Kristine Cerbule
Assistant Professor
- Campus
- Orkney Campus
- Research Institute
- Institute for Life and Earth Sciences
- K.Cerbule@hw.ac.uk
- Accepting PhD Students
- Yes
Research interests
Main research interests primarily focus on fishing gear technology, fisheries sustainability. This includes such topics as reduction of bycatches and improvement in size selectivity in fisheries. Other aspects include estimations of fisheries related marine plastic pollution and continuous capture of marine animals by abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear (also called “ghost fishing”.
Research grants and projects
2026 - 2031: Horizon Europe program's Mission "Restore our Ocean and Waters". "ISLA BONITA"
2025 - 2027: University of Arctic. “Collaboration for research and education addressing marine pollution and clean-up operations in the Arctic and Sub-Arctic areas”
2024 - 2025: EU programme EU NextGeneration project in collaboration with Riga Technical University “Innovative underwater drone equipment with manipulators for cleaning the sea from ghost nets (UDRON)”
2023 - 2025: University of Arctic. “Networking for increasing sustainability in now crab fisheries in the Arctic”
Other keywords
- SH Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling