Celebrando 15 años de expediciones Archives

Oceana Discovers Many of the Most Threatened Habitats in the Mediterranean on the Seamounts of the Balearic Islands

The international marine conservation organization’s research catamaran, the Oceana Ranger, in collaboration with Fundación Biodiversidad, has just finished an expedition in Palma de Mallorca. The odyssey lasted almost three months, of which the last two weeks were spent in the Balearic Islands. Oceana has discovered many of the most threatened ecosystems of the Mediterranean among … Read more

Oceana Launches Gulf of Mexico Expedition to Study the Impact of the Spill in the Florida Keys

Oceana today kicked off the 2010 Gulf of Mexico Expedition studying the Florida Keys, a habitat affected by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The Oceana Latitude – the 53 meter long vessel chartered by the international marine conservation organization – set sail from Fort Lauderdale (Florida) with scientists, professional divers and a submarine robot … Read more

Away we go!

Well we are all set – the crew is ready to go, we have all the equipment we need and we are counting down the days until we set sail on August 8. We’ll be sailing the chartered Oceana Latitude, a 170 foot vessel capable of sailing in both shallow and deep waters, and adapted … Read more

Oceana launches expedition to assess long-term effects of Gulf of Mexico disaster

Oceanographers Xavier Pastor and Mike Hirshfield will lead a team of scientists supported by a high-definition underwater robot (ROV) and specialised divers. Oceana announces the launch of its 2010 Gulf of Mexico Expedition that will include a team of scientists from both sides of the Atlantic with experience in the most serious oil spills of … Read more

Oceana discovers one of the most important and threatened deep-sea coral reefs of the Mediterranean in the Alboran Sea

Deep-sea coral reefs have already disappeared from most of the Mediterranean. Oceana has discovered large colonies of white coral and a wealth of associated fauna in Spanish waters of the Alboran Sea (Western Mediterranean), with greater abundance at depths between 300 and 500 meters. The finding took place during the 2010 expedition of the research … Read more

The Oceana Ranger begins its 2010 expedition in the Western Mediterranean

The Oceana Ranger research catamaran begins its 2010 Expedition today. In collaboration with Fundación Biodiversidad, Oceana’s boat will sail throughout the Western Mediterranean to study some of the most interesting seamounts and to work on drafting conservation proposals. In addition, the pH of these waters will be tested for the first time to calculate the … Read more

An Oceana and Marviva report proves the need to protect bluefin tuna spawning areas in the Mediterranean

Oceana and Marviva presented a report today in Palma de Mallorca with preliminary results of the larval samplings taken in 2008 on board the Marviva Med oceanographic research vessel. The study was undertaken to obtain new data about Mediterranean spawning areas of bluefin tuna, and other large pelagic species such as swordfish, and to propose … Read more

Oceana sails to the Canary Islands to study the seabed and propose the creation of protected areas

The Oceana Ranger research vessel sets sail today from the port of Sagunto (Valencia) to study the seabeds of the Canary Islands and gather information to propose designation of new marine protected areas. The objective of the expedition is to contribute information to help Spain protect 10% of its marine environment by 2012, as required … Read more

Oceana finds a dozen species in the Canary islands not previously known to live in these waters

Oceana has found around a dozen species in the Canary Islands whose existence in the archipelago was unknown until now. Glass and rock sponges, ball, white and black coral, and armored searobin are some of the species that have been found. A wide variety of rare species, or species for which hardly any biological information … Read more

Oceana captures the first images of the Sahara seamounts in the Atlantic

Oceana has images of the Sahara seamounts, the southernmost seamounts in Spain, for the first time. These seamounts have never previously been filmed and information about them is still scarce. The filming was carried out using an underwater robot (ROV), at depths of up to 600 metres, during the Oceana Ranger expedition around the Canary … Read more