Ana Catarino

The INSPIRE General Assembly has wrapped up! 🌱
Two days of discussions, brainstorming, and collaboration brought new insights and strengthened our path forward. A huge thank you to our consortium for driving innovation and shaping the future of the project together. 💡💧
#horizoneurope #eumissions

The next annual conference of the European Marine Science Educators Association #EMSEA takes place in Ostend: September 17–19. Call for Abstracts is now open (until April 15)! Together with @emodnet.bsky.social & @eurogoos.bsky.social VLIZ is a proud partner. Info 👉 www.emseanet.eu/conferences/...

📘 The VLIZ Annual Report 2024 is out! From an award for the InnovOcean Campus to an elevated observation capacity & the graduation of the first PhD cohort — dive into a year of impact, innovation & collaboration in marine science. 🔗 www.vliz.be/en/publications/annual-report/annual-report-2024

This week, members of the EMB Secretariat attended the #SEAwise Symposium 2025 on operationalising ecosystem-based fisheries management (EBFM), proudly co-convened by EcoScope, and launched a new project Policy Brief: www.marineboard.eu/launch-polic... #EBFMSymposium25 #EBFM

🌡️ This is another webinar organised by @wcrp-clivar.bsky.social Marine Heatwaves Research Focus

🌡️ We will have two fantastic talks by Dr. Alexa Fredston & Dr. Kathryn Smith, followed by a Q&A session

🌡️ Please take a look at the details below on how to register

🌡️ June 25 2025, 15:00 UTC 🌊

U.N. Ocean Conference opens in France as U.S. government scientists stay away Heads of state, mayors, scientists and policymakers have gathered in France to tackle what is being described as a global emergency facing the world's seas.

Heads of state, mayors, scientists and policymakers have gathered in France to tackle what is being described as a global emergency facing the world's seas.

The project @inspire-eu.bsky.social is proud to host a UN Ocean Conference official virtual side event #UNOC3 "Tackling riverine and estuarine #plasticpollution for a cleaner ocean" 13 June 2025 5:00 EDT NY Time (11:00 CEST) Register now: inspire-europe.org/news/inspire... @vliz.be @ec.europa.eu

Last week, Dr Sara Purca from @imarpe.bsky.social visited @vliz.be, and presented her current research as a guest speaker. Great to continue collaborating on #plasticpollution and to have joined this visit to #OOSC #OOSC2025 @unep.org

Our final keynote session of #OOSC featured:

Alexander Turra (#marinelitter),
A. Pannier-Runacher (#ecologicaltransition),
Minhan Dai (#coastalzones),
Sheena Talma (#IndianOcean).

Missed it? Watch the Replay 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2tE...

Our book "The Unknown Sea" is now officially endorsed as a UN Ocean Decade Activity @unoceandecade.bsky.social, and available in English. Order and preview at Academia Press Lannoo www.lannoo.be/nl/unknown-sea or Amazon www.amazon.com/Sea-importan...

The best of any scientific event is always the people! Thanks everyone for the wonderful week at #OOSC #OOSC2025, it has been truly inspiring! @vliz.be @inspire-eu.bsky.social @unep.org

An encrypted message in a bottle: Strong statements from Alexander Turra on how #marinelitter is a symptom from social inequality, low capacity of governance, extreme weather events: "we need to face the drivers to face the problem" #OOSC #OOSC2025 @unep.org @oceandecadenep.bsky.social

The final keynote of the One Ocean Science Congress is starting soon.

Hear from:
🎣 Alexander Turra on marine litter
🍣Minhan Dai on coastal zone systems
🪸Sheena Talma on deep sea research
Join the livestream now:
👉 youtube.com/live/e2tEmd9KZaE

#ScienceForTheOcean at #OOSC

Sign the #OOSC 'Science for Ocean Action' manifesto to call for urgent, equitable, science-based action for our ocean. 

Help us amplify science at #UNOC3—let’s make this a turning point! 👉

forms.ifremer.fr/pdg/oosc-man...

