Georg Respondek

-         Fishing fleet behavior

-         Fisheries management evaluation

-         Small scale fisheries performance

The core of my research interest is the interaction of humans in and with their natural environment. I have a special interest in the investigation of self- and co-management regimes in small scale fisheries. My current work focuses on the self-management of the North Sea Brown Shrimp fishery, one of the rare examples of self-management implemented by a highly developed industrial fishery.

Academic education

-         3/2009 to 03/2010 Diploma study , topic “Analysis of ecological and economical influencing factors and their impact on the spatial and temporal fleet behavior of the German Brown shrimp fisheries“, University Hamburg, IHF

Professional experience

-         Project management on behalf of Octopod GmbH for WWF International, WWF Singapore; 10/2016 – 03/2017; 07/2016 – 09/2016; 06/2016 –08/2017

-         Project development and facilitation „Sustainable Fisheries in Aqaba“ for GIZ GmbH in cooperation with the Royal Marine Conservation Society of Jordan, Aqaba; 05/2014 – 12/2015

-         Project development and facilitation „Plastic Garbage – Out to Sea?“ for GIZ GmbH in cooperation with the Royal Marine Conservation Society of Jordan and the DROSOS Foundation, Zurich and Aqaba; 08/2013 – 03/2014

-         Scientific advice of the campaign „Throw it Right“ (public campaign to reduce littering) for GIZ GmbH in cooperation with Royal Marine Conservation Society of Jordan, Aqaba; 11/2014 – 09/2015

-         Design and advice for developing a monitoring scheme for data collection supporting the „National Report on Biodiversity of Jordan“ for GIZ GmbH in cooperation with Royal Marine Conservation Society of Jordan, Aqaba; 10/2013 – 09/2015

-         Data analysis and evaluation of the status of protected marine species according to the Flora-Fauna-Habitat framework of the European Union in behalf of the University Hamburg for the „Bundesamt für Naturschutz“ (German Federal Department of Environmental Conservation); 08/2012 – 02/2013

-         Statistical analysis of catch and effort data of the German brown shrimp fishing fleet for the Thuenen Institute for Marine Fisheries, Hamburg; 01/2011 – 03/2011

Selected Presentations and Publications

Presentation

„IUU (illegal, unreported and unregulated) fishing in the MENA (Middle east and North Africa) region”; 06/2015, Interpol Regional Environmental Security and Investigative Seminar for the Middle East and North Africa; Amman, Jordan

“Effort is the answer – fishermen’s response in a self-designed management system”. Georg Respondek, Dr. Claudia Günther, Prof. Dr. Axel Temming. ICES CM 2018/ Theme session R. ICES Annual Science Conference 2018, Hamburg

Poster

“Evaluating management strategies for a short-lived highly variable target species: MSC-certified North Sea Brown shrimp fisheries”. Dr. Claudia Günther, Prof. Dr. Axel Temming, Georg Respondek. ICES CM 2018/ Theme session Q. ICES Annual Science Conference 2018, Hamburg

Publication

G. Respondek, J. Gröger, J. Floeter, and A. Temming. Variability of fishing effort for the German brown shrimp (Crangon crangon) fishing fleet: influencing factors, and seasonal and spatial patterns. ICES J. Mar. Sci. (September/October 2014) 71 (7)