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Calling all marine experts: help validate Species Distribution Models with MPA Europe
MPA Europe is launching a call for expressions of interest seeking marine taxonomists and ecologists willing to participate in a collaborative effort to validate Species Distribution Models (SDMs).

Join the community of Early Career Researchers in marine ecosystem management
Discover a vibrant community tailored for Early Career Researchers (ECRs) within Horizon Europe (HE) initiatives focusing on marine ecosystem-based management.

Webinar on eDNA for biodiversity monitoring
Biodiversa+ hosted a webinar on using environmental DNA (eDNA) in biodiversity monitoring across soil, marine and freshwater ecosystems. Experts discussed key findings, challenges, and the need for...

Mission Charter actions and Mission projects expanding, protecting, and connecting our ecosystems treasures

Cyprus pioneers coral conservation project in the Med
It's a Thursday morning in the tourism hub of Ayia Napa on the southeast coast of Cyprus, and three divers in wetsuits are gluing coral fragments onto numbered pins.

Marine litter on the EU coastline down by almost one-third
The newly-published EU Coastline Macro Litter Trend report found that the amount of marine macro litter (items bigger than 2.5 cm) in the EU coastline has dropped by 29 % between the baseline period...

EU publishes annual statistics of catches and days at sea for the first time
For the first time, the EU publishes statistics of total allowable catches (TACs) and fishing days at sea or fishing effort. TACs and fishing days are the two main management measures the EU uses...

An EU Compass to regain competitiveness and secure sustainable prosperity
The Compass sets a path for Europe to become the place where future technologies, services, and clean products are invented, manufactured, and put on the market, while being the first continent to...

A sound solution to prevent accidental dolphin catches in the Mediterranean
Dolphins are highly intelligent and playful creatures but can also be troublemakers when netted fish is in their reach. Fishers in Terracina, Italy, have frequent run-ins with dolphins which interfere...

DecarbonyT - Decarbonising the fishing fleet in the Mediterranean and Black Sea
The EU fisheries sector is still highly dependent on fossil fuels. To reach carbon neutrality in the EU by 2050, it is important to find solutions for fishing fleets, to reduce such dependency and...