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by Jack Smith, Senior Social Scientist, Cefas Las Palmas, Gran Canaria Las Palmas, Gran Canaria In late September 2025, my Cefas  colleague Frances Mynott and I travelled to the Macaronesia Demonstration Area (DA) to work with our representative colleagues in the region to deliver a series of stakeholder workshops. The workshops, designed by Bruno Meirelles de Oliveira at partner organisation ATZI , aimed to gain a better understanding of marine stakeholder perspectives and a

by Sandra Rybicki ( HAFRO / Iceland Marine and Freshwater Research Institute ) and Talea Weissang Local particpants get creative at the...

After the 2024 edition with the participation of 10 classes across Europe, the Marine SABRES project has designed another online serious game  that will bring students even deeper into the links between  human activities , changes in marine ecosystems, and the impact on these changes have on our well-being . The project is designed for teachers of natural and social sciences , English and CLIL, citizenship, environmental or sustainability education who can tutor lower (10

ECOAQUA research institute is part of the University Institute (University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria - ULPGC). Marine SABRES at International Climate Conference by Jesús Padrón García and Candy Cecilia Ruano The Cabildo of Fuerteventura hosted the International Climate Conference on the 17 th  and 18 th  of October 2024 at the Parque Tecnológico de Fuerteventura, focusing on climate change and biological corridors. Among various other participants, Ricardo Haroun, Directo

by Professor Michael Elliot and Gemma Smith of IECS Ltd. Work Package (WP) 3 of the Marine SABRES project made consistent progress this past year. The finalisation of the Tuscan Demonstration Area (DA) refinement in July 2024, the Macaronesian DA refinement in November 2024 and the Arctic DA sessions in January 2025 concluded the refinement workshops. This contributed to the beginning of further developing and implementing the Simple Social-Ecological System approach into the

by Herman Hummel, Rob Segeren, Hanie Matajinimvar, Dominga van der Vliet of HuFoSS . Marine SABRES Participants at the Second Over-Arching Stakeholder Workshop in Zandvoort, April 2025 As part of the MarineSABRES project’s Work Package 2 (WP2) activities, the team at HuFoSS has been traveling to various locations for stakeholder consultations. These workshops are crucial for the co-development of tools aimed at improving marine and coastal management. Throughout 2024 and 2025

Marine SABRES project co-ordinator Emma Verling ( MaREI , UCC) reflects on a busy and productive year. In October 2024 , partners gathered in Madeira for the Marine SABRES General Assembly. This busy and productive meeting focused on shaping the project’s direction as it entered its second half. External Advisory Board member Alice Newton played a key role in guiding discussions and provided invaluable advice to the project team as the project moves forward. A major achieve

On 4-8 November 2024, LifeWatch ERIC attended the Tropical Summit 2024  in Lisbon to organise the first 'Marine SABRES in Fairs '...

By Laura Caciagli, LifeWatch ERIC On June 6th - 8th 2025, LifeWatch ERIC and ECOAQUA-ULGPC (University Institute for Research in...