Over Intensive Aquaculture or Sustainable Development?
The local communities and authorities in the region of Astakos – Echinades – Mitikas – Kastos – Kalamos in Etoloakarnania, western Greece, are claiming the obvious: to halt the increasingly intense degradation occurring in the waters of their region, as well as to restore the environmental destruction that has already been caused. Archipelagos Institute of […]
Provocative, Destructive and Illegal Fishing by 6 Turkish Trawlers off the coast of Leros Island
During the past days, ‘packs’ of Turkish fishing boats, namely bottom trawlers, have been sailing off at dawn from the Turkish coast, entering Greek waters, and fishing illegally therein , even at distances of 100 meters from the shores of Greek eastern Aegean islands such as Samos, Agathonisi , Lipsi, Leros and Kalymnos. […]
Marine Bioacoustics, focussing on the effect of boat presence and anthropogenic noise
I am a third year University student from London (UK), studying Biological Sciences (MSci) at the University of Birmingham. I joined the Marine Mammal Research team at Archipelagos because I love fauna and have a passion for conservation! My research specialises in Marine Bioacoustics, focussing on the effect of boat presence and anthropogenic noise on […]
Oceanographic Research Field Course with Cardiff University, Wales
The Oceanographic Research Field Course between the Department of Marine Geography of Cardiff University, UK and Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation was successfully completed for the 12th successive year in the eastern Aegean Sea. With a focus on the marine region between the islands of Samos, Ikaria and Fourni and with the use of Archipelagos […]
Oceanographic Research Field Course with the University of Essex, UK
The Oceanographic Research Field Course between the University of Essex UK and Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation was successfully completed in the coastal waters of Samos island. In our effort to defend the nature of our seas, we have worked for the past 20 years to strengthen our standpoint with knowledge and expertise. The […]
Joint Oceanographic Research Course with the University of Essex, UK
Joint Oceanographic Research Course with the University of Essex, UK Today is the 6th day of the Educational Oceanographic Research Course between the University of Essex UK and Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation in the marine area between sound of Samos islands. With the use of 2 Archipelagos boat, the oceanographic boat “Aegean Explorer” […]
FLOATS Meeting Aboard Aegean Explorer
Α three-day working meeting concluded yesterday between the Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation and FLOATS (Floating Laboratory for Action and Theory at Sea). “Aegean Explorer” hosted the meeting in the eastern Aegean Sea. FLOATS consists of academic researchers in social anthropology, politics, history, art, architecture and political ecology from Greece, Egypt, Lebanon, Spain, Italy, Cyprus, […]
Potential hydrocarbon exploration in Greece, will Blue or Black Growth be the choice?
Potential hydrocarbon exploration in Greece, will Blue or Black Growth be the choice? The planned extraction of hydrocarbon deposits in Greece poses a dramatic risk of irreversible ecological and socio-economic disaster both within the marine regions and productive land zones where oil exploration is proposed, as well as for the country as a whole. Simultaneously, […]
Fighting for a Protected Species
Jack, a 21-year-old Biological Sciences student at Cardiff University, introduces himself hiding a little smirk. He knows that I am going to ask him about Monk Seals and the bad luck he’s known for having when it comes to spotting them… He is one of our long-term interns who arrived in August 2018 for his […]
35 European Environmental Organizations Demand ‘Clean, healthy and abundant seas by 2020’ from the European Council of Environment Ministers, today the 20th of December 2018 in Brussels.
Clean, healthy and abundant seas by 2020. This is what European countries are committed to achieve when they adopted the Marine Strategy Framework Directive in 2008. This is what over 180,000 Europeans are asking you to deliver. With little more than a year until the deadline, all countries of the European Union, including Greece, are failing […]
