Thünen: Gastauer, Sven, Dr.

Dr. Sven Gastauer

Herwigstraße 31
27572 Bremerhaven

Detection of distribution and habitat preference patterns of fish and zooplankton using hydroacoustic methods
Estimation of stock parameters using hydroacoustics
Development of hydroacoustic methods and scattering models

Hydroacoustic monitoring of fish stocks
Further development of hydroacoustic methods for stock parameter estimations
Combination of hydroacoustic and other invasive and non invasive monitoring technologies
Acoustic process automation using machine learning
Development of acoustic scattering models

Biophysical processes linked to Surface Water and Ocean Topography in the Mediterranean Sea

since 2021: Researcher at Thünen-Institut für Seefischerei, Bremerhaven
2021: Visiting scholar at University of California San Diego – Scripps Institution of Oceanography
2019 – 2021: Postdoctoral scholar at the University of California San Diego – Scripps Institution of Oceanography
2016 - 2019: Postdoctoral scholar at Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems CRC / Australian Antarctic Division (University of Tasmania, Australia)
2014 – 2017: PhD dissertation: “An Ecosystem Approach, the Acoustic Assessment of the Northern Demersal Scalefish Fishery – Distribution, Habitat and Abundance”, Curtin University, Perth, West-Australien, Applied Physics and Astronomy, Centre for Marine Sciences
2011-2014: Researcher at Wageningen Marine Research, Ijmuiden, Niederlande
2010-2011: Self-employed hydroacoustic researcher
2009-2010: Master of Science (with distinction), Marine Environmental Protection , University of Bangor, Wales, United Kingdom with thesis: „Towards a better understanding of fish stock dynamics, based on integrated scientific data collected onboard a fishing vessel”
2005-2009: Bachelor of Science, Environmental Sciences, Albert-Ludwig Universität Freiburg with thesis “Habitat preference of Blue Sheep (Pseudois nayaur) in the Barse block of the Dhorpathan hunting reserve (Nepal) during the premonsoon season“

Working Group - Committee	Tasks
ICES
Working Group on International Pelagic Surveys (WGIPS)	WGIPS coordinates, implements, and reports on acoustic surveys for pelagic fish species in ICES divisions 1-8 and subdivisions 21–24. WGIPS currently covers 4 internationally coordinated and 8 national surveys. These surveys provide indexes for the assessment of pelagic fish stocks in the North East Atlantic.
Working Group on Fisheries Acoustics, Science and Technology (WGFAST)	WGFAST focuses on the development and application of science and technology used to observe the marine environment. WGFAST holds state-of-the-art expertise in advanced acoustic-trawl survey techniques, and employs these techniques on a wide range of platforms including research vessels, ships of opportunity, and observatories.