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ABOUT OCEANCAREOur mission:
healthy living oceans

OceanCare has been working to protect marine life since 1989. The international marine conservation organisation, based in Switzerland, holds Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (UN ECOSOC) and contributes to the achievement of Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

With our passion, in-depth expertise and great perseverance, we are dedicated to creating a healthy living marine environment worldwide. The world’s oceans are the basis of life on the blue planet. We must succeed in conserving these important living environments.  

Whatever concerns us all, can only be solved together. That is why we work closely with leading scientists and partner organisations around the world. We combine our strengths, use synergies where we can and convince decision-makers with our arguments validated by science.

Mission statement

OceanCare pursues ambitious goals. We are committed to improving the situation for marine life in a visionary and passionate way, based on open dialogue.

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This is what we stand for

people

Valier

Valérie Pimentel

Legal Officer
Louisa Breimann: Social Media International_OceanCare

Louisa Breimann

Social Media International
Sigrid Lüber, Präsidentin OceanCare

Sigrid Lüber

Governance, Policy & Mentoring
Pascal Bünter_Public Fundraising OceanCare

Pascal Bünter

Public Fundraising & Online Campaigns
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Fabienne McLellan_Geschäftsführerin OceanCare

Fabienne McLellan

Managing Director
Nicolas Entrup, Leiter Internationale Zusammenarbeit OceanCare

Nicolas Entrup

Director of International Relations
Mark Simmonds_Leiter Wissenschaft OceanCare

Mark Peter Simmonds

Director of Science
Margarete Neuenschwander, Leiterin Fundraising OceanCare

Margarete Neuenschwander

Director of Fundraising
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Concentrating power for the marine world

OceanCare takes a long-term approach to solving problems in the oceans and pursues its strategies until they produce results. That is why our journey is lined with milestones and successes. Dive into the history of the organisation and learn what we have already achieved.

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COOPERATIONS & NETWORKS

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OCEANCARE IN THE MEDIA

Finnwale

Iceland’s whaling season ends – 24 whales caught in 24 days

The 2023 whaling season in Iceland now seems to be over and a total of 24 whales have been caught. The season was very short - only 24 days - because earlier in the year, Svandís Svavarsdóttir, the Minister of Food, decided to impose a temporary ban on whaling. Then,...
October 3, 2023
CMS Marine Megafauna Week in Senegal

CMS Marine Megafauna Week: Protecting Marine Wildlife in the West African Region

Jointly organized by the Convention on Migratory Species (also known by its acronym CMS or as the Bonn Convention) and the Regional Partnership for the Conservation of the Coastal and Marine Zone (PRCM), the CMS Marine Megafauna Week: Atlantic Coast of Africa took place from September 4 to 7, 2023...
September 28, 2023
Orcas

Experts speak out on misrepresentation of Iberian orca attacks on vessels

On August, 24th 2023, 35 experts in the biology and behavior of cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) from all around the world released an open letter concerning the Iberian orcas that have been involved in incidents where vessels have been damaged along certain coasts in southern Europe. Since then, many other...
August 25, 2023
Tiefsee-Qualle Atlantik

NO green light for deep-sea mining! Ocean champion countries stand firm.

The International Seabed Authority (ISA) Assembly closed its meeting on Friday, 28 July, marking the end of intense deep-sea mining negotiations in Kingston, Jamaica over the past three weeks. With mounting pressure from governments, scientists, the business community, and civil society to halt deep-sea mining, the respective meetings of the...
August 1, 2023
Containerschiff CGA CGM

French shipping company CMA CGM moves shipping routes out of important whale habitat

The French shipowners' association Armateurs de France informs that with CMA CGM another major global player in maritime transport has decided to move  the navigation routes of its ships in the Hellenic Trench out of the core sperm whale habitat. Captains are instructed to avoid important sperm whale habitats to...
July 29, 2023
Gestrandete Grindwale

Mass pilot whale strandings at opposite ends of the world cause great concern

There have been two recent mass strandings of pilot whales, one in Scotland and one in Australia. In both cases very large numbers of animals came ashore and most of them died. Understandably, these events cause huge public concern and attempts were made to rescue the animals.
July 27, 2023
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The annual report demonstrates how OceanCare is initiating concrete changes in the ocean, step by step. Spain, for example, has banned oil and gas exploration in its waters, thus reducing harmful underwater noise pollution.

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OceanCare Annual Report 2021 (Cover)
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