Deliberate killing of a dolphin in the NE Aegean Sea
Another incident involving the intentional killing of a dolphin was located by the Archipelagos Institute on the NW coast of Samos. In this particular area, where significant populations of 4 dolphin species live and where strong sea currents are active, it is not uncommon to find dead marine mammals ashore- incidents which we do not […]
Archipelagos Institute participated in the conference “Climate Resilience and Local Society”, in Alexandroupolis on the initiative of the President of the Hellenic Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou
We live in a time when climate change is gradually shaping a new reality, but at the same time it is often a very convenient cover for all the things we are not doing: forest fire prevention, inadequate planning of response strategies, corresponding mismanagement of the seas that results in their emptying with the spread […]
Bioacoustic Research – invaluable for a better understanding of marine mammal populations
As part of the JJBA Bioacoustics Conference that concluded today in Brest, France, Archipelagos Institute participated by presenting some of the results of its underwater acoustic research on Aegean cetacean populations. This research, which continues to be carried out in collaboration with Brunel University London, concerns the populations of short-beaked common dolphins and bottlenose dolphins […]
Information meeting with fishermen, the municipality and the local community of Fourni island. Topic: the progress of the research aimed to promote the urgent protection of the coralligenous habitats in the deep waters of the area.
The collaboration between the French UNDER THE POLE and the Archipelagos Institute revealed for the first time high resolution imagery of the coralligenous ecosystems of international environmental importance that still survive in the deep waters of the Fourni island complex. This research required over 120 difficult dives by eight deep-sea divers from Under the Pole […]
Marine Species to know: Rhopilema nomadica
Rhopilema nomadica, is a species of jellyfish that was previously distributed only to the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Through the Suez Canal, this species arrived in the waters of the Mediterranean in the 1970s, while in the Greek Seas it was first recorded in 2006. We live in a time where the biodiversity of our […]
Collaborations at Fourni: Archipelagos Marine Institute of Conservation, Pure Ocean Fund, Hellenic Rescue Team of Samos, and UNDER THE POLE, along with close cooperation of the Municipality of Fournis and the Local fishermen of the island
The common goal of all remains the urgent and effective protection of this area of unique biodiversity and global environmental importance, which supports significant populations of rare marine species and is characterised by unique geomorphological features, as well as adverse weather conditions that make research in deep depths particularly difficult. Rare species and ecosystems are […]
Marine species to know: Chrysaora hysoscella
Chrysaora hysoscella jellyfish, also known as the compass jellyfish. It is one of the dozens of jellyfish species that have been living (and coexisting with other species) in the Greek seas for thousands of years. Contact should be avoided because it can cause severe irritation. It is safest to not touch anything at sea that […]
Green Anemone – marine species we need to know about…
On the occasion of various posts on the green anemone, we begin reports on various species with which we may interact. Obviously there’s nothing to worry about. The most important thing of all is correct information and common sense! The Green Anemone (Anemonia viridis) is a small invertebrate animal, which resembles a beautiful flower. It’s […]
Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia: Coordination of joint research actions aimed at marine conservation in the Indian Ocean, South China Sea and Mediterranean.
At a time when the effects of catastrophic human impact are not only apparent but common in the seas and oceans around the globe, our actions- such as ECOMARINE- must be common and meaningful. This joint action of long-term collaboration of scientists and researchers from Malaysia, India, Spain, Cyprus and Greece aims to fill knowledge […]
World Oceans Day
Today is World Ocean Day, a good reason to remember that we have only explored 5% of our world’s ocean. This means that 95% of our ocean is still unknown. Therefore we risk causing the extinction of many thousands of species before we even discover that they exist. Each one of us has not only […]
