News Archive 2021
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Positive development in fish stocks, but lower quota recommendation
June 30, 2021 - The main fish stocks for the Dutch fishery in the North Sea are in good shape, according to the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea... -
More advantages of sea ice for young Antarctic krill
June 18, 2021 - Krill larvae in ice-covered regions of the Southern Ocean can feed well on food from sea ice. Further research showed that the sea-ice habitat has... -
Counting fish in murky waters
May 19, 2021 - Coastal Dutch waters are extremely rich in living organisms, including the early stages of many fish species. Particularly, the productive waters of... -
Reef sharks relocate during their lives
May 6, 2021 - Reef sharks do not stick to the same area throughout their lifetime, but use different habitats when they mature. This is shown by research by... -
Nathusius' pipistrelle crosses the North Sea in one night
May 4, 2021 - In the night of Sunday 2 to Monday 3 May, a Nathusius' pipistrelle flew from Minsmere in England directly to Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands). This is the... -
Dirty birds – Clean hands
April 15, 2021 - Collecting northern fulmars from beaches for research can be a dirty job. This is certainly the case in our plastic monitoring project, in which old... -
Looking into the future
March 30, 2021 - The monitoring research of plastics in stomach contents of Northern Fulmars has made an important step forward. Together with colleagues from all... -
Rhine Estuary Sediment Testing Ground: using clean dredged material better
March 12, 2021 - After dredging operations, a lot of sand and silt is lost from the Rhine-Meuse estuary into the sea or into depots. In order to retain the dredged... -
New shark and ray research project
March 10, 2021 - VisNed and the Dutch Fishermen´s Union participate in a new research project to gain better insight into the survival of rays after capture and... -
Effects of climate change in the North Sea: more sole biomass, but smaller numbers
March 5, 2021 - The North Sea is warming up and how will that affect fish species? Marine ecologist Karen van de Wolfshaar recently tested three climate change...