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Marine Management and Conservation
The Marine Management and Conservation (MMC) research group uses future-oriented and applied research projects and assignments to link the Coastal and Marine Management study programme to issues that are relevant to the professional field. Students and researchers work together to address real-life challenges, working with and for stakeholders. The knowledge developed on the human use of the marine environment is also directly integrated into the curricula of relevant study programmes.
Marine Management and Conservation focuses on the following three areas:
- Management of coral reefs
- Management of the Wadden region and the North Sea
- Fish migration and the Wadden Sea
1. Management of coral reefs
The ‘reef restoration’ theme works to develop new applications that can accelerate the restoration of reefs or limit their further deterioration. This includes:
- Developing knowledge of the functioning of the coral reef or shellfish reef ecosystem
- Developing knowledge of any threats and opportunities and how they affect that functioning
- Developing applications that can mitigate threats or facilitate opportunities
- Testing and improving applications
Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences is particularly specialised in the application of artificial reefs and in restoring key species in coral reefs.
The ‘reef restoration’ theme includes the following projects:
- Project AROSSTA
- Project Diadema
- Project MOREEF
For more information on these projects, please contact Alwin Hylkema ([email protected]).
2. Management of the Wadden region and the North Sea
This theme focuses on the sustainable use and management of the North Sea and the Wadden region. We use the North Sea and Wadden Sea as study locations and focus on governance in particular. Governance refers to the process of decision-making and the way that decisions are implemented, or not.
- Project MarCons
- Project TRAILS
- Project Aquaview
- Wadden expert course
For more information on this theme and its projects, please contact David Goldsborough ([email protected]).
3. Fish migration and the Wadden Sea
The ‘Wadden Sea and Fish migration’ theme is about developing our understanding of the interactions between the Wadden Sea, its hinterlands and humans. We focus in particular on fish ecology and fish migration. How can we soften the edges of the Wadden region? How can we restore the relationship between the Wadden Sea and its hinterlands and thus restore fish populations? We consider the interests of fish across the Wadden region, while also considering the interests of the Wadden region as a whole from the perspective of fish. This includes:
- Developing knowledge of the performance of fish ladders
- Developing knowledge of fish migration and coastal habitats
- Developing knowledge of the impacts of climate change and associated opportunities
- Developing management perspectives and solutions to help with the further improvement of the Wadden Sea and its surroundings.
VHL is particularly specialised in identifying fish migration and the effectiveness of fish ladders.
The ‘Wadden Sea and Fish migration’ theme includes the following projects:
- Vissen voor Verbinding
- Sud Ie Innovatieve Vismonitoring
- Impuls voor Diadrome Vissen
For more information on this theme and its projects, please contact Jeroen Huisman ([email protected]).
Research group contact person: [email protected].