Daily life is greatly influenced by fossil fuels. New technological inventions and the reduction of the ice coverage due to climate change makes it possible for humans to be present and undertake activities, such as gathering oil in previously inaccessible areas like the North Pole (Sagerup, Nahrgang, …

Voor de scheepvaart is er een enorme verandering op komst om milieubewuster te gaan varen. De wet en regelgeving die wordt aangestrengd op de luchtemissie-eisen komt vooral door de snelle klimaatsveranderingen in de wereld en de gezondheidsproblemen op de mens. Het begin van deze strengere eisen speelt …

To ensure stability for ships, ballast water is often used to correct or adjust the list or trim of a ship. After loading the ballast water is often carried across the ocean and discharged in an area with another aquatic environment. As a result, invasive species can end up in the water and effect the …

De Union Manta is een DP-schip varend onder Belgische vlag. De functie van een DP-operator is het stu-ren en monitoren van de bewegingen van het schip vanaf de DP-console. Ondanks dat er vanuit de off-shore-industrie veel richtlijnen, checklijsten, handleidingen en andere hulpmiddelen ter beschikking …

The aquaculture sector is expanding worldwide, which gives this sector an important economic potential. A problem for the on land aquaculture sector is that there is insufficient quality feed for cultivating fish larvae and shellfish. Based on this problem the RAAQUA project was launched (Robust Algae …

This research is conducted as a bachelor thesis of the programme Delta Management at the HZ University of Applied Sciences, Vlissingen and in cooperation with the Living Lab Water Indonesia by nuffic neso and Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Surabaya. Plastic debris hindering recovery and reforestation …

De Europese zeebaars (Dicentrarchus labrax) heeft een commerciële waarde. Toch is nog maar weinig informatie beschikbaar over de demografische geschiedenis, patronen en de geografische verspreiding van de zeebaars in het noordoostelijke gedeelte van de Atlantische Oceaan (Coscia & Mariani, 2011). De …

Coastal and marine ecosystems are subject to threats of many anthropogenic pressures. This report presents a first attempt to adapt a method in order to quantify and spatially visualize the distribution and intensity of cumulative anthropogenic pressures for the Alcúdia Bay on Majorca. The applied method …

Marine litter is cited by UNEP as “Any persistent, manufactured or processed solid material discarded, disposed of, or abandoned in the marine and coastal environment”, and includes metal, glass, paper, cardboard, processed wood, cloth and plastic. This report focuses mainly on the plastic fraction of …

The German Brown shrimp fishery occurs mainly in the shallow Wadden Sea where large concentrations of Brown shrimp (Crangon crangon) can be found. The Wadden Sea is an ecologically important nursery area for several flat fish and round fish species. In the European Union the Brown shrimp fishery is one …