News Archive 2021
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Skagerrak report: small bits do contribute
December 27, 2021 - Also smaller numbers of beached birds represent an important contribution to the fulmar research program. -
AI helps speed up ecological surveys
December 1, 2021 - 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
November 26, 2021 - 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
November 25, 2021 - 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
November 11, 2021 - 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... -
Assessing the shrimp sector
October 26, 2021 - 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
October 21, 2021 - 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
September 29, 2021 - Scientists are going to better study the swimming and escaping behaviour of plaice and sole. With this knowledge, Wageningen University & Research... -
Importance of Yarari Sanctuary for Minke Whales
August 16, 2021 - A new collaborative study provides new insight into how two species of minke whales utilize the Caribbean and neighboring Atlantic waters throughout... -
Effects of the ZOE container spill on marine organisms in the North Sea and the Wadden Sea
July 13, 2021 - During a heavy storm at 1st January 2019, the container vessel MSC ZOE lost around 350 containers just above the Dutch island Schiermonnikoog. Part of...