🎉 LAUNCH NEW SELF-PACED COURSE
🌊 Discover the VLIZ /OTGA Biological Data Management Course
📅 open until 30 August.
This course provides a comprehensive introduction for the management and archive of marine biological data
oceanexpert.org/event/4213

Today in ⁦Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ⁩ #Oostende : the Belgian Polar Community Day. More than 100 participants, 50% early career scientists = a very lively community!

🌊 Blauwe vaardigheden of #BlueSkills : een duurzame economie kan niet zonder! De boodschap tijdens onze conferentie in goede samenwerking met Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ en UNESCO[at]Vlaanderen in Oostende.

Op naar een blauwe economie in Vlaanderen en Europa!

#ZieOnsDoen #EU2024BE Jan Mees

Congratulations, Fiona!

Congratulations to Dr Fiona Grant from the Marine Institute in Ireland Marine Institute on her election as the new Chair of the European Marine Board. We welcome her to the role and look forward to working with her! Read more here: marineboard.eu/fiona-grant-el… Image: Andrew Downes, XPOSURE

Bioenergetics of iron snow fueling life on Europa | PNAS pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

First glowing animals lit up the oceans half a billion years ago nature.com/articles/d4158…

Today start of the WoRMS Steering Committee (SC) at Casa Diocesana, Málaga, Spain (23-26 Apr 2024). What a venue! marinespecies.org/documents/Stee… #marinespecies

‘Seagull Boy', nine, wins European screeching competition. In De Panne, Flanders, Belgium.
bbc.com/news/uk-englan…

🆕euronews episode on the Digital Twin of the Ocean!
Discover #DTO applications from @hereon Mercator Ocean International SOCIB OceanX experts on #tsunamis , #marineplastic , #seaturtles , EU & international efforts EU Mission Ocean EDITO - European Digital Twin Ocean Digital Twins of the Ocean DITTO
shows.acast.com/6297799fb39db1… via Acast

Octopus! Animal consciousness needs a rethink nature.com/articles/d4158…

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is ‘transforming’ from repeated coral bleaching nature.com/articles/d4158…

In today's fractured media environment, it's possible for polluters to pursue a multi-pronged strategy that promotes climate denial among conservatives & climate despair/doom/disillusionment among progressives. The strategy is to undermine any sense of both urgency and agency.

European Gull Screeching Championship euroweeklynews.com/2024/04/22/eur…

Climate change and nutrient pollution are driving oxygen out of the ocean and coastal waters, threatening marine life and fisheries.
 
Discover the impact of ocean deoxygenation in our report.
 
bit.ly/3y0u5FK #ClimateAction

Studie van Blauwe Cluster (Blue Cluster): De blauwe economie blijft een sterkhouder van de Vlaamse economie blauwecluster.be/nieuws/de-blau…. VLAIO Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ Compendium for Coast & Sea Departement EWI

New Zealand installed cameras on 123 commercial fishing vessels.

All of a sudden this happened to self reporting of the vessels:
- 6.8x more dolphin catches
- 3.5x more albatross interactions
- 46% more discards
mpi.govt.nz/dmsdocument/61…

Greece becomes first European country to ban bottom trawling in marine parks theguardian.com/environment/20…

Irises of gannets that survive avian flu turn from blue to black, study finds theguardian.com/environment/20…

We have a logo! Save the date for the 7th World Conference on Marine Biodiversity, 17-20 November 2026, in the beautiful city of Bruges, Flanders, Belgium #WCMB26 Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