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European Maritime Days
European Maritime Day serves as an opportunity to celebrate "maritime Europe" by highlighting the diversity of sea-related activities across the continent. It aims to raise awareness among European citizens about the crucial role of the seas in daily life and to spark reflection on their significance.
The event brings together Europe’s maritime community to network, discuss, and collaborate on maritime issues and the sustainable blue economy. It is a key platform for "Ocean Leaders" to meet, providing an interactive experience on a wide range of topics related to the blue economy and marine environment. Participants can expect inspirational speakers, thematic sessions, stakeholder workshops, exhibitions, and numerous networking opportunities. The event targets professionals from business, government, NGOs, academia, and EU citizens interested in maritime affairs.
Additionally, the EMD 2025 will feature the third annual Fisheries and Ocean Dialogue, organized by the European Blue Forum.
The event is organized by the European Commission, Cork City Council, and the Irish Ministry of Environment, Climate, and Communications.
More information is available here
One Ocean Science Conference
UNOC3 conference will be focused on « Accelerating action and mobilizing all actors to conserve and sustainably use the ocean » and will seek to support the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14 (SDG14), with three main priorities, in order to produce an ambitious Nice Ocean Action Plan.
More information is available here
ICES Annual Science Conference 2025
The event will bring together the marine science community at this notable location. The theme sessions and network sessions for ASC 2025 will be announced in October 2024, with the call for abstracts opening later in the year.
Additional information are available here
OCTO Webinar
Presented by: Claire Colegrove and Alex Driedger of ProtectedSeas
Description: While hundreds of nations have committed to the global 30x30 target, much work remains to reach that goal and sustainably manage the remaining 70%. Regulatory protections are crucial for marine management efficacy, and accurate data on in-place management measures are essential for assessing existing marine protections and informing the creation of new areas. However, collecting and interpreting marine regulations can be challenging due to often unavailable or difficult-to-access legal instruments. Overlapping measures and siloed management add further complexities. ProtectedSeas Navigator contains data on worldwide regulations for MPAs, fishery management areas, and other place-based marine managed areas (MMAs) and considers restrictions cumulatively across overlapping areas using spatial aggregation techniques to provide insights into overall protection. This cumulative analysis of regulations in overlapping marine managed areas offers insights into overall uses and protection across ocean spaces, enabling better protection assessments, planning, and management. As an example, initial analysis in California revealed several ocean spaces where individual MMA protections were minimal, yet when combined with protections from other overlapping MMAs, resulted in more highly regulated spaces with enhanced protection.
Hosted by: OCTO
Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hi_qu9_JTPa-vTIi8ex_4Q
Past events
StakeHolders2cOdesign
Towards impactful stakeholder engagement in the Mission Ocean, Seas and Waters
Blue4All at the European Maritime Days in Brest
SUBMARINER NETWORK will promote the BLUE4ALL project at the 2023 European Maritime Day, in Brest.
Blue4All Kick-off Meeting
BLUE4ALL partners gathered between 24 and 27 January 2023 in Brussels at RBINS premises to launch the project and discuss the way forward. The project will be implemented by 22 partners from all over the Europe and will run until the end of 2026! Follow us for more information.