Coastal Fishers: Our Strongest Allies in Protecting the Marine Environment
March 24 2025 Coastal Fishers: Our Strongest Allies in Protecting the Marine Environment Today, a study conducted by the Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation, in collaboration with the University of Plymouth (UK), was published in the scientific journal Ocean & Coastal Management. The research draws on our long-standing collaboration with fishing communities in Fourni, Lipsi, […]
Strong Southern Winds in the Aegean, but Life Beneath the Surface Carries On
March 13th 2025 Strong Southern Winds in the Aegean, but Life Beneath the Surface Carries On Despite today’s intense southern winds sweeping across the Aegean, life in the deeper waters continues undisturbed. In the marine region around Fournoi, a close collaboration between the Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation, its scientific partners, local fishers, and the […]
Archipelagos Institute Participates in Greek Parliamentary Committee Discussion on Lionfish Population Control
February 19th 2025 Archipelagos Institute Participates in Greek Parliamentary Committee Discussion on Lionfish Population Control The Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation recently took part in a session of the Greek Parliament’s Subcommittee on Water Resources, under the Special Standing Committee on Environmental Protection. The session focused on strategies for managing the population of lionfish (Pterois […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Unknown Corals of the Aegean
Joint Action UNDER THE POLE ( https://underthepole.org ) & “Archipelagos” Institute Aiming for Urgent Protection The action in the deep waters of the island complex of Fourni reveals a unique underwater world. But much of it will never be discovered because we have already destroyed it. Corals and coral ecosystems that formed within thousands of years […]
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 rebirth of nature at sea….
In the heart of spring now, we see concentrations of large schools of fish approaching shallower and warmer waters for the ritual of spawning. Each fish for many weeks (or even months for some species), releases or deposits hundreds or even many thousands of eggs – depending on the species. If the reproductive process is […]
