organisms at the bottom of the marine food chain.
DTU offers a new BEng programme: Fisheries Technology.
5 July 2019, Alan le Moan will defend his PhD thesis at DTU, Silkeborg.
On 3 July 2019, Johannes N. Kathena will defend his PhD thesis at DTU, Lyngby
Food Organic common mussels are easy to grow on ropes in Denmark. Nevertheless, few find their way to Danish consumers.
Specially developed smart sensors and underwater cameras can enable robots to handle monitoring tasks in the sea
Optimum water conditions, hiding places for fish, and the prevention and reduction of parasites and bacteria to secure organic trout fry.
A longer harvest season, stable production and collaboration with the retail sector are to increase the Danes’ appetite for farmed mussels, which are being exported today...
On 21 May 2019, Martin Lykke Kristensen will defend his PhD thesis at DTU, Silkeborg.
On 14 May 2019, Elliot John Brown will defend his PhD thesis at DTU, Lyngby.
On 3 May 2019, Tim Spaanheden Dencker will defend his PhD thesis at DTU, Lyngby.
On 2 May 2019, Agnethe Nøhr Hansen will defend her PhD thesis at DTU, Lyngby.
On 11 April 2019, Rob van Gemert, DTU Aqua will defend his PhD thesis at DTU, Lyngby.
Under new EU rules, fishermen must land previously discarded catches. New control methods are needed—for example video cameras and DNA analyses.
On 4 April 2019 Brian Klitgaard Hansen will defend his PhD thesis at DTU, Silkeborg.
The world’s first starfish meal factory will be inaugurated at the Limfjord on Friday, 29 March as a result of collaboration between universities and businesses.
Fish from fish farms are feeding more and more mouths. But what should the fish eat? Research shows that plant proteins may be the answer.
On 8 March 2019, Marina Pancic Mohr will defend her PhD thesis at DTU, Lyngby.
PhD project has developed diagnostic tools and a scientific basis for the risk assessment of PRV-3 infections in salmon and trout.
Students can now apply to enrol in a new BEng programme—Fisheries Technology—starting in September.
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.
Climate change is influencing the distribution of zooplankton in the sea, thereby affecting the contribution made by plankton to removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere...
Workshop invites industrial partners and researchers to share newest knowledge and developments in recirculation aquaculture technology
Four young DTU researchers will each receive DKK 10 million for their research. This takes place at the annual appointment of Villum Young Investigators, at which VILLUM...
A ban on throwing away unwanted catches in fisheries (discards) has come into force throughout Europe. Researchers, fishermen, managers and environmental NGOs meet at...
Institute Director Fritz Köster elected president of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea for the next three years
DTU is co-operating with four other research institutions to investigate the impact of plastic in the ocean and the need for new legislation
New technology is significantly reducing the cost of measuring temperature, currents and pressure in waters near the coast, for example in fish farms or small harbours...
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
Plankton—the foundation of the food chains in the Arctic Ocean—are affected by concentrations of oil pollution much lower than previously assumed.
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...
Up to eight degrees warmer waters than normal. This was how much the hot weather affected the sea during the summer, according to calculations from DTU Aqua.
The brackish-water loving jellyfish Blackfordia virginica has been a new player in the Kiel Canal since summer 2016, shows an evaluation of regular biological monitoring...
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
Diagnostics, surveillance and the veterinary contingency against infectious diseases in fish, bivalves and crustaceans moves from the National Veterinary Institute...
Kim Aarestrup and Anders Koed have been appointed professors at DTU within the area of diadromous fish, i.e. fish such as eel and salmon that migrate between fresh and...
Based on the first comprehensive data collection on the occurrence of the invasive jellyfish, Mnemiopsis leidyi, in Europe, scientists now show that ocean currents play...
What are the demands of European eel larvae on water temperature and salinity, and what are the nutritional requirements of larvae raised in culture? These are the focus...
Researchers have developed a garfish barometer, on which anglers can follow garfish fishing and contribute to climate research.
The book ‘Biology and Ecology of Pike’ gathers the newest research knowledge of one of our top predatory fish.
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...
Researchers from DTU Aqua are coordinating a new project investigating what pollution means for the marine life in the Gulf of Guinea.
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...
Danish-Australian shark study is the first in a series of PhD programmes to stimulate research collaboration between DTU and the University of Queensland, Australia. ...
The reuse of water in recirculating aquaculture systems increases the risc of impaired water quality. PhD Student Paula Andrea Rojas Tirado has investigated new methods...
Leading ocean experts, including researchers from DTU Aqua, have started work on a publication, which will provide European governments with robust, independent scientific...
With an appropriation under the Danish Finance Act of EUR 4 million (DKK 30 million), the Danish Shellfish Centre will strengthen food production on Mors.
DTU is part of a new Arctic Research Icebreaker Consortium, which will provide researchers with improved access to investigate the Arctic
“Counting the uncountable” is the fundamental challenge in fish stock assessment. To meet this challenge, Christoffer Moesgaard Albertsen has evaluated and developed...
Do copepods feed on toxic algea, or do they have strategies to avoid them? This is the subject of Jiayi Xu’s PhD thesis which she will defend on 2 February 2018.
Dissolved organic matter in the oceans plays an essential role in the regulation of global climate, but little is known about its chemical composition. PhD Student Urban...
Sea animals and plants absorb massive quantities of CO2 from the atmosphere and thus serve as a buffer against global warming. But will this change in line with the oceans...
Over the next five years, researchers from the Nordic Five Tech alliance will be studying the impact of thawing permafrost on coastal communities in the Arctic.
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...
PhD Student Anette Maria Christensen, DTU Aqua has investigated the effects of climate induced changes in the salinity of the Baltic Sea on an important marine copepod...
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...
Come to an open day on 29 November 2017, where cooperation partners are invited to have a look at some of the new, state-of-the-art facilities in DTU's largest building...
The inauguration of DTU’s new building complex—which brings together a large part of the University’s research environment within life sciences and bioengineering—was kicked...
The concentration of microplastics in water and fish from the Baltic Sea has been constant for the past 30 years, despite a substantial increase in plastic production...
PhD Student Nicolas Azaña Schnedler-Meyer, DTU Aqua uses theoretical models to investigate jellyfish population dynamics and to develop our understanding of how jellyfish...
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...
DTU Aqua is organizing the fourth international NordicRAS workshop on recirculating aquaculture systems—this time in Aalborg on 12–13 October 2017.
The Centre for Ocean Life at DTU Aqua has received DKK 15 million from VILLUM FONDEN to continue its work for another five years
PhD Student Filipa da Silva, DTU Aqua has investigated factors influencing the maturational response of European female eels to hormonal treatments and resulting egg...
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...
According to the Danish Drone Strategy, the Danish Government wants to promote the use of drones in the public sector. And now a string of DTU projects have become airborne...
DTU Aqua has successfully coordinated an EU network on fishing activities in collaboration with the Danish Agency for Research and Education.
PhD student Viola Neumann, DTU Aqua has investigated clupeids' predation pressure on cod egg and the implications for cod recruitment in the Baltic Sea. On 24 July 2017...
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
Copepods have developed two distinct behavioral strategies that have different costs and benefits when it comes to feeding, mating and escaping predators. A new PhD thesis...
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
Laurène Pécuchet defends her thesis "A trait-based approach to understanding marine communities’ composition, assembly and diversity" on 5 May 2017
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.
Employees from DTU Aqua, DTU Food, and DTU Vet are now taking DTU’s biggest ever new build into use.
During the Easter holiday, DTU Aqua will relocate from Charlottenlund Castle to DTU’s Lyngby Campus
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...
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