Archive News
News 2015
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29 December 2015 Plastic litter and fur seals in Antarctica - Together with the Chilean Antarctic Institute and the British Antarctic Survey, IMARES has started an investigation of plastic litter, large and...
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16 December 2015 How much microplastic floats around in the plastic soup? - IMARES has participated in a scientific article that presents a new estimate on how much microplastics float around the sea surface worldwide, in the...
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09 December 2015 Adolescent eels on the campus of Wageningen UR - There are new "locals" on the campus of Wageningen UR: 30 male and 30 female eels. The fish come from the IMARES location in Yerseke and now...
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19 November 2015 Harbour porpoises need large, oily fish - Harbour porpoises eat approximately ten percent of their body weight in fish per day. Their diet mainly comprises gobies, whiting, sand lances,...
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28 October 2015 e-Newsletter Coast & Sea Wageningen UR - Oct 2015 - Subjects in this e-Newsletter Coast & sea: Expedition Coral reefs Saba Bank, Billions of juvenile fish under Arctic sea-ice, Adriaan Rijnsdorp...
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27 October 2015 Oyster drill threatens Dutch oyster sector - The Dutch production of the Japanese oyster is threatened by the oyster drill and a type of herpes virus. Together with the Dutch oyster sector and...
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20 October 2015 Billions of juvenile fish under the Arctic sea ice - Using the ice net SUIT (Surface and Under Ice Trawl) which was used before in Antarctica, polar cod was caught for the first time underneath the...
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21 September 2015 Outstanding scientist Adriaan Rijnsdorp picks up award at ICES Annual Science Conference - The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) has today presented the Outstanding Achievement Award to Professor Adriaan D.Rijnsdorp...
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15 September 2015 Fish Atlas of the Northwest European seas reveals life and distribution of fish - The Fish Atlas is an in-depth reference work on marine fish. This is the first complete overview of all marine fish species found in the North Sea,...
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08 September 2015 Sharks filmed in the Dutch Caribbean - Underwater stereo-video (stereo BRUV) was used to study sharks and fish diversity, relative abundance and population structure in the Dutch Caribbean....