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Yahoo! Japan Selling Toxic Whale Meat Online: Standing up against the online sale of whale and dolphin body parts
Read nowInternational Cooperation IWC Whale Hunting
NewsJun 17, 2025
Mid-June 2025: First kill of the dolphin hunting season witnessed in the Faroe Islands
Read nowDolphins Faroe Islands Whale Hunting
Press releaseJun 13, 2025
OceanCare at UNOC3: Offshore Fossil Fuel Exploration Must Stop Now
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Fossil Fuels United Nations
Press releaseJun 11, 2025
Powerful international coalition to tackle underwater noise launched at the UN Ocean Conference in Nice
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Underwater Noise Pollution United Nations
NewsJun 11, 2025
Renowned scientists and legal experts are calling for mandatory vessel speed reduction measures in the Mediterranean Cetacean Migration Corridor.
Read nowCollisions Shipping Whales
NewsJun 09, 2025
Over 114,000 Citizens Call for Ocean Protection: OceanCare Delivers Petition to UN Special Envoy
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue International Cooperation Petitions
Press releaseJun 08, 2025
114,559 Citizens Call for Ocean Protection as OceanCare Delivers Petition to UN Special Envoy
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue United Nations
Press releaseJun 06, 2025
Marine Expert Warn: Ocean Health Has Deteriorated Since Last UN Ocean Conference
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue United Nations
Press releaseJun 03, 2025
Over 200 NGOs Call for Urgent Action on Offshore Fossil Fuel Exploration Ahead of UN Conference in Nice
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Fossil Fuels Underwater Noise Pollution
Press releaseMay 29, 2025
EU Ratification of High Seas Treaty: Critical Progress as Global Ocean Conference Approaches
Read nowBBNJ
NewsMay 23, 2025
Ship Strikes Kill Two More Sperm Whales Off Canary Islands: Urgent Call for Mandatory Speed Limits
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Collisions Shipping
Press releaseMay 22, 2025
Two More Sperm Whales Killed by Ship Strikes in Canary Islands Highlight Urgent Need for Vessel Speed Reduction
Read nowCollisions Shipping Whales
Press releaseMay 08, 2025
SAvE Whales: Turning Vision into Action to Mitigate Ship Strikes
Read nowSaveWhales Shipping Whales
NewsApr 30, 2025
OceanCare Makes Waves at ChangeNOW 2025 Summit in Paris
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Climate Change Fossil Fuels
NewsApr 18, 2025
‘Sailing Across a Wounded Sea‘: A Mediterranean Evening with Marine Ecologist Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Events
NewsApr 15, 2025
OceanCare Applauds Progress on Maritime Decarbonisation at the IMO’s London Meeting
Read nowClimate Change Shipping United Nations
NewsApr 15, 2025
Iceland’s Whaling Company Pauses Whaling – But There Is No Change of Heart From The Government
Read nowSpecies Conservation Whale Hunting Whales
NewsApr 14, 2025
Countries Gather in New York to Kickstart Implementation of High Seas Treaty
Read nowBBNJ International Cooperation United Nations
Press releaseApr 11, 2025
New study: Storms Put Grey Seal Pups at Risk as Climate Change Intensifies
Read nowAnimal Rescue Climate Change Seals
NewsApr 09, 2025
Seals and storms: The hidden threat of climate change on seal pups
Read nowAnimal Rescue Seals Species Conservation
Press releaseApr 02, 2025
Global Call on Governments to Commit Banning Offshore Fossil Fuel Exploration at UN Ocean Conference
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Fossil Fuels United Nations
NewsMar 26, 2025
Out of Habitat: Why are marine mammals being found far from home more often?
Read nowOut of Habitat Species Conservation
Press releaseMar 26, 2025
When Walruses Wander: New Study Charts Course for Helping Displaced Marine Mammals
Read nowAnimal Rescue Out of Habitat Whales
NewsMar 18, 2025
International Seabed Authority Council Meeting Opens Amid Growing Calls for a Moratorium on Deep-Sea Mining
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Deep-Sea Mining
Press releaseMar 17, 2025
Spanish Government Urged to Advance Mediterranean Protection Efforts
Read nowMarine Protected Areas
NewsMar 14, 2025
Marine Experts Gather to Strengthen Protection for Mediterranean Whale Migration Corridor
Read nowMarine Protected Areas Shipping Underwater Noise Pollution
NewsMar 11, 2025
Major Oil Spill Alert in the North Sea
Read nowChemical Pollution Fossil Fuels
Publication
Plastic Pollution: 10 Urgent Demands from Swiss NGOs to the Federal Council
Read nowPlastic Pollution Switzerland
Press releaseMar 03, 2025
Race to Ratify High Seas Treaty: 42 More Countries Needed to Protect Ocean Biodiversity
Read nowBBNJ International Cooperation United Nations
Press releaseFeb 26, 2025
Global Instability Highlights Need for Bold European Leadership on Ocean Protection
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Climate Change Fossil Fuels
NewsFeb 19, 2025
Norway Still Defies Global Ban and Threatens to Expand Whaling
Read nowWhale Hunting Whales
NewsFeb 13, 2025
Scientists Map Essential Habitats for Threatened Whales in Northwest Atlantic and Caribbean
Read nowSpecies Conservation Whales
NewsFeb 12, 2025
Greek Shipping Industry Engages in Marine Protection
Read nowSaveWhales Shipping Whales
Story
Slow Down Ships to Save Marine Life: On EU’s New Maritime Transport Environmental Assessment
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue European Union Shipping
Press releaseFeb 04, 2025
New EU Maritime Transport Assessment Reveals Sustainability Challenges
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue European Union Shipping
Press releaseJan 15, 2025
Finally – Switzerland to Sign the UN High Seas Treaty
Read nowBBNJ Marine Protected Areas United Nations
Story
Orcas being incredible
Read nowDolphins Orcas
Press releaseJan 08, 2025
New Publication Examines Ecocide Concept for Marine Environments – Focus on Bottom Trawling
Read nowBottom Trawling Fisheries International Law
NewsDec 17, 2024
Paul Watson freed!
