EMB 342 Project Cruise
As part of the MGF-Baltic Sea II project, the RV Elisabeth Mann Borgese (EMB) was on a project cruise in the Baltic Sea in June 2024. The scientist gathered important data for the time series to documented the current state prior to the exclusion of bottom trawling fisheries in the marine protection areas.
MGF-Status Seminar 2024
On April 23rd and 24th, the involved scientists and stakeholders of the MGF project met for the annual status meeting at the Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW).
The various working groups presented their results from the North and Baltic Seas and outlined their planned approaches for the upcoming project period.
In breakout groups, more detailed discussions took place, focusing on topics such as monitoring concepts, non-invasive sampling methods, and new modeling approaches.
MGF Ostsee Meeting 12/13 December 2022
This year's MGF Ostsee project meeting took place from 12 to 13 December 2022 in Warnemünde. The participants presented their current results, summarised the status of publications and discussed further cooperation. A second project phase is currently being planned.
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Expedition has started!
On June 2, the next expedition in the MGF Baltic Sea project has started. Goal: extensive inventory of the geoacoustic and geochemical composition of the seabed of the marine protected areas Oderbank and Fehmarnbelt and the inhabiting organisms living there.
A press release was also released to mark the start of the expedition:
https://www.io-warnemuende.de/mitteilung/items/grundschleppnetz-fischerei-in-meeresschutzgebieten-der-ostsee-iow-startet-expedition-zur-erforschung-der-auswirkungen.html
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Kickoff meeting of scientists on 1/2.12.2020
On 1/2.12.2020 the long awaited kickoff meeting of the MGF North Sea - and MGF Baltic Sea - scientists finally took place. Due to the Corona pandemic, the meeting, which was actually planned for spring 2020, had to be postponed to autumn and now took place virtually. The content of the meeting was mainly about the current status of the work and first results. Around 70 participants, including guests from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation and the project management attended the meeting.
