Walther Herwig

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Walther Herwig (February 25, 1838,

Amongst his other work in the civil service, Herwig promoted the development of a German high seas fishing industry. To this end, in 1880 the first German research vessel was built. This ship, named the President Herwig, was lost in 1898 on the coast of Iceland. Herwig used this event to propose a restructuring of the German high sea fishing fleet, and in particular for social support for the crews of the ships and action to maintain a supply of appropriately trained manpower to the industry. From 1902 until 1908 Herwig was appointed President of the Central Committee for the International Exploration of the Sea, the body that went on to become the modern day International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES).

At present the main German research vessel operating in the North Atlantic and North Sea is known as the Walther Herwig III.

References

• Jens Smed: Walther Herwig: the first President of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES);
  Bundesamt für Seeschiffahrt und Hydrographie
  , Hamburg 1990
• Heinrich F. Curschmann: Blaubuch des Corps Hannovera zu Göttingen, Band 1: 1809–1899 Göttingen 2002, S. 196, Nr. 622
• "Walther Herwig", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 23, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, 2007, p. 624
• FFS Walther Herwig III

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