Dipl.-Biol. Jens Ulleweit
- Address
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Herwigstraße 31
27572 Bremerhaven - Phone
- +49 471 94460 117
- Fax
- +49 471 94460 199
- jens.ulleweit@thuenen.de
Research interests
- Catch composition of different commercial fisheries with special emphasis on discards
- Egg production and biology in general of mackerel and horse mackerel
- Member of various ICES and EU expert groups
Assignments
- Population dynamics and assessment of pelagic fish stocks (herring, mackerel, horse mackerel, blue whiting and sprat) in the North Sea and North Atlantic
- Biological monitoring of German fisheries activities and derivation of protection measures for fish stocks
- EU Data Collection Framework (DCF)
- Recruitment research: Investigation of fish eggs and larvae in terms of species composition and size
Projects
Involved in
Educational background and employment
- since 2002: Scientist at the Institute of Sea Fisheries
- 2001 – 2002: Employed as scientific observer on commercial fishing trips at the German Federal Research Centre of Fisheries
- 1998 – 2000: Assistant project manager in a commercial environment in London, UK
- 1996 – 1998: Research fellow at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research; participation in research projects: “The impact of the Europipe installation on fish and decapods” and “Zoogeographic investigations on eelpout Zoarces viviparous”
- 1995: Diploma thesis at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in frame of the UBA project “Development of a monitoring strategy for the fish and crustaceans of the East Frisian Wadden Sea” (On the ecology of two resident fish species from the Wadden Sea, Eelpout [Zoarces viviparus] and butterfish [Pholis gunnellus])
- 1991 – 1995: Working student at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven.Studies of biology in Frankfurt am Main and Bremen.