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Fabian in Bergens Tidene
Doctor Zimmermann, I presume? (02.09.2011)
Fabian was awarded PhD degree after a lively debate with the opponents. EvoFish congratulates!
NSSH herring, mackerel, NS herring and cod in 2000-2010
Final countdown (27.08.2011)
Fabian Zimmermann is defending his thesis "The value of size - Bioeconomic consequences of size-dependent pricing and fishing-induced evolution" on the coming Friday, September 2nd.
A new summer visitor (05.07.2011)
Benjamin Faure from France is doing his research practice with EvoFish.
The value of size. Bioeconomic consequences of size-dependent pricing and...
Size matters! (20.06.2011)
Fabian Zimmermann has submitted his thesis "The value of size. Bioeconomic consequences of size-dependent pricing and fishing-induced evolution".
Beatriz Diaz Pauli is catching guppies
Guppies in the university news (25.05.2011)
The web magazine of the University of Bergen, På Høyden, has published an article about our guppy experiment.
Suneetha Gunawickrama visiting EvoFish (20.05.2011)
Between October 2010 and mid September 2011, Suneetha is splitting her time between EvoFish and Institute of Marine Research (Tromsø).
Master's thesis of Martin Wiech
New master's thesis (12.05.2011)
Martin Wiech has finished his master's thesis on guppy behaviour.
Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs Lisbeth Berg-Hansen in the guppy lab
Minister Lisbeth Berg-Hansen in the guppy lab (28.04.2011)
Our gyppy lab got its one minute of fame when the Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs, Lisbeth Berg-Hansen, was visiting University of Bergen on April 27th.
Master thesis at EvoFish? (14.03.2011)
We are frantically preparing for the "Master Day" of the Biology Department on Thursday, March 17.
Fabian in Tasmania (07.03.2011)
EvoFish member Fabian Zimmermann is currently visiting the School of Economics and Finance at the University of Tasmania as part of his PhD project
Evolutionary Applications special issue (18.02.2011)
Evolutionary Applications has newly published a special issue "In the light of evolution: interdisciplinary challenges in food, health, and the environment".
How to survive an alien invasion? (16.02.2011)
Sometimes fish can be just as scary as aliens – especially if you are a tiny Daphnia looking into the mouth of a big perch. Until 2006 daphnids in Lake Myravatn were unaware of the vertebrates living in neighbouring lakes. That year perch was illegally introduced and the daphnids had to face a novel death risk. So how do they cope with this alien invasion? PhD student Ingrid Wathne from EvoFish... Read more
Fishing guppies (14.01.2011)
Our guppy experiment is set up to study life-history changes caused by harvesting. This involves monitoring of the populations, and harvesting at regular intervals. Now it is the time for the third harvest.
Economics meets ecology and evolution (04.01.2011)
The Norwegian Research Council interviewed Fabian Zimmermann about his work in fisheries bioeconomics.
EvoFish in "Evolution of life" (20.12.2010)
Mikko Heino from EvoFish is featuring in the video "The case of the shrinking cod", a part of the award-winning website "Evolution of life".
Award for Fabian Zimmermann (22.06.2010)
Fabian Zimmermann from EvoFish was awarded a student price for his presentation on optimal harvesting of fish populations.
Contemporary Evolution: Humans as Agents of Selection (03.06.2010)
The Evolutionary Fisheries Ecology group will organize an NMA course, October 4-9, 2010 at the Marine Biological Station.
Toward Darwinian Fisheries Management (14.08.2009)
Journal "Evolutionary Applications" has published a special issue "Toward Darwinian Fisheries Management", based on the symposium EvoFish organized in 2008.

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