General News

The plastic pollution hiding in our clothes: Why the EU must act on textile microplastics

15 October 2026

• Climate and ocean
• Ocean plastic pollution
• Ocean use

Events

We Are The Whale

16 September 2026

• Clean ocean
• Climate and ocean
• Ocean governance
• Ocean use
• Rewilding the ocean

Publications

Ocean Act position paper: Europe’s Ocean Regulation

9 February 2026

• Blue Manifesto
• Clean ocean
• Climate and ocean
• Ocean governance
• Ocean use
• Rewilding the ocean

Events

From conflict to coexistence: Exploring multi-use between offshore wind and small-scale fisheries in the context of the Ocean Act

10 December 2025

• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean use
• Renewable energy at sea

Events

Designing tomorrow: Policies for nature-inclusive offshore wind decommissioning

8 December 2025

• Ocean use
• Renewable energy at sea

General News

OSPAR Ministers Signal Precaution on Deep-Sea Mining 

26 June 2025

• Deep sea mining
• Ocean governance
• Ocean use

Events

From shore to sea: Public participation and community engagement in offshore wind

26 June 2025

• Climate and ocean
• Ocean use
• Renewable energy at sea

Publications

Study: Power structures shaping EU fisheries. How the political economy favours industrial over small scale, low impact fishing

15 April 2025

• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean use

General News

High risks and false friends: Why Europe must say no to marine geo-engineering 

13 January 2025

• Blue Manifesto
• Marine geoengineering
• Ocean use

Publications

High risks and false friends: Why Europe must say no to marine geo-engineering

13 January 2025

• Blue Manifesto
• Marine geoengineering
• Ocean use

Events

Wind and Waves: Advancing Offshore Wind and Solutions for Marine Sustainability

15 January 2025

• Ocean use
• Renewable energy at sea

Publications

The environmental impacts of offshore wind

30 November 2024

• Ocean use
• Renewable energy at sea

Events

Sustainable Resource Management for a Resilient Europe

10 December 2024

• Deep sea mining
• Ocean use

Publications

Powering the future, preserving the ocean: A vision for nature-inclusive offshore renewables

25 November 2024

• Ocean use
• Renewable energy at sea

General News

Nordic Council calls on Norway and Iceland to back a moratorium on deep-sea mining 

31 October 2024

• Deep sea mining
• Ocean use

Press Releases

Short-sighted decision by EU fisheries ministers pushes Baltic Sea ecosystem closer to collapse

22 October 2024

• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean use

Press Releases

New report: Fisheries for a New Era – Small-scale, low-impact fishing shows the way.

1 October 2024

• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean use

General News

Twelve innovative business models pioneered by small-scale and low-impact fisheries to overcome current sector crises

1 October 2024

• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean use