MARBEFES

The accompanying event is an exhibition titled "In the Depth. Living Seas, Living Bodies” at the State Art Gallery in Sopot.
You can still visit it until April 2026!

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Throwback to November 2025, when MARBEFES was present at the interdisciplinary conference ‘Humans and the European Marine Environment – Adaptation to Climate and Biodiversity Change’ in Sopot🇵🇱

📝Read more about the conference here: shorturl.at/LGKbN

Today we celebrate #WorldFisheriesDay and recognize the importance of sustainable fisheries in maintaining the livelihoods of communities and in ensuring healthy ocean ecosystems. 🐟

Find out more with this IPBES infographic.

Today we are attending the @marbefes.bsky.social conference on climate change, biodiversity, and the relationship between humans and the marine environment, where our presentation is focused on the Mediterranean Sea.
Here's a few snapshots 👇 👇 👇

🛳️ In 2023, our colleague Ashley Cahillane asked researchers and crew of the RV #CelticExplorer: how do you interact with the sea? Do you think the sea benefits the society? Should the sea be valued?

🌐 Results of her research on offshore cultural #EcosystemServices are out now: shorturl.at/hzcbE

Frontiers | Environmental change between 1980 and 2020 followed by societal change in the Gulf of Gdańsk, Southern Baltic, a review The Gulf of Gdańsk belongs to the best-known marine areas in the Baltic, with regular environmental observations since mid-20th century. It covers the widest...

🌐What can you learn from 40 years of environmental data?

📈Turns out quite a lot, including how pressures have changed over time.

🐟Example: Gulf of Gdańsk has shifted from industrial/fishery to largescale tourism, meaning that key pressures also changed.

shorturl.at/7kFu3 (Węsławski et al., 2025)

MARBEFES team at the General Assembly in Seville 🇪🇸 Ready for the final year of the project!

@lifewatcheric.bsky.social @wormbotherer.bsky.social

🇪🇸 That's a wrap for our 2025 General Assembly!

🔎 We've heard lots of ideas and contributions from all the consortium - and the discussions will continue in the final year of the project.

Thank you @lifewatcheric.bsky.social for hosting us this year, Seville was wonderful 💃

🇪🇸Day 2 of MARBEFES General Assembly is behind us!

🔎Looking into going beyond the project case studies and tools - through outscaling, upscaling, stakeholder engagement, and publications.

🔑Also, a lot of discussions around lessons learned from the project so far.

@lifewatcheric.bsky.social

🍂 Enjoy a few pictures from @marbefes.bsky.social Autumn School "Protecting marine biodiversity for nature & humans", co-located with the project's General Assembly in Seville.
👉 bit.ly/3WtJlaG
@cefasgovuk.bsky.social @lifewatchvliz.bsky.social @vliz.be @aboakademi.bsky.social @klaipeda.bsky.social

We are all set! 🙌 The @marbefes.bsky.social Autumn School 2025 starts today and our selected students are ready to learn about biodiversity and ecosystem assessment and measurement, and tools for ecological, social and economic evaluation!
👉 bit.ly/3WtJlaG

🇪🇸Day 1 of MARBEFES General Assembly in Seville comes to an end.

🔎Topics covered (among many others): data gaps, toolbox applications and challenges stemming from the interdisciplinarity of the project.

@lifewatcheric.bsky.social

These days at @marbefes.bsky.social annual meeting, as advisory board member, and building bridges with other projects, such as #GES4SEAS
Looking for the legacy of our projects

#research
#MarineEcology

We’ve recently supported #SopotScienceDay, an open event for science-enthusiasts and science-curious.

Over 800 visitors 🙋🏼‍♀️ and representatives from 30 institutions👩‍🔬 gathered at #IOPAN to talk all things marine biodiversity, and sustainability.

👓 Read more here: oceanofchanges.com/en/sopot-sci...

Past year we had @azti.bsky.social #GES4SEAS summer school with 6 @horizoneu.bsky.social projects, today, we have a paper published on the topic of science-policy #communication.
#Research
@marinesabres.bsky.social @marbefes.bsky.social
Read it for free:
www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....

It was a very busy week, full of fascinating talks and valuable discussions. We thank the organisers - @icesmarine.bsky.social and Klaipeda University - for providing us with the space to share our research!

A snapshot from #ICESASC2025, where MARBEFES team showcased their research📑

🛜 Read more here: shorturl.at/CYuVY

@icesmarine.bsky.social @wormbotherer.bsky.social

MARBEFES tools in practice🔨

🎀Bow-tie analysis includes mapping the main activities and pressures contributing to #BiodiversityLoss in 3 case studies.

🦭Next step is analysing the consequences of losing important species and habitats, and suggesting appropriate control measures: shorturl.at/5fFtD

At the core of yesterday's #marineSABRES session at @icesmarine.bsky.social 2025 was the big Q -'How can we protect & maintain marine ecosystems so they continue to deliver societal goods & benefits sustainably?' Thanks to partners from @maremadeira.bsky.social @DTU @MaREI @Klaipeda Uni! #icesasc25

#ICESASC2025 session Q on ecosystem services continues today, with a talk on the MARBEFES toolbox by Cristina Huertas-Olivares.

And more!

YouTube video by ICES - International Council for the Exploration of the Sea ICES ASC 2025 Opening Keynote Mike Elliott

If you are following #ICESASC25 from afar, you can now watch our opening keynote from Mike Elliott.
Check out his talk on Emerald Growth on our YouTube channel now ▶️ youtu.be/KHA3vePtLA0?...

#ICESASC25 @uniofhull.bsky.social

Come visit MARBEFES posters today in the section of in the #ICESASC2025 poster area! Themes: Ecological Value Assessment in two case studies + Biological Trait Analysis.

Insightful discussions during session Q at #ICESASC2025. And some big questions from the audience about nature restoration, ecosystem functioning, climate change, and more!

Mike Elliott (University of Hull; IECS Ltd.) giving a keynote talk on #EmeraldGrowth at #ICESASC2025.

#ICESASC2025 starts tomorrow, with strong MARBEFES representation.

🌐Session Q will be dedicated to marine biodiversity and #ecosystemservices.

YouTube video by Institute of Oceanology PAN MARBEFES project || 3 steps into the sea - key to biodiversity is the scale || BBT Baltic Sea

🌐 Within MARBEFES, Institute of Oceanology PAS #IOPAN is responsible for data collection and analysis in the case study.

🎬 We invite you to watch their short movie about Polish coastal biodiversity:

youtu.be/1vOqjNN22Nc

#marineconservation #biodiversity

⚡The situation in the Baltic is far from idyllic. The Gulf of Gdańsk is currently under many pressures: pollution (plastic, nutrients and various chemicals), intense shipping and large scale tourism, urbanisation, coastal erosion. Ongoing climate change is also taking its toll on the area.

🔵 Presenting the last of 12 MARBEFES case studies: #GulfofGdańsk BBT.

🔵 Gulf of Gdańsk is a a coastal inlet of the #BalticSea located in northern Poland🇵🇱

🔵 Its shallow waters serve as an important habitat for various species of fish, birds, and marine mammals (including the iconic grey seal🦭😉)

🙏Lastly - thank you to all public participants who braved the rain and went on search for sand mason worms, anemones, et al. Remember to upload your results here: records.biodiversityireland.ie/record/BioBl...