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Gill nets are the most important fishing gear for the German small scale fishery. This method is considered highly selective with respect to the target species, but unwanted bycatch of seabirds and marine mammals can be a serious environmental problem at times. An inter-disciplinary project funded…

Rostock University promotes cooperation between Thünen Institute of Baltic Sea Fisheries and the Institute of Informatics.

Fishing is the most dangerous civil occupation, with the highes rates of injuries and fatalities outside of military conflicts. While we are well aware of this fact, even Thünen personell is sometimes stuck by accidents. Quick help is essential in these cases!

Dr Paul Kotterba, Postdoc at the Thünen Institute of Baltic Sea Fisheries, has received the Best Poster Award during the prestigeous 51st European Marine Biology Symposium on Rhodos, Greece.

Dr Richard Spinrad, Chief Scientist of the U.S. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), visited Warnemunde today for an exchange of ideas with IOW, BSH and Thünen OF.

“The discard ban and its impact on the MSY objective on fisheries” is another study commissioned by the European Parliament to inform the decision making process. The Baltic case study within the overall report was prepared by the Thünen Institute of Baltic Sea Fisheries and presented by Dr Sarah…

More than 1000 visitors at the 2nd „Baltic Sea Day“ in Rostock city harbour.

7 m aluminium catamaran baptised.

25 scientists of all Baltic rim countries met at the Institute of Baltic Sea Fisheries to evaluate the results of the latest international coordinated cruises of research vessels in the Baltic Sea, and to coordinate the cruises planned for 2017.

10 years ago we moved into our new building directly at the river Warnow – the institute, now part of the Thünen Institute, was still part of the Federal Research Center for Fisheries at that time.