Read nowWhale Hunting
Story
Urgent call on new Icelandic Government to Reverse Decision of Interim Administration to Allow Whaling
Read nowWhale Hunting Whales
Press releaseDec 05, 2024
Iceland defies world opinion and resumes commercial whaling on fin and minke whales
Read nowWhale Hunting
Press releaseDec 03, 2024
UN Negotiations in Busan: Bridge Built Towards Historic Global Plastics Treaty
Read nowPlastic Pollution United Nations
Publication
Plastics: Swiss Environmental Protection Act and Plastics – Summary Report ‘Making the EPA Matter’ (2024)
Read nowPlastic Pollution
Publication
Plastics: Swiss Environmental Protection Act and Plastics – Report ‘Making the EPA Matter’ (2024)
Read nowPlastic Pollution
NewsNov 27, 2024
Heartbreaking Stranding of Cuvier’s Beaked Whale in Almería
Read nowUnderwater Noise Pollution Whales
Story
High Tech Clean-Ups: No Solution to Ocean Plastic Pollution
Read nowPlastic Pollution
Press releaseNov 21, 2024
Final Negotiations Begin: The World Needs a Strong Treaty to End Plastic Pollution
Read nowInternational Law Plastic Pollution
NewsNov 15, 2024
Why Whales and Dolphins are Eating Plastic – New Insights
Read nowDolphins Plastic Pollution Whales
Publication
Fisheries: Progress on Cooperation between GFCM and OceanCare – Submission (2024)
Read nowFisheries
Publication
Because Our Planet Is Blue: To the UN Ocean Conference (UNOC3) – Declaration (2024)
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue
Publication
Whaling: Call for Release of Captain Paul Watson – Open Letter (2024)
Read nowIWC Whales
Story
Fish Consumption: Less Fish, More Sea!
Read nowAquatic Wild Meat Fisheries
Press releaseOct 23, 2024
Tackling the Trawl Supremacy: OceanCare releases report highlighting need for global action on destructive bottom trawling
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Bottom Trawling Fisheries
Publication
Fishing: The Trawl Supremacy – Report (2024)
Read nowFisheries
NewsOct 04, 2024
OceanCare Calls for Release of Captain Paul Watson
Read nowIWC Whales
Story
International Whaling Commission – Reflections on the Historic Meeting
Read nowIWC
Press releaseSep 27, 2024
IWC meeting strengthens whaling moratorium
Read nowIWC Species Conservation Whales
Story
Because Our Planet Is Blue: Pristine Ocean vs. Harmful Human Activities
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue
NewsSep 24, 2024
Commercial Whaling: Fallen Out of Time
Read nowIWC Whales
Publication
Cacería de Ballenas: Moratoria de la CBI para Proteger a las Cetáceos – Resumen (2024)
Read nowIWC Whales
Publication
Whaling: IWC’s Moratorium to Protect Cetaceans – Briefing (2024)
Read nowIWC Whales
Press releaseSep 20, 2024
OceanCare will defend global efforts to protect whales at pivotal IWC meeting in Peru
Read nowIWC Species Conservation Whales
NewsSep 09, 2024
Yet more white-sided dolphins killed in the Faroe Islands
Read nowDolphins Faroe Islands Species Conservation
NewsSep 06, 2024
Suggestion that the International Whaling Commission should be closed down is ill-informed nonsense
Read nowIWC Whales
Publication
Cacería de ballenas: Comisión Ballenera Internacional de vital importancia – NGO Rebuttal (2024)
Read nowIWC Whales
Publication
Whaling: International Whaling Commission Remains Vitally Important – NGO Rebuttal (2024)
Read nowIWC Whales
Story
Boiling Point: The Mediterranean’s Unprecedented Heat Is a Warning We Can’t Ignore
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Climate Change
Story
Leaving the Fossil Fuels Era Behind
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Featured Underwater Noise Pollution
NewsAug 15, 2024
First Greek Shipping Company Changes Sea Routes in the Hellenic Trench
Read nowCollisions Shipping
Story
Collision Risk: Slowing Down to Protect Endangered Whales
Read nowCollisions Featured Shipping
NewsAug 12, 2024
La Sexta: Slow down to save the sperm whales
Read nowCollisions Shipping Whales
Story
Silent Scream of the Deep: Deep-Sea Mining Threatens the Ocean
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Deep-Sea Mining Featured
NewsAug 06, 2024
Pivotal shift at the ISA: Nations rally for deep-sea mining moratorium
Read nowDeep-Sea Mining
NewsAug 02, 2024
Japan: First Fin Whale Killed in Commercial Whaling
Read nowIWC Whales
Press releaseJul 31, 2024
OceanCare Welcomes Austrian Opposition to Deep-Sea Mining
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Deep-Sea Mining
NewsJul 30, 2024
Tragic Loss of Sperm Whale Julio Highlights Need for Strict Speed Limits 
Read nowCollisions Whales
Press releaseJul 26, 2024
Deep-Sea Mining: ISA Meeting is Urged to Put Environment and Climate First
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Deep-Sea Mining
Publication
Shipping: Analysis of maritime traffic in the North-Western Mediterranean Sea for 2023 – Infographs (2024)
Read nowCollisions Shipping
Publication
Tráfico Marítimo: Análisis del tráfico marítimo en el Mediterráneo noroccidental durante 2023 – Infografías (2024)
Read nowCollisions Shipping
Publication
Tráfico Marítimo: Reducción de velocidad en el Corredor de Migración de Cetáceos – Folleto (2024)
Read nowCollisions Marine Protected Areas Species Conservation
Publication
Shipping: Speed Reduction in the Cetacean Migration Corridor – Factsheet (2024)
Read nowCollisions Marine Protected Areas Species Conservation
Story
New Study Underlines Cruelty of the Faroes Pilot Whale Hunt
Read nowFaroe Islands Whales
Publication
Tráfico Marítimo: Reducción de velocidad en el Corredor de Migración de Cetáceos – Información general (2024)
Read nowShipping Whales
Publication
Shipping: Speed Reduction in the Cetacean Migration Corridor – Background Information (2024)
Read nowShipping Whales
Press releaseJul 23, 2024
New Report Exposes Acute Welfare Issues in Faroe Pilot Whale Hunt
Read nowDolphins Faroe Islands Species Conservation
NewsJul 10, 2024
Conference: Ship speed reduction to protect large whales in the Mediterranean Cetacean Migration Corridor
Read nowCollisions Shipping Whales
Press releaseJul 08, 2024
Limiting ship speed is necessary to prevent extinction of great whales in the North-Western Mediterranean
