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RSS![Nautilus Training Camp on Lemnos Island in Greece @Nautilus photo collection](https://oceans-and-fisheries.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-07/nautilus-training-camp.jpg?itok=FJqpLcrd)
As the ancient Nautilus Shell - symbol of renewal, evolution, and growth - the EU-funded Nautilus project developed an innovative training methodology for instructors of water sports tourism.
![Traditional cherhanaua open air museum © Galati FLAG](https://oceans-and-fisheries.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-07/galeti-lag1.jpg?h=54df3e92&itok=_vDhi5mt)
The Fisheries Tourism Network is an online platform that offers tourists unique opportunities to visit and learn more about the cultural heritage of fisheries areas in Romania.
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The ocean holds countless archaeological treasures that have found their resting place on the sea floor over the ages. To personally explore these sites, one would need to be a diver, but new technologies are making this remarkable heritage accessible to all.
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The Baltic Sea, nestled between lush green forests and breathtaking sandy beaches, is facing an increasingly challenging environmental situation, mainly due to pollution. It remains the most polluted sea in Europe.
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Today, the European Commission presents its first-ever voluntary review on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development.
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The Commission welcomes the agreement reached today at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to revise its 2018 strategy on reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from ships.
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The European Commission has launched a new call for tender under the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF). The objective of the call is to finance a study to provide the European Commission with an up-to-date analysis of the economic dynamics and the effects of the use
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Today, the Commission is responding to the European citizens' initiative ‘Stop finning – Stop the trade' asking the Commission for action to end international trade of loose shark fins. The cruel and illegal practice of ‘finning' means fins have been cut off the animal and the shark is thrown back
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Have you ever wondered what whales and dolphins hear in the depths of the ocean? Does it change with the seasons? These are just some of the questions behind an EU-funded underwater noise study led by Marine Scotland Science off the west coast of Scotland.
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Today, 29 June, the EU and Madagascar signed a new sustainable fisheries partnership agreement (SFPA), and its implementing protocol.