Current news
Scientists from Hamburg made a large catch in the Antarctic Ocean
Such a large amount of marbled rockcod was definitely not expected...
Project AQUABEST has started
Innovative practices and technologies for developing sustainable aquaculture in the Baltic Sea region.
Workshop on sexual maturity staging
of redfish and Greenland halibut successfully completed.
Walther Herwig III in Greenland waters
The WH III has returned from the rough waters off Greenland.
vTI-student wins the prize
for the best poster presentation at the ICES Annual Science Conference.
News from redfish
RV Walther Herwig III has returned from its 344th research cruise on Monday, July 18th.
Target species: Beaked redfish
Adaptive Management for krill
An expert group is making progress in the development of an adaptive krill management.
News from the Atlantic mackerel
An expert group has evaluated the stock status of Atlantic mackerel.
International Krill Workshop
The European Community initiated a workshop on Antarctic krill.
Back from Antarctic waters
Our scientists have returned from a research cruise in Antarctic waters.
Award
Our colleague Hans-Joachim Rätz was awarded the Excellence Award of the EU for the best Policy support.
Conference on Fishery Dependent Information
Some of our colleagues participated in the first Conference on Fishery Dependent Information that took place at the National University of Ireland in Galway, 23-26 August 2010.
Read their report (German with English abstract).
RV Walther Herwig III in Greenland waters
The RV Walther Herwig III has recently returned from its 338th cruise in Greenland waters. The aim of the cruise was the investigation of the demersal fish stocks with a focus on cod and redfish.
Further education in whale identification
Some of our colleagues participated in a further education at the Research and Technology Centre (FTZ) in Büsum.
Herring larvae survey
RV Walther Herwig III has just returned from its 337. cruise from September 23th to 29th to investigate the abundance and spatial resolution of herring larvae in the North Sea.
Conference: Fish Reproduction and Fisheries
Why do certain stocks not recover (fast enough) from depletion? The recovery is very much dependent on their reproductive potential. Read more...
New device for fisheries research
We have a new device at our institute. Read more about the "Multi-sampler".