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Collisions Shipping
NewsJun 27, 2024
Whaling Update: When International Regulation Gets Ignored
Read nowIWC Whales
Story
Watching Marine Wildlife with Kindness
Read nowTips
Publication
Oceans – Sustainable Food: UNCLOS ICP – Submission (2024)
Read nowBottom Trawling Climate Change Fisheries
Publication
Oceans – Food Security: UNCLOS ICP – Opening Statement (2024)
Read nowBottom Trawling Climate Change Fisheries
Press releaseJun 19, 2024
SAvE Whales: Implementation agreement with Greece signed
Read nowCollisions Whales
NewsJun 13, 2024
Disposable E-Cigarettes: A Problem That Should Not Have Been
Read nowChemical Pollution Plastic Pollution
Publication
Pollution: E-Cigarettes – Factsheet (2024)
Read nowChemical Pollution Plastic Pollution
Press releaseJun 11, 2024
Iceland’s decision to issue new whale killing quota condemned by conservation experts
Read nowIWC Whales
Press releaseJun 11, 2024
Japan Announces Whaling Expansion: Death Sentence for North Pacific Fin Whales
Read nowIWC Whales
Press releaseJun 10, 2024
Because Our Planet Is Blue – international initiative launched
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Climate Change Petitions
Story
Fin Whales Back in the Harpooner’s Sights Across the World
Read nowIWC Whales
Story
Destructive Fishing Practices must be banned
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Featured Fisheries
NewsMay 28, 2024
New recommendations released concerning the orca population that has been damaging boats
Read nowSpecies Conservation
Publication
Pollution: Cigarette Butts – Factsheet (2024)
Read nowPlastic Pollution
Press releaseMay 21, 2024
International Court: States have legal duty to restore and protect marine habitats
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Climate Change International Cooperation
NewsMay 14, 2024
Gibraltar orca attack not deliberate or act of revenge
Read nowOrcas Species Conservation
Press releaseMay 09, 2024
OceanCare appalled by Japan’s plans to add fin whales to its North Pacific whale hunt
Read nowWhales
NewsMay 09, 2024
Faroe Islands – First Whale Hunt of the Year – 40 reported killed
Read nowFaroe Islands Whales
NewsMay 07, 2024
Climeworks’ “Mammoth” vacuum cleaner is not a solution to the climate crisis
Read nowClimate Change
Press releaseApr 30, 2024
Effective global Plastics Treaty is possible, but ambitions must be raised
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Plastic Pollution
Press releaseApr 30, 2024
UN member states urged to tackle plastics crisis at heart in new global treaty
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue International Cooperation Plastic Pollution
NewsApr 25, 2024
Climate change: a serious problem for breeding seals in Europe
Read nowClimate Change Seals Species Conservation
Publication
Climate Change: Serious Problem for Breeding Seals in Europe – Infographic (2024)
Read nowClimate Change Seals Species Conservation
Press releaseApr 22, 2024
OceanCare urges UN governments to show ambition at crucial negotiating meeting on global Plastics Treaty
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Plastic Pollution
NewsApr 18, 2024
International conference calls for urgent action to tackle harbour porpoise bycatch in Europe
Read nowSpecies Conservation
Press releaseApr 17, 2024
Scientists, civil society and Greek government to deploy technology to prevent ship strikes on sperm whales in the Kythera strait
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Collisions Shipping
NewsMar 26, 2024
Restoring nature to heal our planet – OceanCare calls on the EU to pass key legislation now
Read nowClimate Change European Union
Story
Mass Coral Bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef, Again
Read nowClimate Change
Press releaseFeb 29, 2024
Debate at UN environmental summit highlights need for global ban on solar geoengineering
Read nowClimate Change
NewsFeb 29, 2024
New Important Marine Mammal Areas (IMMAs) identified in the Northeast Atlantic
Read nowSpecies Conservation
Press releaseFeb 26, 2024
Protecting marine ecosystems and geoengineering Pandora’s box on the agenda of UN environment ministers
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Geoengineering Marine Protected Areas
NewsFeb 19, 2024
OceanCare at Fish Forum 2024 to highlight marine pollution from fishing gear
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Fisheries Plastic Pollution
Story
Conference of the Parties (CoP14) of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species (CMS): a personal view
Read nowDeep-Sea Mining Species Conservation
Press releaseFeb 17, 2024
UN body issues warning on ecological risks of deep-sea mining
Read nowDeep-Sea Mining Species Conservation
NewsFeb 12, 2024
A Chance for Protecting Biodiversity – OceanCare’s Opening Statement at the COP14 of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS)
Read nowAquatic Wild Meat Marine Protected Areas Species Conservation
Press releaseFeb 12, 2024
A wake-up call from the UN: Conservation status of many migratory species is deteriorating
Read nowAquatic Wild Meat Species Conservation
Press releaseFeb 07, 2024
UN meeting in Uzbekistan to find solutions for endangered migratory species
Read nowAquatic Wild Meat Species Conservation
Press releaseFeb 01, 2024
New study: Urgent science-based conservation action needed for Adriatic whales and dolphins
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Dolphins Species Conservation
Story
Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS)
Read nowInternational Cooperation
NewsJan 18, 2024
Out of habitat beluga spotted in Shetland
Read nowOut of Habitat
NewsDec 22, 2023
OceanCare Comments on the Results of the Climate Change Conference – COP28
Read nowClimate Change
Press releaseDec 04, 2023
Call for a Carbon Budget for the Mediterranean Region
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Climate Change Underwater Noise Pollution
Story
The Right Way to Achieve Net-Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions Target?
