Expeditions
October 1, 2024
Oceana, in collaboration with the University of Salento and Underwater Gardens International (UGI), is leading research to identify the most suitable areas for regenerating the seabed and recovering benthic biodiversity…
September 17, 2023
Oceana is launching an expedition to survey fishing activities in the Alboran Sea, the westernmost part of the Mediterranean. We will explore sites impacted by bottom trawling and other fishing…
June 2, 2022
Oceana expedition in the Alboran Sea
The Ranger sails once again, carrying out an at-sea expedition to document coastal and deep-water plastic pollution and evidence of bottom trawling inside marine protected areas in the Alboran Sea. Located south-east of the Iberian Peninsula, the sea…
October 13, 2020
The Ranger is back at sea. For fifteen years, the organisation has explored the world’s oceans and always found litter at the bottom of the sea, even if that was…
August 28, 2018
End of Oceana’s Quark Expedition 2018 from Oceana on Vimeo. The Quark (also called Kvarken in English and Swedish, and Merenkurkku in Finnish) is a narrow strait in the Gulf…
May 21, 2018
Aeolian Islands Expedition 2018
The final video Aeolians 2018 from Oceana on Vimeo. Italy’s Aeolian archipelago is a group of seven volcanic islands located in the Tyrrhenian Sea, to the north of Sicily. The…
July 31, 2017
NORTH SEA EXPEDITION 2017 – Highlights from Oceana on Vimeo. Oceana’s marine scientists undertook the second ocean expedition to the North Sea. The two-month research project, generously funded by the Dutch…
October 17, 2016
In October of 2016, Oceana embarked on a 1-month at-sea expedition in the Mediterranean Sea to document and explore submarine canyons and deep-sea areas in Lebanese waters. This was Oceana Europe’s 25th…
July 5, 2016
NORTH SEA EXPEDITION 2016 – Highlights from Oceana on Vimeo. Oceana’s marine scientists undertook a two-month, at-sea expedition to document seafloor habitats and species in the North Sea, with the goal of strengthening the…
May 25, 2016
Atlantic and Mediterranean Expeditions
The Ranger is a vital piece of Oceana’s campaign work in Europe. Custom-made in 1986 as a hospital ship, the Ranger was donated to Oceana by board member Steve McAllister….
