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📘 The VLIZ Annual Report 2024 is out! From an award for the InnovOcean Campus to an elevated observation capacity and the graduation of the first PhD cohort —dive into a year of impact, innovation and collaboration in marine science. Read it now in NL & EN:

'The Unknown Sea' (De Onbekende Zee) by Jan Mees and Colin Janssen is now available in English! A book about the importance of the ocean for people and planet. Officially endorsed as a UN Ocean Decade activity. AcademiaPress Uitgeverij Lannoo

Did you know an estimated 75 to 199 million tonnes of plastic are already in the ocean, and the number continues to rise? The EU-funded INSPIRE project, coordinated by Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ, is putting forward a holistic approach to tackle plastic pollution in European rivers,

📸 The #Blue4All Marine Protection Photography Contest 2025 is live! 🌊 Submit up to 3 photos by 26 Aug & win a spot in our 2026 calendar + more! 👉 form.jotform.com/251402043723040 #MarineProtection #MPA #Blue4all

Wat boeit ons aan de zee? Ferry’s, windmolens, en mysterieuze dieptes zo blijkt uit een bevraging bij de European Atlas of the Seas.🗺️Dit zijn de 3 onderwerpen van oceaankaarten waar Europese burgers het meest op klikken. Ontdek zelf wat de kaarten onthullen – én waarom we er zo graag in

🌊 The #UNOceanConference is about to begin in Nice — and #EDITO is ready! We’re kicking things off tomorrow at #OneOceanScienceCongress, showcasing how the #EU_DTO empowers ocean science, policy & action: 👉 lnkd.in/djxt3PAy #UNOC2025 #UNOC #OceanDecade #MissionOcean

USV Gobelijn just completed the first-ever multi-day uncrewed mission in the Belgian Part of the North Sea - including night ops! An important milestone in the future of uncrewed marine operations in Belgium. Thanks to FOD Mobiliteit, Agentschap voor Maritieme Dienstverlening en Kust, the Joint Nautical Authority

INSPIRE partners from CNR and VLIZ got together at the #RV Gaia Blu, #OOSC, to amplify the dissemination of vital scientific knowledge. INSPIRE collaborations are key to fostering better environmental quality by reducing plastic pollution. 🌊 CINEA 🇪🇺 UN Environment Programme Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ

🌊 It’s #WorldOceanDay! 🌊As part of the European ANERIS, citizens in 8 countries – including 🇧🇪 – are testing how #eDNA can trace marine life in water and sand.🧬Training sessions for citizens are held in the context of World Ocean Day. 💧

🇺🇳🌊Vandaag start de VN-Oceaanconferentie in Nice. De focus ligt op mariene biodiversiteit en oplossingen voor klimaatverandering, want zee-ecosystemen staan momenteel onder ernstige druk. #SaveOurOcean #OceanDecade UN DESA UNESCO Ocean UN Ocean Decade Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ UNESCO[at]Vlaanderen

🐟 Cyrielle Delvenne (Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ) presented Blue-Cloud at a session on #oceanbiodiversity at the European Digital Ocean Pavilion #UNOC2025, highlighting tools like the Global Fisheries Atlas & EOVs Workbench to support monitoring, resilience & sustainable use. 🌊📸

Last week, researchers from UGent & #VLIZ chased a coccolithophore bloom in the central North Sea aboard the RV Simon Stevin. Find out why coccolithophores are a unique piece of the ocean’s carbon cycle puzzle. 👉 marsens-ugent.be/post/chasing-a… Part of the BERNARDO project funded by

Yesterday was a great day for EU ocean policy! Ursula von der Leyen presented the #EUOceanPact at #UNOC3. It is the EU's first ever holistic strategic framework for the sustainable management and preservation of our ocean. I had the immense privilege of outlining this emblematic

We co-organised a successful side-event at #UNOC3 on the clearing house mechanism for the #BBNJ treaty. UNESCO Ocean’s Vidar Helgesen delivered an inspiring keynote. I was on the panel stressing we don’t start from scratch: data systems and communities supporting them are in place.

Flanders is internationally recognised for its wide range of marine & maritime companies & research institutes. The brochure 'Gearing up our blue knowledge' gives a clear overview of our expertise and achievements in this field. Updated for #UNOC3 #DepartementWEWIS

Yesterday, Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ, Institute of Natural Sciences, Kingdom of Belgium & Vlaamse overheid organised a #UNOC3 side event that examined the critical importance of establishing an effective Clearing House Mechanism for the BBNJ Agreement, bringing together diverse voices from

Researchers from SUBNORDICA, Submerged Landscape Research and Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ surveying in #Doggerland

At last week's UN Ocean Conference #UNOC3 the next-generation European Digital Twin of the Ocean (EU DTO) was unveiled. An advanced AI-powered platform designed to simulate and explore “what-if” scenarios that reveal the potential impacts of our decisions on the marine

Another busy day on the RV Simon Stevin. Today we focused on dredging a number of priority areas, and started the long process of sorting through all the material! In the afternoon we also captured a number of video frames of the seabed Bradford Archaeology and Forensics Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ

New Paper🚨: Its been an absolute pleasure to collaborate on this Source to Seas - Zero Pollution 2030 publication led by Lisa Devriese Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ !!! We assessed and compared the current state of persistent and emerging pollutants with the EU environmental goals and ambitions. frontiersin.org/journals/marin…