Read nowClimate Change
NewsNov 23, 2023
Agreement reached on revised EU environmental crime law to protect the environment
Read nowInternational Cooperation
Press releaseNov 19, 2023
Plastics Treaty Negotiations: Effective Instrument to Stem the Plastic Tide Remains within Reach
Read nowPlastic Pollution
NewsNov 16, 2023
Plastics Treaty: INC-3 Underway in Nairobi – Update on Cleanup Matters
Read nowInternational Cooperation Plastic Pollution
NewsNov 14, 2023
General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean: OceanCare reports on Activities
Read nowFisheries International Cooperation
NewsNov 14, 2023
A glimmer of hope for European Union’s Nature to recover
Read nowInternational Cooperation Marine Protected Areas
NewsNov 13, 2023
Growing support for a moratorium on deep-sea mining
Read nowDeep-Sea Mining
Publication
Plastic Pollution: Clean-ups or Clean-washing? – Report EIA/OceanCare (2023)
Read nowPlastic Pollution
Press releaseNov 06, 2023
Clean-Ups or Clean-Washing? Plastic Clean-Up Tech not all it seems on the Surface
Read nowPlastic Pollution
NewsOct 24, 2023
Important Marine Mammal Areas: 72% of the Ocean examined
Read nowIUCN Marine Protected Areas
NewsOct 05, 2023
Time has come for EU Member States to phase-out bottom trawling
Read nowBottom Trawling Fisheries Marine Protected Areas
NewsOct 03, 2023
Iceland’s whaling season ends – 24 whales caught in 24 days
Read nowIWC Whale Hunting Whales
Publication
Whaling: Unravelling the Truth, Whale killing in the Faroe Islands – Report (2023)
Read nowFaroe Islands Whales
NewsSep 28, 2023
CMS Marine Megafauna Week: Protecting Marine Wildlife in the West African Region
Read nowAquatic Wild Meat Species Conservation
Story
A summer of turtles in Spain, with many new nesting sites identified
Read nowAnimal Rescue Sea Turtles
Story
The Iceland Whaling Saga continues
Read nowIWC Species Conservation Whales
Press releaseSep 25, 2023
New Report Debunks Claims of Whale and Dolphin Hunters in Faroe Islands
Read nowDolphins Faroe Islands Species Conservation
Press releaseSep 20, 2023
High Seas Alliance applauds countries joining the High Seas Treaty ‘Race for Ratification’
Read nowBBNJ
Press releaseSep 15, 2023
International recognition of iconic whale and dolphin paradises of the South American Atlantic coast
Read nowIUCN Species Conservation
NewsSep 12, 2023
Vaquita Extinction Alert: Podcast
Read nowVaquita
Press releaseAug 31, 2023
Harpoons to be fired again as Iceland resumes its fin whale hunt
Read nowIWC Whale Hunting Whales
NewsAug 25, 2023
Experts speak out on misrepresentation of Iberian orca attacks on vessels
Read nowDolphins Orcas Species Conservation
Publication
Spain: Iberian Orcas and their Interaction with Boats – Open Letter (2023)
Read nowDolphins Orcas Species Conservation
Press releaseAug 19, 2023
Sailors shoot at critically endangered Orcas in Spanish waters
Read nowOrcas Species Conservation Whales
Story
Uncharted waters: what do the recent record marine heatwaves mean for the oceans?
Read nowClimate Change
Press releaseAug 07, 2023
Vaquita Extinction Alert. Just 10 animals remain.
Read nowSpecies Conservation Vaquita
Story
Cigarette Butts: Toxic Plastic Pollution from Cradle to Grave
Read nowChemical Pollution Petitions Plastic Pollution
NewsAug 01, 2023
NO green light for deep-sea mining! Ocean champion countries stand firm.
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Deep-Sea Mining International Cooperation
NewsJul 29, 2023
French shipping company CMA CGM moves shipping routes out of important whale habitat
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Collisions Shipping
NewsJul 27, 2023
Mass pilot whale strandings at opposite ends of the world cause great concern
Read nowWhales
Story
Holidaying by the Mediterranean? Be aware of these fishes.
Read nowClimate Change Fisheries Tips
NewsJul 24, 2023
A short breath of relief for the deep sea – but how long will it last?
Read nowDeep-Sea Mining International Cooperation
Press releaseJul 17, 2023
Governments meet at the International Seabed Authority (ISA) to decide fate of the deep-sea
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Deep-Sea Mining International Cooperation
NewsJul 12, 2023
OceanCare reaction to the vote on the NRL in the plenary of the European Parliament today
Read nowOceanCare
Publication
Tourism: Treating Marine Wildlife with Respect – Infosheet (2023)
Read nowDolphins Seals Whales
Story
Iberian Orcas Interacting with Boats: A statement from OceanCare
Read nowDolphins Orcas Tips
NewsJul 09, 2023
Governments meet at the International Seabed Authority (ISA) to decide fate of the deep-sea
Read nowDeep-Sea Mining
Press releaseJul 07, 2023
More shadows than lights at crucial IMO meeting
Read nowClimate Change Collisions Shipping
Press releaseJul 06, 2023
NEWS from the IMO in London: NW-Mediterranean declared as PSSA to protect endangered whales from ship strikes!
Read nowCollisions Shipping Whales
NewsJun 29, 2023
Important new UK government report on marine mammals published
Read nowDolphins Seals Whales
Press releaseJun 28, 2023
OceanCare welcomes Switzerland’s positioning for a moratorium on deep-sea mining
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Deep-Sea Mining
Press releaseJun 28, 2023
Global pressure on IMO to take key decisions on decarbonisation of shipping and to protect whales from strikes
Read nowClimate Change Collisions Shipping
NewsJun 21, 2023
Good news: Iceland’s whaling has been dramatically halted
Read nowSpecies Conservation Whales
Press releaseJun 19, 2023
High Seas Alliance applauds adoption of High Seas Treaty and calls for swift ratification
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Marine Protected Areas
NewsJun 16, 2023
Two very large kills of pilot whales have just occurred in the Faroe Islands
Read nowFaroe Islands Whale Hunting
NewsJun 13, 2023
Faroe Islanders tool-up to kill more dolphins
Read nowFaroe Islands
NewsJun 13, 2023
Whale research project in Norway kills whale
Read nowSpecies Conservation Whales
NewsJun 13, 2023
The father of whale song passes away: saluting our friend, Dr Roger Payne
Read nowSpecies Conservation Whales
Publication
Ocean Noise: Noise Mitigation (BAT/BEP) – Report CMS/OceanCare (2023)
Read nowInternational Cooperation Shipping Species Conservation
Press releaseJun 08, 2023
Three industrial sectors have the tools to quieten the ocean
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue International Cooperation Shipping
Publication
Marine Conservation: UNCLOS ICP23 – OceanCare Statement (2023)
Read nowInternational Cooperation
Story
Have you heard about walrus ivory?
