Marine Protected Areas will forever help to defend the islands from the threat of oil-drilling Oceana has acquired new underwater images that support the need for the expansion of protected areas in the Balearics. The international marine conservation organization has just completed an expedition to the seamounts of the Mallorca Channel and the Fort d’en … Read more
Last day of the campaign, the wind was high and we were trying to find a place to put the ROV out into the water one more time. We could do 5 new ROV dives in the bottoms around Sa Dragonera Island, as we considered the SCI (Site of Community Importance) Sa Dragonera should be … Read more
Once we reached the station, it takes the ROV around 40 to 50 minutes to reach 800 meters deep if the sea is not rough. Ses Olives is home to protected species like black corals, in addition the presence of other habitats that hold dead-corals and mollusks reefs justify its protection. We were in the north, west … Read more
Not much has changed since the release of the famous “Jaws” by Steven Spielberg. Sharks have always scared us due to their ferocious appearance and the scope of recorded world attacks on humans; a bad reputation that has been spread by the media. But should we be afraid of them, or afraid for them? Using … Read more
I was invited to take part in a research expedition in the Baltic Sea arranged by Örebro University and Pangaea Exploration, which I gratefully said yes to. The expedition has been running since the beginning of August, but I joined them on Saturday. So now I find myself miles from the nearest coast, on board … Read more
Oceana, which has been demanding this measure since 2006, congratulates the General Secretariat of Fisheries and encourages the government to continue with the protection of other similar seabeds which should also be closed to trawling and other aggressive methods. Marine conservation organisation Oceana would like to congratulate the General Secretariat of Fisheries for the protection … Read more
We need supplies so we made a stop in Ibiza, waiting for fuel in the morning and ready to restart our work out . There´s wifi signal and we take advantage to check our mails. The Official Gazette of the Government of Spain (BOE- Boletin Oficial del Estado) has just published the protection of the … Read more
The sun rises and the sky is covered with clouds but the weather´s not cold; we can catch sight of the sun and it gets warmer. We reach Ausias March Mountain, close to Ibiza and Formentera islands; this is a fishing area for the trawler fleet. The bottom is rich in hake and Norway lobster. … Read more
The weather hasn´t improved today, we are in the immersion point but the waves are rather high. We started preparing the equipment in case the weather becomes benevolent, so we can put the ROV out into the water. It is nine o´clock in the morning and the operation starts. The way to the bottom is … Read more
In our first immersion today at more than 900 meters deep we found a group of deep-sea sharks. We explored some volcanic pinnacles near Emile Baudot. Back in 2013 we found stony sponges in a seamount in Gulf of Valencia, now we could see them here. This is the second time these sponges are ever … Read more
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