European Marine Board IVZW

07/09/2026

🔎 A different perspective on aquaculture

🐟 Our hashtag hashtag Jamie Wardrop has been busy developing and prototyping visuals for his immersive installation. The work invites audiences to see the world from a salmon’s perspective, revealing the complex realities behind one of Scotland and the UK’s most significant global food exports. The project is being developed in collaboration with Prof. Martin Llewellyn at University of Glasgow, and will be open to the public in various locations in Scotland in 2027.

🔗 Find out more about Jamie's project here: https://www.marineboard.eu/jamie-wardrop

03/09/2026

🧐 Are you our next EMB Ambassador?

📢 We have opened our call for two new EMB Ambassadors for 2027-2029. We are seeking two enthusiastic, engaged, and creative early career marine scientists who are linked to one of our EMB Member organisations. They will collaborate and liaise with the EMB Secretariat, our current Ambassadors and recent Alumni to share experiences and ideas, and work on activities together. They will also ensure the continuation of the EMB ECOP Network. This is an opportunity to learn more about the European marine-science policy landscape and get involved in our work. Ambassadors receive a stipend for the position as well as access to funding to support their activities.

🔗 Interested? See the full application details here and apply by Sunday 18 October 2026: https://marineboard.eu/vacancies

02/09/2026

🎤 Bringing together marine science communicators to explore the role of communication in supporting Ocean sustainability

📅 Today the CommOcean 2026 Conference kicked off in Bergen. Norway, organised by the European Marine Board Communications Panel (EMBCP) in collaboration with, and hosted by, the Universitetet i Bergen and the Norwegian Marine University Consortium. The conference focuses on the theme ‘Communication for and within the UN Ocean Decade: Setting Sails for 2030’. As the UN Ocean Decade moves towards 2030, effective communication is increasingly important to ensure that Ocean knowledge reaches different audiences and can contribute to informed decisions and action. CommOCEAN conferences provide a space to exchange experiences, discuss new approaches and reflect on how Ocean science communication can better connect science, society and policy. This edition is structured around four main themes: communication and impact to benefit the Ocean and society; the use of new technologies in Ocean science communication; increasing citizen engagement and Ocean literacy through communication; and taking science communication to Ocean action.

🔗 You can find out more about the event and what is taking place here: https://www.marineboard.eu/commocean-2026-brings-ocean-science-communicators-together-bergen-norway

01/09/2026

👋 Welcome to our new Intern!

🤝 We have been joined by Zoé Levit for her internship as part of the Sea & Society Masters Programme at University of Gothenburg. Zoé also holds a Bachelor's degree in Journalism and will be mainly suppporting communications tasks related to our Biomolecular Approaches Working Group and upcoming its publication.

🎉 It is a pleasure to have you on board!

🔗 You can find out more here: https://www.marineboard.eu/secretariat

31/08/2026

📢 Exhibition announcement

🖼️ Our UN Ocean Decade artist in residence Elisabeth Kihlström will have an exhibition "L'oro del mare (Rame)" at BEK Forum in Vienna from 11 September -7 November, with an opening event on 10 September (18:00-21:00). The exhibition is the first part of her year-long residency focusing on the fan mussel, Pinna nobilis, which was prized for its golden silk but is now almost extinct. Her exhibition will ask"what does it mean for something to be preserved through its destruction? What is an imprint other than a form of absence?"

🔗 You can find out more about the exhibition here: https://www.bekforum.com/ and more about this project here: https://www.marineboard.eu/elisabeth-kihlstrom

28/08/2026

Make sure you join us next Wednesday to learn more about estimating the ecosystem impacts of deep-sea mining!

Find out more and register here: https://marineboard.eu/events/ecop-wednesdays-september-2026

🌊 How could we estimate the ecosystem impacts of deep-sea mining?

📺 Join our next week, 2 September 2026 at 14:00 CEST organised by our EMB Ambassadors and EMB ECOP Network to find out! Speaker Jesse van der Grient from NIOZ will speak about "Estimating the ecosystem impacts of deep-sea mining". She will bring her expertise, including in working with Deep-Ocean Stewardship Initiative, to consider how this broader understanding can support ecosystem-based management, including consideration of cumulative impacts and interactions with other ocean uses such as fisheries.

🔗 Find out more and register here: https://marineboard.eu/events/ecop-wednesdays-september-2026

27/08/2026

📺 webinar September edition

🔬 Join us on 17 September (13:00-14:00 CEST) for our next webinar on "Emerging Biomolecular Technologies for the Observation and Management of Marine Life". Speaker Julie Robidart from the National Oceanography Centre will share her expertise on this topic. This talk links to the upcoming EMB Future Science Brief on "Biomolecular approaches to the observation and management of marine life", which will be launched in November 2026 and of which Julie is a Working Group member.

🔗 You can find out more and register here: https://www.marineboard.eu/events/emb-science-webinar-emerging-biomolecular-technologies

26/08/2026

🌊 How could we estimate the ecosystem impacts of deep-sea mining?

📺 Join our next week, 2 September 2026 at 14:00 CEST organised by our EMB Ambassadors and EMB ECOP Network to find out! Speaker Jesse van der Grient from NIOZ will speak about "Estimating the ecosystem impacts of deep-sea mining". She will bring her expertise, including in working with Deep-Ocean Stewardship Initiative, to consider how this broader understanding can support ecosystem-based management, including consideration of cumulative impacts and interactions with other ocean uses such as fisheries.

🔗 Find out more and register here: https://marineboard.eu/events/ecop-wednesdays-september-2026

25/08/2026

📢 Document launch announcement!

🔬 Save the date of Wednesday 18th November 2026 when we will host a Brown Bag Lunch on the topic of biomolecular approaches to observe and manage marine life. This will be the launch event for the European Marine Board's Future Science Brief No. 14 on 'Biomolecular approaches for the observation and management of marine life". The event will highlighted key scientific and policy recommendations for technological developments and for scaling-up deployment of biomolecular approaches in a marine policy context, with speaker and Working Group Chair Louise Allcock (Ryan Institute) .

📅 18 November 2026, 12:00-14:30 CET
📍 EU Science & Innovation, Rue du Champ de Mars 21, 1050 Brussel

This is an in-person event with the possibility to watch the presentations online

🔗 You can find out more about the event and register here: https://www.marineboard.eu/events/brown-bag-lunch-ndeg-9-biomolecular-approaches-observe-and-manage-marine-life

📸 George Stoyle NatureScot