CURRENT PROJECTS

Martinique – in cooperation with ECCEA and SEPANMAR

Research project for humpback whales, pygmy sperm whales and beaked whales

 

Peru – in cooperation with Mundo Azul

Campaign against the trading of Amazon River dolphins

 

Falkland Island – Sea Lion Easterly – in cooperation with the Antarctic Research Trust

Reservation in the south of the Atlantic

 

Chile – in cooperation with the Centro de Conservaciòn Cetacea

Sanctuary for blue whales

 

Japan – in cooperation with Save Japan Dolphins Coalition

Dolphin drive hunt in Taiji

 

Ischia (Italy) in cooperation with Delphis MDC

Sperm whales research project

 

Norway and Iceland

Whale watching instead of whaling

 

Mauritania – Cabo Blanco in cooperation with CBD Hàbitat

Mediterranean monk seal

 

Cape Verde Islands

Lobbying for sustainable tourism development

 

Apulia – Porto Cesareo (Italy) in cooperation with Tethys Research Institute

Sanctuary for dolphins in the Gulf of Taranto

 

Cyclades (Greece) in cooperation with Pelagos Research Institute

Cuvier beaked whales monitoring

 

Crete (Greece) in cooperation with Pelagos Research Institute

Sperm whale research

 

Gulf of Corinth (Greece) in cooperation with Tethys Research institute

Research of the striped dolphin, common dolphins, risso’s dolphins and bottlenose dolphins

 

Gulf of Amvrakikos (Greece) in cooperation with Tethys Research Institute

Bottlenose dolphins conservation and environmental education

 

Kalamos (Greece) in cooperation with Tethys Research Institute

Common dolphin conservation

 

France

Plankton research

 

France

MedCet whale research by OceanCare

 

Ocean Noise Pollution

Anthropogenic noise levels in the marine environment are increasing at an alarming rate.  Ocean noise levels in some areas have doubled every decade for the past 60 years.

There is mounting concern that noise proliferation poses a significant threat to the survival of marine mammals, fish and other ocean wildlife.

Marine animals use sound to navigate, find food, locate mates, avoid predators and communicate with each other.  Flooding their world with intense sound interferes with these activities with serious consequences.

OceanCare has initiated the European Coalition for Silent Oceans in 2002 and is part of the International Ocean Noise Coalition (IONC) in 2004. With representatives on every continent, IONC was created to address the need for a global approach to combating human-generated (or "anthropogenic") ocean noise.

A growing body of scientific research confirms anthropogenic noise can induce a range of adverse effects in marine mammals and other ocean creatures, from disturbance to injury and death.

To find out more information about ocean noise, click here.