Read nowSeals
Press releaseJun 02, 2023
With only half of the week spent on substantive discussion, treaty negotiations end with lackluster outcomes
Read nowInternational Cooperation Plastic Pollution
Story
High Seas Treaty (UNCLOS BBNJ)
Read nowBBNJ International Cooperation
NewsJun 01, 2023
Relevance of the BBNJ Agreement for Plastic Pollution
Read nowBBNJ International Cooperation Plastic Pollution
Press releaseJun 01, 2023
Major Danish shipping company strives for a brighter future for endangered sperm whales in Greek waters
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Collisions Shipping
Publication
Plastic Pollution: BBNJ Agreement – OceanCare Briefing (2023)
Read nowBBNJ International Cooperation Plastic Pollution
Publication
Pollution Plastique: Untangled, Pollution & Engins de pêche – Briefing FRA court (2023)
Read nowFisheries Plastic Pollution
Publication
Contaminación Plástica: Untangled, Plásticos & Aparejos de pesca – Briefing ESP corto (2023)
Read nowFisheries Plastic Pollution
NewsMay 30, 2023
Tribute to Gianni Pavan – a passionate and committed conservation scientist
Read now
NewsMay 25, 2023
Untangled: Plastics Treaty Critical Role in Tackling Fishing Gear
Read nowFisheries International Cooperation Plastic Pollution
Publication
Plastic Pollution: Untangled, Plastic Treaty & Fishing Gear – Briefing (2023)
Read nowFisheries International Cooperation Plastic Pollution
Publication
Plastic Pollution: Untangled, Plastic Treaty & Fishing Gear – Briefing short (2023)
Read nowFisheries Plastic Pollution
Press releaseMay 17, 2023
French Shipowners Association calling on Members helping to protect endangered whales
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Collisions Shipping
NewsMay 17, 2023
A sculpture in memory of Freya the walrus
Read nowOut of Habitat
Story
Icelandic Veterinary Authorities Speak Out Strongly on the Cruelty of Whaling
Read nowWhales
NewsMar 30, 2023
Out of Habitat marine mammals report
Read nowOut of Habitat
NewsMar 23, 2023
Climate Change – the Final Warning!
Read nowClimate Change International Cooperation
Story
Research Expeditions in the Spanish Mediterranean
Read nowResearch Expeditions
NewsMar 05, 2023
New scientific paper emphasizes the major welfare concerns related to boat strikes on whales
Read nowCollisions Shipping Whales
Press releaseMar 05, 2023
High Seas Treaty: New Treaty agreed to protect half the planet but formal adoption still required
Read nowInternational Cooperation Marine Protected Areas
NewsFeb 28, 2023
Highly unusual beaked whale strandings in Cyprus caused by naval exercises
Read nowUnderwater Noise Pollution Whales
NewsFeb 24, 2023
Scientists warn: Noise from deep-sea mining would threaten whales
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Deep-Sea Mining Underwater Noise Pollution
NewsFeb 19, 2023
Major Shipping Company slows down to protect Whales
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Collisions Shipping
Publication
Plastic Pollution: International Whaling Commission and Plastics – Briefing (2022)
Read nowInternational Cooperation IWC Plastic Pollution
NewsFeb 13, 2023
New study confirms ocean noise reduction from shipping when reducing vessel speed
Read nowShipping Underwater Noise Pollution
NewsFeb 07, 2023
Report sheds new light on welfare concerns in the Faroes whale and dolphin hunts
Read nowFaroe Islands
NewsJan 29, 2023
New evidence published that European baleen whales may be shifting northwards as a response to climate change
Read nowClimate Change Whales
NewsJan 23, 2023
Japan threatens to expand its whaling
Read nowSpecies Conservation Whales
Story
The whaling scene in ‘Avatar-the way of water’ compared with real whale hunting
Read nowSpecies Conservation Whales
Story
From a laggard to a leader: Switzerland needs to become a plastics champion
Read nowPlastic Pollution
Publication
Plastic Pollution: Plastics in Switzerland – Factsheet (2023)
Read nowPlastic Pollution
Press releaseJan 09, 2023
Europe’s laggard – Switzerland cannot recycle its way out of its plastic problem
Read nowPlastic Pollution
Press releaseDec 15, 2022
IMO regulates shipping in the NW Mediterranean to protect endangered whales
Read nowCollisions International Cooperation Marine Protected Areas
NewsDec 05, 2022
Farewell to a whale champion
Read nowOceanCare
NewsDec 05, 2022
First Global Plastics Treaty Intergovernmental Meeting Concludes With a Mix of High and Low Points
Read nowInternational Cooperation Plastic Pollution
Press releaseDec 05, 2022
The Mediterranean and Black Seas are not a safe place for whales and dolphins
Read nowCollisions Whales
Press releaseNov 28, 2022
High-risk collision hotspots in the Mediterranean Sea: Urgent measures required to save whales from vanishing
Read nowCollisions International Cooperation Shipping
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International Maritime Organisation (IMO)
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Deep-sea Mining: The noise hazard is increasing
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Underwater noise: Milestones on the way to quieter oceans
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Who pollutes the ocean with noise?
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OceanCare’s call to reduce ocean noise
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The impacts of underwater noise on marine life
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NewsNov 20, 2022
COP27: A Missed Opportunity also for the Mediterranean Basin
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Will «Moby Dick» disappear from the Eastern Mediterranean Sea?
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Climate Giants – How whales help to fight climate change
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Press releaseNov 06, 2022
COP27 host Egypt intensively searching for oil and gas in the ocean
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Ocean Noise: UN Ocean Conference – Joint Statement (2022)
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General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (FAO/GFCM)
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Press releaseOct 31, 2022
Switzerland has a plastic problem, and the majority of the Swiss population wants binding laws now
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Outrage at the meeting of the International Whaling Commission
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International Whaling Commission (IWC)
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Ocean Noise: Ocean Noise and the SDGs – Briefing (2022)
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Whaling: Whaling and the SDGs – Briefing (2022)
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Ship strikes: The urgent need to slow down vessels
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Press releaseOct 25, 2022
IFAW REPORT: Economic analysis of impacts of vessel speed reduction in European waters
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NewsOct 21, 2022
OceanCare Statement on debate about and in Antigua and Barbuda
Read nowInternational Cooperation IWC Whales
Press releaseOct 21, 2022
IWC keeps moratorium in place and takes timid step towards a more conservation agenda
Read nowInternational Cooperation IWC
Press releaseOct 17, 2022
Despite leaving, Japan still pulls the strings within Whaling Commission
Read nowInternational Cooperation IWC Whales
Press releaseOct 13, 2022
Pro-whaling nations threaten the demise of the IWC by pushing to resume commercial whaling
Read nowInternational Cooperation IWC
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When the walrus comes knocking: a reflection on Wally and other out-of-habitat marine mammals
Read nowOut of Habitat Seals Species Conservation
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Hope for blue whales off Sri Lanka
Read nowCollisions Shipping Whales
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SAvE Whales: Successful high-tech project to protect sperm whales
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Join the Research: Help Protect Dolphins and Seals in Greece
Read nowResearch Expeditions
NewsSep 08, 2022
Positive news from South Africa
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Press releaseSep 08, 2022
Major shipping company shifts lanes to help save Sri Lankan blue whales
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Creating winds of change: 30 years of campaigning on Faroe Islands whale & dolphin hunts
Read nowDolphins Faroe Islands Whales
NewsAug 15, 2022
Norwegian Prime Minister supports killing Freya the friendly walrus
Read nowOut of Habitat
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Tips for whale and dolphin tourism
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Press releaseAug 11, 2022
We need an «environmental TUV certification» for the high seas!
