Wednesday 12 June 2013. BEEP, BEEP, BEEP

6:15 am. The crew of the Baltic Coastal Expedition starts a new busy day. Our first meeting today is with a national company who also studies the seafloor through underwater recordings. They study marine ecosystems in the Danish Coast of Kattegat and contacted Oceana to cooperate with them and take part in their research. At 9:00 am, … Read more

Of divers and people disguised as rabbits

This weekend, the day finally arrived when we launched our Baltic Sea expedition. After months of preparations everybody got a chance to step out of the office for a reminder of what we actually do at Oceana. Sitting at our desks, working at our computers is not a goal in itself; it’s just a means … Read more

Monday 10 June 2013, Sweden

Today we made some dives, underwater photography and filming in the Sound. We launched the zodiac in the beautiful village of Ålabodarna. We were greeted by a super friendly harbor captain, making the launch of the zodiac very smooth. In the morning we made some diving near the mainland in the shallow waters and in … Read more

Sunday 9 June 2013, Sweden: THE EXPEDITION FIELD WORK STARTS

Today is the first real day of the 2013 Oceana Baltic coastal expedition. After driving from Madrid to Sweden with our caravan, the pickup truck, the trailer with the RIB and the van, we spent yesterday, the World Oceans Day, in Malmö. We participated in the launch of the Race for the Baltic, with a … Read more

Saturday 8 June 2013, Malmö Sweden

After months of preparations it feels great that the day is finally here: launching of our first coastal expedition exploring the near-coast ecosystems of the Baltic Sea and Kattegat and documenting coastal activities, like fisheries. Our team across Europe has worked hard on this to make it happen and I was so happy to see and … Read more

Coastal expedition to document the Baltic Sea and push for political change

Tomorrow, on World Oceans Day, Oceana is launching a month-long Baltic Sea expedition. The international marine conservation group, which conducted expeditions focused on deeper parts of the sea in 2011 and 2012, has dedicated this mission to studying the Baltic coastline, and particularly Sweden, Denmark, Poland and Finland, where a number of areas with particularly … Read more