by Stefan Neuenfeldt, PhD., Senior Researcher at the National institute for Aquatic Resources from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU Aqua)
He heads the research area for fish population dynamics and stock assessments. His work focuses on species distributions and interactions and scaling small scale processes to population-level vital rates. He has coordinated several BONUS, and H2020 projects on integrating biological processes in eco-system based fisheries management and currently participates in the EU project Marine Plan ‘Improved transdisciplinary science for effective ecosystem-based maritime spatial planning and conservation in European Seas’. STN is member of the ICES Baltic Fisheries Assessment Working Group and co-chairs the ICES Working Group on Ecosystem-based fisheries management in the Western Baltic.
In his presentation, he evidenced data of bottom trawling in Denmark, as well as the true costs to nature and the ecosystem.