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Doctoral dissertation. New method can determine how much a predatory fish eats, which can contribute to more sustainable fishing

In the future, we may know exactly how many fish we can catch without negatively impacting either the stock of predatory fish or their prey — and this thanks to a very special model of gastric evacuation. The model is developed and described by Senior Researcher at DTU Aqua Niels Gerner Andersen in his doctoral dissertation, which he recently defended.


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DTU Aqua
National Institute of Aquatic Resources
National Institute of Aquatic Resources (DTU Aqua) conducts research, provides advice, educates at university level and contributes to innovation in sustainable exploitation and management of aquatic resources. We investigate the biology and population ecology of aquatic organisms, aquatic physical and chemical processes and ecosystem structure and dynamics, taking account of all relevant natural and anthropogenic drivers.

DTU Aqua

Henrik Dams Allé
Building 202
2800 Kgs. Lyngby
Denmark
Tel. + 45 35 88 33 00
aqua@aqua.dtu.dk

 

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