🎣 Colleagues from @mfri.bsky.social & @lifewatcheric.bsky.social held an event in #Reykjavík as part of #Sjómannadagurinn (Seafarers' Day)! The event engaged visitors of all ages with marine ecosystems, fisheries, & our human/ocean connections through fun events & activities.Thanks all involved!💙

On 7 June, @marinesabres.bsky.social joined Iceland’s Fishermen’s Day through Marine SABRES in Fairs inviting people to explore ocean connections through interactive science 🌊 🤝 Thanks to @mfri.bsky.social for the organisation. Special thanks to Sandra Rybicki! 👉 Full story here: bit.ly/4vCmBom

🌊 Live from #Iceland 🇮🇸 Happy Fishermen's Day! Marine SABRES in Fairs is now underway in #Hafnarfjörður, hosted by @mfri.bsky.social. 🎮 @marinesabres.bsky.social interactive experiences 🐟 #Marine ecosystem insights 🚢 Research in action 🌍 #Biodiversity & ocean sustainability ℹ️ Info: bit.ly/4ejCE4F

Three days at #FIMAR 2026 in Las Palmas, with @marinesabres.bsky.social in Fairs: 🌊 Countless conversations about the ocean, across all ages made possible thanks to @ulpgc.es #ECOAQUA who hosted us, and MaREI who shared this experience with us 🪸🐠 👉 Read more: bit.ly/4veWNOX

🪸 "Marine SABRES in Fairs" at #FIMAR2026! @marinesabres.bsky.social 🪼 Today we kick off the event in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria: a fantastic opportunity to explore marine biodiversity, ecosystems conservation and restoration, and how to contribute to a sustainable blue economy.

NEW PAPER ALERT! Colleagues from @azti.bsky.social, DTU, MaREI, Cefas, @maremadeira.bsky.social, ARNET – Aquatic Research Network, ARDITI and @rifs-potsdam.bsky.social have recently published in 'npj climate action' 👏 🔗 👉 www.marinesabres.eu/results #EBM #Blueeconomy #Newresearch #Marinemanagement

Teachers across Europe: final round? ⏳ Just 2 weeks to go! Register for the final edition of Marine SABRES Serious Game School Competition! 📅 22 May 2026 - International Day for Biological Diversity & European Maritime Day. 🔗 Register your class: zfrmz.eu/HwvUDABMlOFC... @marinesabres.bsky.social

Our spring Substack is out! 🤝 Our stakeholder engagement process across Macronesia 🐠 Final call for teachers across Europe to join our school competition! 📚 New publications on tackling complex marine management challenges. Read at our Substack 👇 #MarineSABRES #blueeconomy #oceanconservation

Marine SABRES Spring Insights 2026

Updates from across our partner network

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The @marinesabres.bsky.social Serious Game School Competition is back! 🦭 🐚 We invite teachers across Europe to register classes by 22 May. Students will learn how human communities can manage, protect, and benefit from marine ecosystems. Don't let your class miss this opportunity! 🐠 bit.ly/4slobsR

Our 3rd project brief is available for download! 🤌 www.marinesabres.eu/results. 'Balancing Tourism and Conservation in the Tuscan Archipelago' looks at monitoring, restoring & managing seagrass meadows in this high-tourism region. Tnx to our colleages @unipisa.bsky.social @dipbiounipi.bsky.social! 💙

@marinesabres.bsky.social @ges4seas-mooc.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy @marco-bolo.bsky.social @mspglobal2030.bsky.social @ospar.bsky.social @icesmarine.bsky.social @helcominfo.bsky.social

Dr Angel Borja@drangelborja.bsky.social · 6mo ago

It's my pleasure to annnounce a new @azti.bsky.social #GES4SEAS summer school: assessing cumulative effects from multiple #pressures at sea, a practical application, using our Tikta tool. There is a limited number of places, apply now! #Research #MarineEcology www.azti.es/en/events/su...

NEW PAPER 👏 Congrats to our colleagues at @azti.bsky.social @cefasgovuk.bsky.social @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social @lifewatcheric.bsky.social & DTU Denmark on their new peer review, project publication! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Can recognising pluralistic worldviews in marine social-ecological systems help achieve sustainable scenarios?

