Dietrich Sahrhage

Dietrich Sahrhage (born October 21, 1926 in Hamburg , † December 14, 2009 in Spain ) was a German fisheries scientist .

Dietrich Sahrhage studied various natural sciences at the University of Hamburg until 1953 and completed his studies with a doctorate. The topic of his dissertation was “ Ecological investigations on Thermobia domestica and Lepisma saccharina L. ”. This was followed by a job as a fisheries biologist at the Federal Research Center for Fisheries in Hamburg until 1965 . Here he carried out research in the North Atlantic and provided development aid in African countries. This was followed by a position at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations until 1974 . For the Rome- based organization, he worked on numerous fishing projects in many third world countries. In 1974 he became director of the Institute for Sea Fisheries in Hamburg. Sahrhage was a lecturer at the University of Hamburg and since 1985 professor for fish management. After retiring, he studied archeology for several semesters in order to adequately pursue his passion, research into the early history of fisheries.

Sahrhage dealt with many topics related to fisheries, but above all with the history of fisheries and Antarctic research . He was also co-editor of scientific journals.

literature

• Volker Siegel, Gerd Wegner: Prof. Dr. Dietrich Sahrhage died on December 14, 2009. In: Information for the fishing industry from fishery research , Volume 57, pp. 27–28.

Fonts

• A history of fishing (with Johannes Lundbeck), Springer, Berlin and others 1992, ISBN 3-540-55332-0 .
• Fishing and the cult of fish in ancient Egypt ( Cultural History of the Ancient World Volume 70) , von Zabern, Mainz 1998, ISBN 3-8053-1757-3 .
• Fishing and fish cult in ancient Mesopotamia , Lang, Frankfurt am Main and others 1999 ISBN 3-631-34815-0 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Dietrich Sahrhage in the catalog of the German National Library