On time for Kiel Week 2012 the research vessel “MS Wissenschaft” docks on Kiel’s east shore. On board: an exhibit on overfishing by the Cluster of Excellence “The Future Ocean”. Photo: Future Ocean

What does a star fish feel like? Marine wildlife up close at the “Open ship” on Alkor. Photo: Jan Steffen

Up to four players can simultaneously try the fisheries management game in the marquee of the Cluster of Excellence. Photo: Future Ocean

Always a Highlight: The relief globe where sea beds and continents can be explored by hand. Photo: Future Ocean

Exhibition visitors point to the Cluster’s stylized world map. Photo: Future Ocean

Geologist Dr. Sven Petersen during his presentation “Ores from the deep sea – Opportunities and Risks”. Photo: Future Ocean

Prof. Mojib Latif during his presentation “Hurricanes and Tornadoes – Destructive Whirlwinds”. Photo: Future Ocean

Prof. Dieter Piepenburg in his presentation on polar bears “The arctic ice is melting – what are the polar bears doing?”

Tomorrow’s scientists? Two pupils try on real polar suits. Photo: Future Ocean

Kiel Week 2013



Is the fish big enough that catching it will not harm the stock? This is what big and small visitors at the Kiel Week could find out in the “Kieler uni live” tent on  the Kiellinie about Kiel’s Cluster of Excellence “The Future Ocean” from June 22nd to 30th, 2013.

 

In the interactive fish length game, visitors use a ruler to measure domestic types of fish, such as plaice, cod and herring, to see if they are already big enough for consumption. In addition, films were shown which informed visitors about different fish catch methods, such as beam trawl, trawl net or long line fishery. Marine scientific experiments developed by the ‘Kiel Forschungswerkstatt’, a set of laboratories at Kiel University open to school classes, covering the topic “Ecosystem Baltic Sea” as well as lectures about sustainable fisheries, the future of the coast and dangers from the ocean completed the offer from Kiel’s marine sciences.

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