Projects

The goal of the PREDATOR project is to understand the impact of recreational fishing pressure on the behavior of natural fish populations.

Using the example of the western Baltic cod (Gadus morhua), in this project we are interdisciplinarily studying questions of responsibility and reorganization of the commercial and recreational fisheries.

Our project aims to understand the evolution of individual and collective intelligence in fish due to size-selective harvesting (like in fisheries) and the fitness consequences using zebrafish as a model.

Shrimp farming rapidly expanded over the last two decades, but animal welfare has largely been overlooked. Only recently, welfare considerations paved the route for stricter regulations on animal welfare in decapod crustaceans.

The project studies the fisheries exploitation of the Western Baltic Cod taking the perspective of resilience and wants to help push the system towards a more desired state.

Spatio-temporal high-resolution analysis of water-based recreational activities, resulting impacts and conflicts of use, as well as derivation of a socio-ecological management concept.

The project studies the ecology, use and socio-economic importance of Rügen pike and develops recommendations for sustainable management

Promotion of biodiversity and ecosystem services in small gravel pits through implementation of habitat-oriented management practices in recreational-fisheries management.