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Germany’s highest award in science communication  goes to a knowledge disseminator for more sustainability in freshwater management and fisheries.

In addition to the offspring, also keep the particularly large, older specimens alive: This management achieves good compromises between the demands of professional and angling fishing and the natural reproductive capacity of fish stocks.   

Robert Arlinghaus has developed a method for combining the empirical knowledge of fishery stakeholders in such a way that the result corresponds to the best scientific understanding. This is of particular interest when human and financial resources are insufficient to achieve a profound scientific understanding or when, for example, fish stock data cannot be retroactively recorded.

Aquaculture is the fastest growing area of food production in the world – one of the reasons why it is the subject of controversial debate in society and politics. The information portal Aquakulturinfo.de provides objective and research-based information on aquaculture.

Lakes managed by recreational anglers are characterised by a higher natural fish diversity than gravel pits without fishing management.

Robert Arlinghaus and international colleagues present a five-point plan to integrate recreational fishers into fisheries and nature conservation policy.

Which fish species live in the Lake Müggelsee, how many of them are there, and how big do they get? These were the questions investigated by some 20 IGB employees between 8 and 10 October.

"Good catch!" - Several members of the IGB-research group "Integrative Recreational Fisheries Management" of Robert Arlinghaus were honoured within the last months.