News & Calendar Wageningen Marine Research
The research areas of Wageningen Marine Research include ecology, environmental conservation and protection, fisheries, aquaculture, maritime technology, delta technology, management of coastal zones and marine policy. Updates from the research not only appear as news articles, but are also shared at meetings, via our e-newsletter or via social media.
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AI helps speed up ecological surveys
- Scientists at NIOZ (Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research), EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne) and Wageningen University... -
Deadly bacteria found in large group of stranded porpoises
- Last summer, some 190 dead porpoises washed ashore on the Dutch Wadden Sea Islands within just ten days. A remarkably high number, considering the... -
Ernst van den Ende appointed Managing Director Animal Sciences Group
- The Executive Board of Wageningen University & Research (WUR) has appointed Ernst van den Ende as the Managing Director of the Animal Sciences... -
New report: Annual update of plastics ingested by fulmars in the Netherlands
- The annual report on plastics in fulmars, collected along the Dutch coasts, has been published, adding new data from the year 2020. The amount of... -
Update WEPAL/ QUASIMEME
- Lately, WEPAL/ Quasimeme has been very active with sample shipment of new proficiency testing rounds. -
Assessing the shrimp sector
- The shrimp sector is currently facing some challenging issues. Addressing these issues requires changes to be made, which is why the government is... -
Meeting for the 40th time to discuss nature conservation and fisheries management at Antarctica
- The Commission on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) started the 40th edition of their annual meeting last week. The first... -
NWO funding for research on an alternative method to catch sole and plaice
- Scientists are going to better study the swimming and escaping behaviour of plaice and sole. With this knowledge, Wageningen University & Research... -
Research on cod and lobster behaviour around artificial reefs in wind farm Borssele 1 & 2
- Ørsted, The Rich North Sea, Wageningen Marine Research and the Win-Wind consortium have recently launched a study on the behaviour of cod and... -
Importance of Yarari Sanctuary for Minke Whales
- A new collaborative study provides new insight into how two species of minke whales utilize the Caribbean and neighboring Atlantic waters throughout...