Research institute IMARES Research into strategic and applied marine ecology. About us Follow IMARES on Follow us on facebook Follow us on Twitter Follow us on LinkedIn Follow us on Google+ Follow us on YouTube Amount of plastics in Northern Fulmars stable A new report of IMARES Wageningen UR shows that for the past decade, the amount of plastic in stomachs of Northern Fulmars has remained virtually the... Read more New edition Newsletter e-MARES The new edition of the e-Newsletter of IMARES Wageningen UR, the e-MARES no.19, June 2013, can be downloaded here. Read more Resource: Criteria for fishing limits inadequate Resource writes about age structure not being a viable criterion, according to a publication by researchers Thomas Brunel and Gerjan Piet of IMARES... Read more IMARES studies possibilities for clean shipping Ballast water, the toxicity of coatings, the introduction of exotic species as a result of organic growth on the hull: IMARES studies and offers... Read more IMARES constructs unique testing facility for ballast water management systems From July 2013 onwards, IMARES Wageningen UR will have at its disposal a unique ballast water testing facility to test ballast water management (BWM)... Read more Areas of expertise Aquaculture and fisheries Delta technology Marine ecology Maritime technology Water technology & quality Marine policy News: Amount of plastics in Northern Fulmars stable June 17, 2013 Nature lends a hand June 10, 2013 Resource: Criteria for fishing limits inadequate June 6, 2013 New edition Newsletter e-MARES June 5, 2013 IMARES studies possibilities for clean shipping June 4, 2013 More News... Calendar: MARE policy day 2013 Giving Small-Scale Fisheries a Place June 25, 2013 Bioacoustics Day 013 September 18, 2013 Seagriculture: Exploring the Seaweed Chain September 25, 2013 Arctic Energy Summit October 8, 2013 More Calendar... Blog: Ship Blog Survey: Nice weather at St. Kilda, time for calibrating April 3, 2013 Research background: Progress of research into effects of prawn fishing Dossiers: Antarctica Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba CO2 storage in sea bed Discards - Unwanted catch Eel fishing in the Netherlands Plastic waste in the Sea Porpoises