Institute of Baltic Sea Fishery (TI-OFS)
The Institute provides the scientific basis for a sustainable use of Baltic sea fishery resources by the European Union. Only stocks with a balanced age structure and a stable productivity can be exploited sensibly and in the long term. Simultaneously, ecosystem effects of fishing activity need to be minimised. The work of the OSF is embedded in international research programs and conventions.
Parent institution:
Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut - Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries (TI) Details of TI
Address
Institute of Baltic Sea Fishery (TI-OFS)
Alter Hafen Süd 2
18069 Rostock
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Phone: 0381 / 8116-102
Fax: 0381 / 8116-199
email: osf(@)ti.bund.de
Activities:
- Research
Focus of Research:
- Fish population development
- Modelling/statistics, population estimates, monitoring in the Baltic Sea
- Recruiting fish populations
- Trapping technology
Coordinated projects
- Collaborative project: Protection of competetitive ability for the german fishery through development from innovative and practicle PAL-units for minimizing the common porpoise bycatch – Subproject 1 Details of Collaborative project: Protection of competetitive ability for the german fishery through development from innovative and practicle PAL-units for minimizing the common porpoise bycatch – Subproject 1
- Data management in the ICES and EU environment Details of Data management in the ICES and EU environment
- DCF (Data Collection Framework): Collection of data from the German recreational fishery on Baltic salmon and sea trout in the framework of the National Fisheries Data Collection Program Details of DCF (Data Collection Framework): Collection of data from the German recreational fishery on Baltic salmon and sea trout in the framework of the National Fisheries Data Collection Program
- Environment & fishery: Mapping and quantification of herring spawning areas in the predicted discarge plume of the planned power plant Lubmin in Greifswalder Bodden Details of Environment & fishery: Mapping and quantification of herring spawning areas in the predicted discarge plume of the planned power plant Lubmin in Greifswalder Bodden
- Fishery Survey Technology: electrical beam trawl in the brown shrimp fishery Details of Fishery Survey Technology: electrical beam trawl in the brown shrimp fishery
- Fishery- and Survey Technology: Selectivity of gear: experiemts with trawls with reduced cover for use in mafrine protected areas Details of Fishery- and Survey Technology: Selectivity of gear: experiemts with trawls with reduced cover for use in mafrine protected areas
- Policy advice: Evaluation of ITQ-management for the Western Baltic Sea Details of Policy advice: Evaluation of ITQ-management for the Western Baltic Sea
- Policy advice: FLOS: Project on reducing discards at sea and to test an alternative fisheries management approach: Fehmarn Landing Obligation Study Details of Policy advice: FLOS: Project on reducing discards at sea and to test an alternative fisheries management approach: Fehmarn Landing Obligation Study
- Policy advice: Project ProtFISH - Initiative for an alternative fisheries management in the western Baltic (Cluster of Excellence, Univ. Kiel) Details of Policy advice: Project ProtFISH - Initiative for an alternative fisheries management in the western Baltic (Cluster of Excellence, Univ. Kiel)
- SIA (Social Impact Assessment) - Profiling of small-scale fishing communities in the Baltic Sea Details of SIA (Social Impact Assessment) - Profiling of small-scale fishing communities in the Baltic Sea
Involved in research projects:
- Baltc Sea and North Sea GLOBEC: trophic interactions between zooplancton and fishes allowing the effects of physical processes. Details of Baltc Sea and North Sea GLOBEC: trophic interactions between zooplancton and fishes allowing the effects of physical processes.
- EU project: Study on stomach content of fish to support the assessment of good environmental status of marine food webs and the prediction of MSY after stock restoration Details of EU project: Study on stomach content of fish to support the assessment of good environmental status of marine food webs and the prediction of MSY after stock restoration
- Optimised codends for an ecologically and economically sustainable brown shrimp fishery in the North Sea (CRANNET) Details of Optimised codends for an ecologically and economically sustainable brown shrimp fishery in the North Sea (CRANNET)
- SEAFOODPLUS - Details of SEAFOODPLUS -