Dr. Christoph Stransky

Research interests

Biological monitoring of German fisheries activities in the North Sea and North Atlantic and derivation of protection measures for fish stocks
Annual surveys of demersal fish stocks (cod, saithe, haddock, redfish, Greenland halibut, plaice, sole) in the North Sea and North Atlantic for the assessment of biologically sustainable catch levels
Contributiuons to Advisory Committees of the European Union (STECF) and ICES committees
Analyses of fishery effort (log-book data and VMS) and its relationship with fishing mortality and population dynamics of fish stocks with the aim to adjust fishing capacity to fishing opportunities
Advice to BMEL, BMU and EU in relation to fisheries management
EU Data Collection Framework (DCF)
Stock delineation of redfish (Sebastes mentella) straddling NAFO and NEAFC areas based on genetic analyses of archived otoliths

since 2010: Deputy director at the Institute of Sea Fisheries since
2004: Research Scientist at the Institute of Sea Fisheriessince
2007: National Correspondent of the EU Fisheries Data Collection Framework (DCF)
2000 - 2004: Research Scientist at the Institute of Sea Fisheries within the EU project 'REDFISH'
1999-2004: Ph.D. at the University of Hamburg, Germany. Thesis on 'Stock separation and growth of redfish (genus Sebastes) in the North Atlantic by means of shape and elemental analysis of otoliths'
1997 - 1998: M.Sc. course in Marine and Fisheries Science, University of Aberdeen, Scotland/UK; Thesis on 'A comparison of biomass estimates obtained from small and large-scale groundfish surveys in the North Sea'
1993-1997: Diploma studies in Biology, University of Hamburg, Germany. Main subject: Hydrobiology and Fisheries Science, Subsidiary subjects: Zoology, Physical Oceanography