The complexity of social-ecological systems poses significant challenges to achieving global sustainability goals. Decision-makers can develop managem…

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Thank you as always to the team at @lifewatcheric.bsky.social for rolling out our fantastic MarineSABRES in Fairs initiative! 🐙 👏

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🌊 Marine SABRES in Fairs lands in Pisa! On 14 Jan 2026 the next stop of this travelling initiative will link science, policy & society to protect marine ecosystems and foster a sustainable blue economy. 🔗 More info: bit.ly/pisa-marine-... @marinesabres.bsky.social @dipbiounipi.bsky.social

Thanks to all our project partners & everyone we have collaborated with this year in working on innovative strategies for ecosystem based management towards a brighter marine future! Wishing you all a great holiday season & 2026! Thanks so much for engaging with us this year 💙

💡Engaging with local stakeholders in each of our research regions is vital to developing relevant decision-support making tools for #marinegovernance.👇Read more at our latest #blog post! @cefasgovuk.bsky.social @azti.bsky.social University of The Azores www.marinesabres.eu/post/listeni...

Listening to Island Voices: Marine Conservation and Tourism in Macaronesia

by Jack Smith, Senior Social Scientist, CefasLas Palmas, Gran CanariaIn late September 2025, my Cefas colleague Frances Mynott and I travelled to the Macaronesia Demonstration Area (DA) to work with o...

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A heartfelt congratulations to Ángel Borja Yerro, Principal Researcher @azti.bsky.social who has been awarded the #OdumAward for Lifetime Achievement-the highest honor granted by U.S based @cerfscience.bsky.social. It's a privilege to have Ángel's experience with us at MarineSABRES! 🌍 #MarineScience

🌊 Only 2 weeks to go! Join the @marinesabres.bsky.social School Competition 2025: an online Serious Game for teachers, tutoring students (10-18) to explore how the ocean connects to our lives. 🗓️ 21 Nov | World Fisheries Day 🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/serious-game...

Fuel + Post-it notes... the driving force behind invention and consensus! ☕☕🟨🟪🟦✅✅ (thank you delicious Italian coffee - we are only slightly addicted 😬) #MarineSABRES

Arrived too early for @marinesabres.bsky.social project meeting today!

Delighted to gather as a consortium this week at @unipisa.bsky.social for our third project General Assembly! Our coordination team, stakeholder engagement experts, & reps from our 3 Demonstration Areas have been updating on data, research & outreach 💙 #horizoneurope #EBM #BlueEconomy #MarineSABRES

🌊 Teachers across Europe: ready to play for the ocean? Join the @marinesabres.bsky.social School Competition 2025 on 21 Nov 2025 (World Fisheries Day) and guide your students (10-18) through a free online Serious Game on ocean-human connections. 🔗 Register: bit.ly/4nDEcc4

New Publication!👀 Sharing our latest peer-reviewed publication, led by @drangelborja.bsky.social @azti.bsky.social! The paper emerged from #SciComm Summer School in San Sebastián, 2024 & highlights the role of effective SciComm in bridging the #marineresearch/policy gap🔗 www.marinesabres.eu/results

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....

This work is part of the @marinesabres.bsky.social‬ Project: marinesabres.eu -- Co-developing and testing a simple socio-ecological system together with local communities in three amazing #marine regions: Arctic Northeast Atlantic, Tuscan Archipelago and Macaronesia.

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Marine SABRES is an EU-funded research project focused on balancing marine biodiversity conservation with a sustainable blue economy by increasing the uptake of ecosystem-based management.

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💙 Celebrating World Maritime Day 2025! Here’s to the all the marine focused researchers, scientists, policymakers, leaders, citizens, and changemakers shaping tomorrow! @imohq.bsky.social #worldmaritimeday2025 #oceanlove #blueeconomy #MarineSABRES #HorizonEU

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

Marine SABRES partners are in Klaipėda this week for ICES Annual Conference! Emma Verling of MaREI, Mike Elliott of IECS, Julie Bremner of Cefas & Cristina Huertas Olivares of LifeWatch ERIC co-convene the 'Marine biodiversity & ecosystem services for a sustainable future' session today. #ICES2025

⚡️Marine SABRES Annual Newsletter: Issue 3 is out now⚡️ bit.ly/4fVOcu6 Read all about our progress this past 12 months! Thanks so much to our project partners for their fantastic work & contributions! 💙 Subscribe to our Substack 🗞️ @horizoneu.bsky.social #marineecosystem #blueeconomy #marinegovernance

Marine SABRES Annual Newsletter: Issue 3

August 2025

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Our colleague Bruno Meirelles (#AZTI) has returned from his recent participation in this year's 'Scenarios Forum 2025' where he delivered a presentation on behalf of the @marinesabres.bsky.social project! Read more below 👇 🔗https://www.marinesabres.eu/post/scenarios-forum-2025

Our #MarineSABRES colleagues at #ECOAQUA (ULPGC) delivered two presentations on research conducted in the National Park of Guguy (Canary Islands), as part of this year's 58th edition of the European Marine Biology Symposium! Read more about the event below: 🔗http://bit.ly/46RQS9C 📷 ECOAQUA