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
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
Oceana’s 2013 Baltic expedition will seek to gather biological data as well as information on fishing activities to support Oceana’s proposals on Marine Protected Areas and fisheries management. A small, portable underwater robot (ROV) for coastal areas will be used for depths up to 100m and our team of scuba-divers and underwater photographers and videographers … Read more
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