The Atlantic Triton’s Trumpet (Charonia variegata) with its impressive shell is threatened by illegal fishing.
August 12 2024 The Atlantic Triton’s Trumpet (Charonia variegata) with its impressive shell is threatened by illegal fishing. It is a legally protected species in Greece, the EU and internationally, due to the intensive fishing it has been subjected to in the past years, but also because of its important role as a regulator in […]
Photo-identification of Bottlenose dolphins
August 1st 2024 Photo-identification of Bottlenose dolphins Archipelagos’ marine mammal researchers, who are sea all year round, collect, among other data, hundreds of photographs of the dolphin and whale species monitored in the region, with the aim of identifying individuals based on their markings. These markings are caused by interactions with members of the same […]
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 […]
Our crews have been coordinating at the port of Fourni
The collaboration between the French organisation UNDER THE POLE, which specialises in scientific diving at depths of more than 100 metres, and the Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation, aims to find an effective protection for the corals in the deep waters of the Aegean Sea. These ecosystems of fundamental importance and unique beauty were, until […]
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 […]
The University of South Dakota USA in the Aegean at Archipelagos Institute
An interdisciplinary team of students and academics from the University of South Dakota, USA, collaborated with researchers from the Archipelagos Institute on applied research aimed at protecting marine and terrestrial species in the Aegean Sea. Together we had the pleasure of inaugurating the new Archipelagos Institute conference centre in the northern Samos area, which we […]
Islands of the Aegean – Deteriorating Sustainability Standards
Interdisciplinary Research on the Aegean Islands: Archipelagos Institute – University of Toronto School of Architecture Archipelagos Institute’s planning and preliminary work on the Aegean Islet Conservation Project continues as part of Archipelagos Institute’s collaboration with the University of Toronto’s John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape & Design. The joint research, which began in 2021, […]
Archipelagos Institute environmental education and awareness-raising activities with school groups from all over Greece.
Throughout the winter and spring at Archipelagos Institute, we continue both face-to-face and online environmental education and awareness-raising activities with primary, secondary and high schools from all over Greece. Our goal is, by transferring our experience from field research and the study of Aegean species for 25 years, to contribute to filling the large gap […]
The 35th Conference of the European Cetacean Society on “Marine Mammals and Human Activity: How is sustainable development in coastal areas possible?”
The 35th Conference of the European Cetacean Society (European Cetacean Society) with the general theme “Marine Mammals and Human Activity: How is sustainable development in coastal areas possible?” Some 500 scientists and researchers from all over the world participated in the conference. On behalf of Archipelagos Institute, marine mammal research coordinator Beatriz Tintore participated in […]
A joint mission with the Belgian Odisee University of Applied Sciences, on board the Aegean Explorer and Penelope, was completed in the Aegean Sea
After 4 years of research cooperation between Archipelagos Institute and Odisee University, focusing on the behaviour and welfare of marine mammals in the context of the Aegean Marine Life Refuge, a group of students completed their on-site training at Archipelagos Institute’s research bases in Samos and Lipsi. At a time when it is finally being […]
