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In a recent documentary "42 - the answer to almost everything" by the ARTE channel, our colleague Dr. Matthias Schaber also has his say on the causes for the endangerment of many shark species in the world's oceans.

The Thünen Institute is again - together with the Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences, the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) and the TTZ Bremerhaven -  representative for „Science in Bremerhaven" at the trade fair "fish international". Visit us at the joint stand "Science & Innovation…

Master students from the marine biology class from University of Bremen visit the Thünen Institute for a course in fisheries biology for the second time these days.

On November 1, the RV SONNE returned from its 285th cruise to the Benguela upwelling system to the port of Emden, Germany. With exciting results.

The Benguela Current not far from the southwest coast of Africa is the destination of the research vessel "Sonne“

Thünen scientists discover previously unknown hermit crab in the Meldorf Bight. Did it come to stay?

Our fisheries research vessel ´Walther Herwig III´ is currently conducting the German part of the International Bottom Trawl Survey (IBTS). If you are interested in the tasks of the survey and the experiences of the participants, you might want to read the sea-blog (in German)