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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
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 15, 2025
OceanCare Applauds Progress on Maritime Decarbonisation at the IMO’s London Meeting
Read nowClimate Change Shipping 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
NewsMar 14, 2025
Marine Experts Gather to Strengthen Protection for Mediterranean Whale Migration Corridor
Read nowMarine Protected Areas Shipping Underwater Noise Pollution
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 12, 2025
Greek Shipping Industry Engages in Marine Protection
Read nowSaveWhales Shipping Whales
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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
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Boiling Point: The Mediterranean’s Unprecedented Heat Is a Warning We Can’t Ignore
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Climate Change
NewsAug 15, 2024
First Greek Shipping Company Changes Sea Routes in the Hellenic Trench
Read nowCollisions Shipping
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Collision Risk: Slowing Down to Protect Endangered Whales
Read nowCollisions Featured Shipping
NewsAug 12, 2024
La Sexta: Slow down to save the sperm whales
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Shipping: Analysis of maritime traffic in the North-Western Mediterranean Sea for 2023 – Infographs (2024)
Read nowCollisions Shipping
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Tráfico Marítimo: Análisis del tráfico marítimo en el Mediterráneo noroccidental durante 2023 – Infografías (2024)
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Tráfico Marítimo: Reducción de velocidad en el Corredor de Migración de Cetáceos – Información general (2024)
Read nowShipping Whales
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Shipping: Speed Reduction in the Cetacean Migration Corridor – Background Information (2024)
Read nowShipping Whales
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
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Oceans – Sustainable Food: UNCLOS ICP – Submission (2024)
Read nowBottom Trawling Climate Change Fisheries
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Oceans – Food Security: UNCLOS ICP – Opening Statement (2024)
Read nowBottom Trawling Climate Change Fisheries
Press releaseJun 10, 2024
Because Our Planet Is Blue – international initiative launched
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Climate Change Petitions
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 07, 2024
Climeworks’ “Mammoth” vacuum cleaner is not a solution to the climate crisis
Read nowClimate Change
NewsApr 25, 2024
Climate change: a serious problem for breeding seals in Europe
Read nowClimate Change Seals Species Conservation
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Climate Change: Serious Problem for Breeding Seals in Europe – Infographic (2024)
Read nowClimate Change Seals Species 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
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
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The Right Way to Achieve Net-Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions Target?
Read nowClimate Change
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Uncharted waters: what do the recent record marine heatwaves mean for the oceans?
Read nowClimate Change
NewsJul 29, 2023
French shipping company CMA CGM moves shipping routes out of important whale habitat
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Collisions Shipping
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Holidaying by the Mediterranean? Be aware of these fishes.
Read nowClimate Change Fisheries Tips
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
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
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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
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
Press releaseMay 17, 2023
French Shipowners Association calling on Members helping to protect endangered whales
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Collisions Shipping
NewsMar 23, 2023
Climate Change – the Final Warning!
Read nowClimate Change International Cooperation
NewsMar 05, 2023
New scientific paper emphasizes the major welfare concerns related to boat strikes on whales
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NewsFeb 19, 2023
Major Shipping Company slows down to protect Whales
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NewsFeb 13, 2023
New study confirms ocean noise reduction from shipping when reducing vessel speed
Read nowShipping Underwater Noise Pollution
NewsJan 29, 2023
New evidence published that European baleen whales may be shifting northwards as a response to climate change
Read nowClimate Change Whales
Press releaseDec 15, 2022
IMO regulates shipping in the NW Mediterranean to protect endangered whales
Read nowCollisions International Cooperation Marine Protected Areas
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)
Read nowInternational Cooperation Shipping
Story
Climate Giants – How whales help to fight climate change
Read nowClimate Change Whales
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Ship strikes: The urgent need to slow down vessels
Read nowCollisions Shipping Whales
Press releaseOct 25, 2022
IFAW REPORT: Economic analysis of impacts of vessel speed reduction in European waters
Read nowCollisions Shipping Underwater Noise Pollution
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Hope for blue whales off Sri Lanka
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Press releaseSep 08, 2022
Major shipping company shifts lanes to help save Sri Lankan blue whales
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Press releaseJun 21, 2022
German shipping association recommends re-routing ships to save endangered whales
Read nowCollisions Shipping
NewsMar 07, 2022
Spanish Mediterranean regions urge government to protect Cetaceans
Read nowCollisions Shipping Underwater Noise Pollution
Press releaseFeb 28, 2022
OceanCare on IPCC report: Marine conservation is climate protection
Read nowClimate Change International Cooperation
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
Press releaseSep 02, 2021
Slow down: Reducing shipping speed helps tackle the climate crisis with immediate effect
Read nowClimate Change
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
Story
There is another world, but it is in this one
Read nowClimate Change
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A global registry on fossil fuel reserves
Read nowClimate Change
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Shipping Swiss CO2 to Norway
Read nowClimate Change
Press releaseMay 13, 2021
Spain bans any new oil and gas exploration and exploitation by law
Read nowClimate Change
NewsDec 04, 2020
Ships sailing in the Med Sea to use low-sulphur fuels or install gas cleaning systems
Read nowClimate Change