Read nowBBNJ International Cooperation Marine Protected Areas
Press releaseJul 29, 2022
Faroe Islanders kill some 100 bottlenose dolphins in a single cruel hunt
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NewsJul 25, 2022
Intense discussions over Deep-Sea Mining
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NewsJul 19, 2022
40th anniversary of global ban on commercial whaling celebrated
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NewsJul 18, 2022
Iceland and the Faroe Islands continue to kill cetaceans
Read nowFaroe Islands
Press releaseJul 11, 2022
Faroese Fisheries Council proposes to continue dolphin slaughter
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Tips on how to protect the sea during your holidays
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Research expeditions and volunteer programmes in the Maldives
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A seal in pain
Read nowSeals
Press releaseJul 01, 2022
Second UN Ocean Conference: Outcome
Read nowInternational Cooperation
Press releaseJun 24, 2022
UN Ocean Conference: On Track to Fail SDG14 – Life Below Water
Read nowInternational Cooperation Marine Protected Areas
NewsJun 24, 2022
Iceland kills first fin whale in four years
Read nowWhales
Press releaseJun 21, 2022
German shipping association recommends re-routing ships to save endangered whales
Read nowCollisions Shipping
NewsJun 18, 2022
Whaling in Iceland imminent despite new evidence of public concern
Read nowWhales
Press releaseMay 30, 2022
Successful high-tech project to protect the last sperm whales in the Mediterranean Sea
Read nowAnimal Rescue Whales
NewsMay 25, 2022
Some one hundred whales killed in the Faroe Islands in the second hunt of the year
Read nowFaroe Islands
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Áreas Marinas Protegidas: AMP en Argentina y Distribución de Cetáceos – Informe ESP (2022)
Read nowDolphins IWC Marine Protected Areas
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Marine Protected Areas: MPA in Argentina and Cetacean Distribution – Report (2022)
Read nowDolphins Marine Protected Areas Whales
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International Seabed Authority (ISA)
Read nowDeep-Sea Mining International Cooperation
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When night becomes day: A newly recognized problem
Read nowSpecies Conservation
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Deep-sea mining: Moratorium against impending destructive exploitation
Read nowDeep-Sea Mining
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Deep-sea species: Biodiversity under extreme conditions
Read nowDeep-Sea Mining
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Energy revolution: Metals instead of oil and gas from the sea?
Read nowDeep-Sea Mining
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Deep-sea mining: Fatal consequences for marine life
Read nowDeep-Sea Mining
Press releaseMay 08, 2022
Faroe Islands: 60 pilot whales killed in first hunt of the year
Read nowFaroe Islands
Story
Plastic: Harmful throughout entire Life Cycle
Read nowPlastic Pollution
Press releaseApr 27, 2022
Noise Awareness Day: Ocean noise poses a threat to marine life
Read nowUnderwater Noise Pollution
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Warning: Plastic can endanger your health
Read nowPlastic Pollution
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Microplastics: Barely visible, yet anything but harmless
Read nowPlastic Pollution
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«Strip us!»: Freeing fruit and vegetables from plastic
Read nowPlastic Pollution
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Reusable masks: Keeping us and the environment healthy
Read nowPlastic Pollution
NewsApr 25, 2022
Icelandic Whalers push to turn the tide to continue whaling
Read nowWhales
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Plastic in human blood – How much more proof do we need before we act?
Read nowPlastic Pollution
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Climate Change: Out of Habitat, Marine Mammals II – Report (2022)
Read nowOut of Habitat
Press releaseMar 23, 2022
Iceland looks set to resume whaling again
Read nowWhales
NewsMar 18, 2022
UN High Seas Treaty: Progress but not there yet
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NewsMar 16, 2022
Japanese police investigate mercury in dolphin meat
Read nowDolphins
NewsMar 16, 2022
Totoaba trade decision heavily criticised because of its likely impact on the critically endangered vaquita porpoise
Read nowFisheries Vaquita
Press releaseMar 10, 2022
Update on Greece: Oil exploration linked to stranding of protected whales off Corfu
Read nowUnderwater Noise Pollution Whales
NewsMar 09, 2022
Environmental Multilateralism At Work: Final Round of UN High Seas Treaty Negotiations
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NewsMar 07, 2022
Spanish Mediterranean regions urge government to protect Cetaceans
Read nowCollisions Shipping Underwater Noise Pollution
Press releaseMar 02, 2022
UNEA 5.2: Major Step Toward A Comprehensive Plastics Treaty
Read nowInternational Cooperation Plastic Pollution
Press releaseFeb 28, 2022
OceanCare on IPCC report: Marine conservation is climate protection
Read nowClimate Change International Cooperation
NewsFeb 22, 2022
The GFCM teams up with OceanCare to protect the Mediterranean and the Black Sea
Read nowInternational Cooperation
NewsFeb 22, 2022
Mistake of Historic Proportion: Cook Islands approves seabed minerals exploration licenses
Read nowDeep-Sea Mining
