Dr. Gerd Kraus
- Address
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Herwigstraße 31
27572 Bremerhaven - Phone
- +49 471 94460 100
- Fax
- +49 471 94460 199
- gerd.kraus@thuenen.de
Research interests
- Reproduction biology of fishes
- Modelling of the impact of protected areas on fish populations and fisheries
- Fishery-independent models for stock assessments
- Marine Protected Areas
Assignments
- Contributions to Advisory Committees of the European Union (STECF) and ICES committees
- Participation in European Fisheries and Aquaculture Research Organisation (EFARO)
- Advice to BMEL, BMU and EU in relation to fisheries management
- Natura 2000 - Proposals for fisheries management measures in Natura 2000 sites in the German EEZ in the North Sea and Baltic Sea
Projects
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Educational background and employment
- since 2008: Director of the Thünen-Institute of Sea Fisheries
- 2006 – 2008: Senior scientist at the Technical University of Denmark, Danish Institute of Fisheries Research. Fisheries biology section with main focus on population dynamics and reproduction biology
- 2002 – 2006: Scientific assistant in fisheries biology within the field of research of marine ecology at IFM-Geomar in Kiel, Germany.