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 […]
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 […]
The Unknown Corals of the Aegean – Joint Action Under the Pole & “Archipelagos” Institute Aiming for Urgent Protection
An important action is underway in the Aegean in the island complex of Fourni, focusing on coral ecosystems of global environmental importance, but also of unique beauty. These habitats, located in the deep waters of the Aegean, are in immediate need of protection as a large percentage of them have already been destroyed by trawling […]
Actions for the DEEPLIFE program of the French organisation UNDER THE POLE in cooperation with Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation started today, focusing on the island of Fourni.
This is an official program of the “United Nations Decade of the Oceans” and aims to contribute to the protection of corals in deep waters through specialised research. Following similar research from previous years in many of the world’s oceans, e.g. in the Arctic, Canary Islands and the Caribbean, the focus for the next 5 […]
“Tackling Illegal and Destructive Trawling in the Mediterranean and beyond” – Event at the 9th World Ocean Conference in Athens
Dr Sylvia Earle (Mission Blue), the well-known and distinguished American oceanographer who at 88 years of age continues her dynamic efforts for the effective protection of the oceans, shared her experience and her anguish as the years pass but the threats to our seas are becoming more and more intense. Anastasia Miliou from the Archipelagos […]
If we do not get to know our seas and their unique wealth, it is impossible to manage and protect them!
In the Greek seas we are lucky enough to record unique biodiversity and among many others, 9 species of marine mammals and more than 34 species of sharks. With so many reports in social networks and the media in recent days about the presence of the apparently harmless blue shark in shallow waters, it highlights […]
Rare species and military exercises in the same seas of unique biodiversity
We continue these days the research aimed at protecting the populations of 7 species of marine mammals in the area of the so-called Ikaria Trench – an area whose biodiversity surprises even the most qualified scientists. At the same time, however, we continue to record the announcements via Navtex of the military exercises that these […]
The launch of Sharing Ocean Science For Responsible Business- a major Mediterranean initiative
The Sharing Ocean Science For Responsible Business action, a major Mediterranean initiative based on the collaboration between the French organisations Pure Ocean, HLD Funds, Proman France, the Italian Sapienza Università di Roma and the Archipelagos Institute for Marine Conservation, was launched in Marseille last days. Our common goal is to develop practices that businesses of […]
Ten Days After the Shipwreck at Saronic Gulf…
Ten days after the small tanker Agia Zoni II sank in the Saronic Gulf, the decontamination of the marine environment has focused on what affects us aesthetically, rather than all of the petroleum and break down products, such as those that have sunk and now rest on the sea floor and those floating and moving […]
