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Fisheries management: Fatal miscalculation leads to further declining fish stocks

Every year, maximum catch limits and quotas are set across Europe in a multi-stage process; nevertheless, many fish stocks in European waters are overfished. An analysis by scientists from the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel and Kiel University shows that catch limits are not sustainable because stock sizes are systematically overestimated and the politically set quotas regularly exceed the already excessively high recommendations… Read more »

Seabed: Drastic effects of human activity persist for years

By LabNews Media LLC | February 11, 2025

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Human activities in the Baltic Sea are still visible on the seabed years later and significantly impact the habitat of numerous marine species. Researchers at Kiel University have used hydroacoustic methods to investigate the southwestern Baltic Sea for traces of human activity. According to their findings, approximately 36 percent of the surveyed areas show disturbances to the seabed caused by human activities such as bottom trawling, shipping, or dumping… Read more »