Press releaseFeb 20, 2022
Greece: Oil exploration linked to stranding of protected whales off Corfu
Read nowUnderwater Noise Pollution Whales
NewsFeb 16, 2022
Update on the Dolphin Hunts in the Faroese Islands
Read nowFaroe Islands
Press releaseFeb 11, 2022
One Ocean Summit: Commitments of «High Ambition Coalition» not ambitious enough
Read nowBBNJ International Cooperation
NewsFeb 05, 2022
Why Iceland’s announcement that it is abandoning whaling is so important
Read nowWhales
NewsFeb 05, 2022
Good news: Iceland’s whales will be safe from harpoons from 2024
Read nowWhales
NewsFeb 04, 2022
A Hunted Species: what we really know about Atlantic white-sided dolphins
Read nowDolphins Faroe Islands
NewsFeb 02, 2022
Russia moves naval exercise outside of Irish waters
Read nowUnderwater Noise Pollution
Press releaseJan 27, 2022
Major shipping company helps save endangered sperm whales in the Mediterranean
Read nowCollisions Marine Protected Areas Whales
NewsJan 27, 2022
Whales threatened by military activities
Read nowUnderwater Noise Pollution
NewsJan 18, 2022
SaveMoby from Extinction
Read nowCollisions Whales
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Plastic Pollution: Plastic Matters – Report (2022)
Read nowPetitions Plastic Pollution
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Plastic Pollution: Plastic Matters – Executive Summary Report (2022)
Read nowPetitions Plastic Pollution
Press releaseDec 21, 2021
EU Member States Condemn Faroe Islands Drive Hunts
Read nowDolphins Whales
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The Sad Story of a 21st Century Whale
Read nowWhales
Publication
Deep-sea Mining: Battery Regulation – EU-Submission (2021)
Read nowDeep-Sea Mining International Cooperation
Press releaseDec 09, 2021
The Mediterranean is not a safe home for all whale and dolphin species
Read nowDolphins Whales
NewsDec 09, 2021
New Report addresses Europe’s role in Deep-sea Mining
Read nowDeep-Sea Mining International Cooperation
Publication
Deep-sea Mining: A Noisy Affair – Report (2021)
Read nowDeep-Sea Mining
Press releaseDec 02, 2021
International Whaling Commission (IWC) at the crossroads
Read nowIWC Whales
Press releaseNov 30, 2021
OceanCare: Generation change on a solid basis
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Story
About Christmas and Crowdfunding for whale killing – Japan’s whaling continues
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Press releaseNov 21, 2021
Underwater noise: The hidden danger of deep-sea mining
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NewsNov 19, 2021
A Tribute to Dr. Hermann Awo
Read nowAquatic Wild Meat
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Faroe Islands: Atlantic White-Sided Dolphins in the NE Atlantic – Report (2021)
Read nowDolphins Faroe Islands Species Conservation
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Whales & Dolphins: Under Pressure in European Waters – Report (2021)
Read nowDolphins Faroe Islands Whales
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Ocean Noise: Impact of Noise on Fish Stocks in the Central Adriatic Sea – Study GFCM/OceanCare (2021)
Read nowFisheries International Cooperation
Press releaseNov 16, 2021
Call on Spain to become pioneer in protecting Cetaceans from underwater noise pollution
Read nowUnderwater Noise Pollution
Story
Vaquita – losing the struggle for survival
Read nowSpecies Conservation Vaquita Whales
NewsNov 08, 2021
Shipping needs to slow down to reach climate targets faster
Read nowClimate Change Collisions
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Whale recovery threat from climate change – the Antarctic evidence
Read nowClimate Change Whales
NewsOct 29, 2021
A wake-up call for ocean protection and climate change mitigation
Read nowClimate Change
NewsOct 28, 2021
New Study on Mediterranean Plastic Pollution
Read nowPlastic Pollution
Publication
Whaling: A 50-Year-Vision for the IWC – Briefing (2021)
Read nowInternational Cooperation IWC Species Conservation
Press releaseSep 23, 2021
Once again: Dolphin killing in the Faroe Islands
Read nowFaroe Islands
NewsSep 17, 2021
Faroe Islands: It simply has to stop!
Read nowDolphins Faroe Islands Whales
Press releaseSep 14, 2021
OceanCare criticizes massive kill of Atlantic white-sided dolphins off the Faroese-Islands
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NewsSep 10, 2021
IUCN World Conservation Congress adopts Moratorium on Deep-Sea Mining
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Press releaseSep 02, 2021
Slow down: Reducing shipping speed helps tackle the climate crisis with immediate effect
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NewsAug 31, 2021
Protecting the habitat of whales and dolphins off Tenerife – OceanCare joins Save Fonsalía Platform
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Publication
Fishery: European Retailers Sourcing Farmed Fish – Report Changing Markets (2021)
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Story
Is the European Union doing enough to protect marine biodiversity in the high seas treaty negotiations?
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Press releaseJul 16, 2021
Can Whale Poo Help Save the Planet?
Read nowClimate Change IWC Whales
Press releaseJul 14, 2021
OceanCare welcomes inclusion of shipping in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme
Read nowClimate Change
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There is another world, but it is in this one
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Press releaseJul 01, 2021
Single-use plastics pollution: Where does Europe stand?
