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OCTOBER 2024 – Postdoc in Discovering Carbon-Free Pathways for Sustainable Fisheries – DTU Aqua – (a 1.5-year position + possibility for 6 months more)
Would you like to work to improve the sustainability of fisheries and help the sector implement innovative solutions that reduce CO2 emissions? DTU Aqua is looking for a postdoctoral researcher interested in studying the best way to decarbonize fishing fleets, including displacement of fishing efforts resulting from spatial fishing restrictions and effort optimization to reduce the carbon footprint of (Danish) fisheries. Technical and spatial management of fisheries is becoming more recognized as a feasible approach to mitigating the impact of fishing on exploited resources, particularly on vulnerable habitats and sensitive species, as well as reducing the use of energy input in fisheries.
We are looking for a researcher interested in creating and using mathematical models to predict the economic and ecological impact of changes in the fishing effort allocations of Danish fishing fleets. As part of the shift towards sustainable fishing and full enforcement of the EU Common Fisheries Policy, including efforts to achieve reduction by 2030 and climate-neutral fisheries by 2050, there is a pressing need for more in-depth research to understand feasible paths alongside the specific challenges faced by regional fleets, such as rising fuel prices, existing fleet structure, available stocks, and habitats, and their future change in distribution under a changing climate. The work will support achieving the goals of the EU Blue Economy and Ecosystem-Based Approach to Fisheries Management associated with the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive.
APPLY HERE before the 14 October 2024
- PhD Scholarship in Fishery and Fisheries Ecosystem Impact Modelling
With starting date May 2017, the scholarship is financed by National and EU Research Projects and supported by the DTU Aqua PhD School. The project will primarily be carried out in affiliation to the Section for Ecosystem-based Management which is situated in Lyngby, Denmark. 
DTU Aqua is an institute at the Technical University of Denmark. The purpose of DTU Aqua is to provide research, advice, and education at the highest international level within the sustainable exploitation of living marine and freshwater resources, the biology of aquatic organisms and the development of ecosystems as well as their integration in ecosystem-based management. The institute has an international research staff comprising approx. 120 academic employees.
Find out more and apply here! Deadline is over for that one, but keep in touch!