Visiting the RV Gaia Blu, from Italy at #OOSC #OOSC2025! Great to see such nice infrastructure supporting marine scientists! @oceandecadenep.bsky.social @unep

This morning at #OOSC our own Science Officer Angel Muniz Piniella spoke about the need for standardised EIA methodologies to understand and manage human impacts and their associated risks for the deep sea, as recommended by our Deep Sea Research & Management needs publication

Photo: Mattias Pettersson

🚨 CALLING ALL MARINE RESEARCHERS! 🚨
Bring your science to the Northern Baltic coast and access FREE research funding! Dive into global-scale experiments that drive real-world impact.

www.umu.se/en/umea-mari...

Funding: www.umu.se/en/umea-mari...

Contact: regina.kolzenburg@umu.se

#OOSC #UMF 🧪🦑🌍

Today’s keynote at #OOSC opened with inspiring words from HRH Princess Lātūfuipeka Tuku'aho, followed by:

David Obura (#oceanlife)
Michelle Bender (#OceanRights)
Takashi Gojobori (#BlueEconomy).

Missed it? Watch the highlights & full session on YouTube!
👇 www.youtube.com/live/7C-FuWs...

The #PLASTICPOLLUTION Team from @vliz.be is at the #OOSC #OOSC2025! Don't miss Mariana's presentation tomorrow, at Room 7 on the @inspire-eu.bsky.social project: solutions to mitigate litter in transitional waters & ports @unep.org @oceandecadenep.bsky.social

Princess Lātūfuipeka Tukuʻaho speaking on a podium

"Extraordinary times demand extraordinary responses" ~
Princess Lātūfuipeka Tukuʻaho (Tonga) speaks at #OOSC

The Princess talks about Tonga's vulnerability, about being ocean guardians, and encouraging and supporting the next generation to become ocean guardians

Picture of Princess Lātūfuipeka Tukuʻaho of Tonga speaking at the One Ocean Science Congress in Nice, France

Princess Lātūfuipeka Tukuʻaho of Tonga:

"We are not FOR the ocean, we are OF it"

Hear, hear! At the One Ocean Science Congress in Nice, France. #OOSC #UNOC-3 #marinelife

🌊 “No Data, No Action: Investing in Ocean Observations to Achieve SDG14 and a Sustainable Future”

#OceanObservations are NOT optional. The time to invest is now.

Read the full POGO statement on the urgency of funding global ocean obs at bit.ly/POGO-JN25

#OOSC

Very happy to have been part of an afternoon filled with presentations on #litter data flows, harmonization and innovation at #oosc #oosc2025 and to include the #COLLECT citizen science project in this discussion! @pogo-ocean.bsky.social @vliz.be @unep.org @oceandecadenep.bsky.social

Great discussion led by @pogo-ocean.bsky.social on how to fund long term observations of the #Ocean, to support global policy frameworks. #OOSC #OOSC2025 @unep.org @oceandecadenep.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu

Jean-Pierre Gattuso: science alone cannot face all the challenges, but without science we lose our way! #oosc #oosc2025 @cnrs.fr @oceandecadenep.bsky.social @unep.org @vliz.be

John Bell @ec.europa.eu: Science needs to be open so we can make this journey together! Europe is choosing science. #oosc #oosc2025 @unep.org @oceandecadenep.bsky.social @vliz.be @inspire-eu.bsky.social

John Bell

OOSC

John Bell from @ec.europa.eu RTD - we need to put the One back into the Ocean Science. We are facing the attack of science worldwide. #OOSC The EU is chosing science and inviting scientists across the #ocean to work together. The #OceanPact will be launched tomorrow.

And me: effects of mangrove #restoration on #BlueCarbon storage in southeast Asia, poster P309
#OOSC #ScienceForTheFuture
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The #OOSC kicks off today and we are very proud to be silver partners through our provision of financial support to overseas researchers and #ECOPs to attend this important event for #ScienceForTheOcean! We will be posting through the week, more here: www.marineboard.eu/emb-2025-un-...

"We believe in science"! Supportive words from Christian Estrosi (Maire de Nice, FR): opening of the #OOSC2025! Looking forward to this amazing week, bringing the Ocean Scientific Community together! @vliz.be @pogo-ocean.bsky.social @inspire-eu.bsky.social @oceandecadenep.bsky.social @unep.org