The EMB secretariat have published an article in the July/August issue of EcoMagazine on 'Food from the Ocean in the Digital Age'. The article looks at the role of modelling and big data in the fishery and aquaculture sectors, drawing on the EMB's Future Science Briefs 'Enhancing Europe's Capability in Marine Ecosystem Modelling for Societal Benefit' and 'Big Data in Marine Science', as well as the SOPHIE 'Strategic Research Agenda for Oceans and Human Health'.
News archive
New EcoMagazine article on 'Food from the Ocean in the Digital Age'
Monday, 03 August 2020
Joining forces at the first “EU4Ocean workshop" – Designing Ocean Literacy action in Europe
Monday, 27 July 2020
On 24 – 25 September 2020, the first EU4Ocean workshop– Designing Ocean Literacy action in Europe will be organised by the EU4Ocean Coalition – a new initiative on ocean literacy of the European Commission.
A bird's eye view on 25 years of EMB's marine research activities
Monday, 15 June 2020
On Friday 12 June 2020, EMB Executive Director Sheila Heymans gave an overview of how the EMB has been developing, promoting and linking marine science to societal challenges in the past 25 years. She did this as the guest speaker on the AIR Centre Networking Fridays, moderated by Wendy Watson-Wright.
Launch of Oceans and Human Health Policy Brief
Thursday, 28 May 2020
The EU4Ocean Coalition on Ocean Literacy is ready to sail
Wednesday, 27 May 2020
On June 8th, the first Virtual Ocean Literacy Summit will be organised on the occasion of the World Oceans Day. There is no better chance to celebrate the creation of the European Union's initiative dedicated to ocean literacy, the EU4Ocean coalition, together with Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, Virginijus Sinkevičius, and IOC-UNESCO. Because of the circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic, we will meet virtually to officially announce and celebrate this launch and share ideas and perspective for the protection of our blue planet.
Webinar launch of EMB's 6th Future Science Brief 'Big Data in Marine Science'
Monday, 27 April 2020
EMB’s 6th Future Science Brief on ‘Big Data in Marine Science’ was launched today during a dedicated webinar, with over 400 participants. The publication is the outcome of the work of the EMB Working Group on Big Data, which kicked-off in May 2019.
Launch of Strategic Research Agenda for Oceans and Human Health
Monday, 30 March 2020
Today is the launch of a new Strategic Research Agenda for Oceans and Human Health in Europe
EMB 7th Forum on Big Data in Marine Science - POSTPONED
Tuesday, 17 March 2020
Due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus, the 7th EMB Forum on Big Data in Marine Science is postponed to 23 October 2020. Join a webinar launching the new publication on Big Data in Marine Science on 29 April instead.
Launch of Policy Brief on European Research Vessels
Tuesday, 03 March 2020
Today EMB launches Policy Brief No. 7 on “Next Generation European Research Vessels” (pdf) at the EUROFLEETS+ project meeting in Lisbon.
New EMB Young Ambassadors Announced
Friday, 28 February 2020
We are delighted to introduce our two new EMB Young Ambassadors! We can now announce that Natalija Dunić, a Post Doc from EMB Member the Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (IZOR) in Croatia, and Alessandro Cresci, a Post Doc at EMB Member the Institute of Marine Research (IMR) in Norway, have been selected! You can find out more about them here. We look forward to working with them.