Preparing fisheries for a sustainable future
A new multi-stakeholder project has launched at DTU Aqua in Hirtshals to develop innovative methods of fishing in the Baltic and North Sea with the task of maintaining the profitability…
Cod sensitive to oxygen drop
Even a minor drop in oxygen levels can have serious negative effects on cod. Hypoxia in Danish waters has been widespread in late summer and autumn months and has become…
The Biogarn project is funded by EMFAF and the Danish Fisheries Agency. Images: Esther Savina/DTU Aqua
Trialling biodegradeable nets
The port of Hirtshals is the backdrop to trials with biodegradeable nets, part of a six-year project testing the nets and the decomposition rates in and around the harbour. The…
Danish waters full of plankton – not microplastics
Researchers from DTU have for some years worked towards an overview of how much microplastic is in our marine environment and the effect it has on the food chain in…
Ludvig Ahm Krag on Powell Island during a research trip on board a krill trawler at the Antarctic. The krill fishery here is one of the most technologically advanced fisheries in the world. Image: Bjørn Arne Krafft.
DTU Aqua appoints professor of fishing gear innovation
Ludvig Ahm Krag has been appointed Professor at DTU, where he heads the fisheries technology research group, replacing his title of senior researcher with the title of Professor of Fishing…
Researchers have analysed samples from Nuup Kangerlua (or Godthåbsfjorden) to identify concentrations of microplastic particles. Image: DTU Aqua
Study analyses microplastics concentration off Nuuk
A new study shows that concentrations of microscopic plastic particles in the sea along the west coast of Greenland are roughly the same as in the Atlantic. These minute pieces…
