0-5 
Bundesforschungsanstalt für Fischerei (BFA-Fi), Hamburg 
(Federal Research Centre for Fisheries) 
GOOS related activity 
Module 
Research / 
operational 
Measuring data / products 
Users 
Measuring techniques 
Structure and function of marine ecosystems 
2 
Research, 
operational 
Qualitative and quantitative composition 
of fish communities, food analysis and 
proportion of by-catch 
BML, BMU, IMM, 
BLMP, EU, OSPAR, 
HELCOM, BLANO 
Shipboard investigations, net 
surveys 
Investigation and biological monitoring of fish 
stocks 
2 
Operational 
Composition of commercial catches, 
population analyses, year-class strengths, 
Fishing mortality, stock data 
BML, Fishery 
industry, EU 
Shipboard sampling, land-based 
statistical evaluation 
Estimating sustainable harvesting quantities, 
biological monitoring of Fishing activities, and 
proposal of protective measures 
2 
Operational 
Catch composition, by-catch, discards, 
fishing mortality, fishing effort 
BML, federal 
states, EU 
Shipboard sampling, underwater 
camera technique 
Investigation of the impact of marine pollution 
on fish stocks and health, also with a view to 
pathological changes 
4 
Research, 
operational 
Data on infection rates of diseases and 
parasites 
BML, BMU, BLMP, 
ICES, OSPAR, 
HELCOM 
Fishery biological measuring 
techniques, epidemiology, 
shipboard sampling 
Input and transport of radionuclides, heavy 
metals and other contaminants in the marine 
ecosystem 
4 
Research, 
operational 
Analytical, chemical data 
BML, BMU, BLMP, 
ICES, OSPAR, 
HELCOM 
Shipboard sampling, chemical and 
physical analytics