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A global registry on fossil fuel reserves
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The Exceptionists: The Swiss Approach to the Plastic Crisis
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Shipping Swiss CO2 to Norway
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Press releaseMay 13, 2021
Spain bans any new oil and gas exploration and exploitation by law
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Publication
Ocean Noise: Neglected threat in the EU – Report (2021)
Read nowInternational Cooperation Underwater Noise Pollution
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Deep-sea Mining: International Seabed Authority, ISA – Submission by OceanCare (2021)
Read nowDeep-Sea Mining International Cooperation
Story
Scientists warn: European Whales and Dolphins under Pressure of Extinction
Read nowDolphins Whales
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Ocean Noise: Aguas silenciosas para ballenas y delfines – Informe ESP (2021)
Read nowDolphins Underwater Noise Pollution Whales
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Ocean Noise: Quiet Waters for Whales and Dolphins – Report (2021)
Read nowDolphins Underwater Noise Pollution Whales
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Virtual diplomacy – the new frontiers of the digital world
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NewsDec 04, 2020
Ships sailing in the Med Sea to use low-sulphur fuels or install gas cleaning systems
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High Seas: UN BBNJ IGC3 Transboundary Pollution – Briefing (2020)
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Sea Turtles: Sea Turtle Consumption in the Maldives – Survey (2020)
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NewsJul 24, 2020
Global Pact for the Environment: Much Work Needs to be Done
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Plastic Pollution: Plastic and Covid – Interview (2020)
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NewsFeb 24, 2020
New research findings emphasise the call for quieter oceans
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Plastic Pollution: Global Plastics Convention – Infographic EIA (2020)
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Plastic Pollution: Convention on Plastic Pollution – Report EIA (2020)
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High Seas: UN BBNJ Transboundary Pollution – Briefing long (2019)
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Publication
High Seas: UN BBNJ Transboundary Pollution – Briefing short (2019)
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NewsSep 09, 2019
Urgent deadline: Duty to conserve the biological diversity of the high seas and deep seabed
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Species Conservation: CMS and its NGO Partners – Report (2019)
Read nowInternational Cooperation Species Conservation
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SDG: OceanCare’s Committment to the SDGs – ECOSOC-Report (2019)
Read nowInternational Cooperation OceanCare
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Aquatic Wildmeat: Viande Aquatique Sauvage au Bénin et au Togo – Rapport FRA (2019)
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Aquatic Wildmeat: Situation in Coastal Regions of Benin and Togo – Report (2019)
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Ocean Noise: Reduce Noise in EU Waters – Report (2019)
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Plastic Pollution: Microplastics in marine animals – Report (2019)
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Plastic Pollution: Microplastics – Infograph (2019)
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High Seas: UN BBNJ Marine Protected Areas – Intervention (2018)
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Ocean Noise: Twelve Actions to Reduce Ocean Noise – Statement (2018)
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Ocean Noise: A Growing Threat to Fish Stocks – Statement to FAO COFI (2018)
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Ocean Noise: Anthropogenic Underwater Noise – Statement at UNCLOS ICP (2018)
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Fishery: Action Call to Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) – Open Letter (2018)
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Aquatic Wildmeat: Viande Aquatique Sauvage et SDGs – Briefing FRA (2018)
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Aquatic Wildmeat: AWM and the SDGs – Briefing (2018)
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Plastic Pollution: Marine Debris and the SDGs – Briefing (2018)
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Ocean Noise: Impact on Fish and Invertebrates – Report (2018)
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Peru: Dolphin Hunting and Shark Fishing – Infograph (2018)
Read nowDolphins Sharks Species Conservation
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Plastic Pollution: Single Use Plastic and Fishing Gear – Statement to EU (2018)
Read nowPlastic Pollution
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Ocean Noise: Overview SE Mediterranean Anthropogenic Noise – Paper (2017)
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Aquatic Wildmeat: Viande de Brousse Aquatique en Afrique de l’Ouest – Briefing FRA (2017)
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Aquatic Wild Meat: AWM in Westafrica – Briefing (2017)
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Plastic Pollution: Marine Debris & International Forums – Report (2017)
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Ocean Noise: UN Ocean Conference – Joint Statement (2017)
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Ocean Noise: SE Mediterranean – Recommendations (2017)
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Ocean Noise: UN BBNJ PrepCom II – Statement (2016)
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Ocean Noise: Ocean Noise Pollution and Food Security – Statement (2016)
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Ocean Noise: Open Science EU – Article (2016)
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Ocean Noise: Noise Hotspots in the ACCOBAMS Area – Report (2016)
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Whales: Whale Watching – Guidelines (2016)
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Whaling: Frozen in Time, Whaling in Norway – Report (2016)
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Dolphins: Mediterranean Common Dolphins in Open Science EU – Article (2016)
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Dolphins: Loss of Common Dolphin in Open Science EU – Article (2016)
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Peru: Petition for Protection of Dolphins and Sharks – Letter to the President of Peru (2016)
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Aquatic Wild Meat: A Local Issue with Global Responsibility – Report (2016)
Read nowAquatic Wild Meat
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Aquatic Wild Meat: CMS Standing Committee 45 – Briefing (2016)
Read nowAquatic Wild Meat
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Polar Bears: Trophy Hunting – Factsheet (2016)
Read nowPolar Bears Species Conservation
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Plastic Pollution: UNCLOS ICP – Statement (2016)
Read nowInternational Cooperation Plastic Pollution
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Ocean Noise: Hotspot Mediterranean Sea – Report (2016)
Read nowInternational Cooperation Underwater Noise Pollution
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Peru: Dolphin Hunting and Shark Fishing – Factsheet (2016)
Read nowDolphins Sharks Species Conservation
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MDG: OceanCare’s Committment to MDG7 – ECOSOC-Report (2015)
Read nowInternational Cooperation OceanCare
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Sea Turtles: Leatherback Turtles in Greece – Study (2015)
Read nowSea Turtles
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Ocean Noise: Cuvier’s beaked whales & Mediterranean Monk Seals – Report (2015)
Read nowSeals Underwater Noise Pollution Whales
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Whaling: Japan’s Aid to Fishing Industry – Report (2002, Update 2014)
Read nowInternational Cooperation IWC
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Ocean Noise: Cuvier’s Beaked Whales – Presentation to CMS (2014)
Read nowUnderwater Noise Pollution
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Whaling: Amazon and Whaling – Report EIA (2012)
Read nowIWC Whales
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Whaling: Toxic Menu, Whale Meat Contamination – Report (2012)
Read nowChemical Pollution IWC Whales
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Ocean Noise: Military Necessity vs. Conservation – Position Paper (2012)
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Whaling: Breaking Ranks, Denmark and Whaling – Report (2012)
Read nowIWC Whales
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Ocean Noise: Seismic Exploration and International Law – Position Paper (2011)
Read nowInternational Cooperation Underwater Noise Pollution
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Whaling: Japan’s polluted Whale, Dolphin and Porpoise Products – Report EIA (2008)
Read nowChemical Pollution Whales
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Ocean Noise: Impact Assessment and ACCOBAMS – Position Paper (2007)
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Whaling: Non-Compliance within the IWC – Report (2006)
Read nowIWC Whales
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Ocean Noise: Use of LFA Sonar under International Law – Report (2003)
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Whaling: Japan’s Aid to Fishing Industry – Report (2002)
Read nowInternational Cooperation IWC
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International Fora: Vote-Buying – Legal Opinion (2001)
Read nowInternational Cooperation IWC
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International Fora: States exercising Power on Voting Behavior of other States – Legal Opinion (2001)
Read nowInternational Cooperation IWC
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Statutes of OceanCare
Read nowOceanCare Species Conservation
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Whaling: IWC Competence to Manage Small Cetaceans – Legal Analysis (1998)
Read nowIWC Whales
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Marine Protection: Environmental Threats to Arctic Marine Life and Communities – Report (1997)
Read nowChemical Pollution
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