Areas of research
Our research is grouped into four thematic areas, supported by powerful technology platforms (see organigram on the right hand side):
- Marine ecosystems
- Population dynamics of harvested stocks
- Fisheries economics & Management
- Oceanography & climate
Within the four thematic areas we address the following specific research projects topics:
Population dynamics of exploited living marine resources
We conduct biological Monitoring to assess and evaluate the status of ...
Impacts of competing utilization on fish stocks and fisheries inside the German exclusive economic zone
We investigate the impacts of different users on the fish assemblages and ...
Monitoring of fishing effort and yield
This includes the exploration and evaluation of the impacts of the commercial fishery on ...
Integrated modelling, Impacts of climate change, Alternative management systems
We investigate the effects of climate and oceanographic variability on the ...
Innovative sampling technologies, Hydroacoustics, Optics
The development and optimisation of survey strategies is ...
DCF (Data Collection Framework): Coordination and conduction of the German National Fisheries Data Sampling Programme
Since 2002 Germany is obliged to collect basic data from the fishery, with the aim of ...
Scientific policy advice
Based on our research activities and results, we give advice to ...