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Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) @cms.int · 14d

High Seas Treaty reached threshold to enter into force, opening new pathways to safeguard migratory species across 2/3s of the ocean.

CMS science, maps & guidance can help protect migratory routes and habitats, reduce bycatch, ship strikes, underwater noise & pollution: www.cms.int/news/high-se...

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AquaPLAN @aquaplan.bsky.social · 9d

Today we had our AquaPLAN Interim General Meeting
Recap:
✅ Next Steering Committee Meeting
📊 EC M18 Review Meeting Outcomes
✈️ Next Annual General Meeting – Lisbon in January!
🤝 Updated Consortium Agreement
⏱️ Upcoming Deliverables – Due end 2025
🌍 Updates from @allatlantico.bsky.social Forum

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AquaPLAN @aquaplan.bsky.social · 10d

If you missed the #AAORIAForum25 livestream last week, you can watch it back here
Day 1 👉 lnkd.in/dpmvsiRT
Day 2 👉 lnkd.in/dPTCWCBx

All-Atlantic Ocean Research and Innovation Alliance @allatlantico.bsky.social · 17d

🎥🔴 WATCH THE #AAORIAForum25 LIVE | 25–26 SEPTEMBER

Follow the event live here 👇
🔗 Day 1: webcast.ec.europa.eu/all-atlantic...
🔗 Day 2: webcast.ec.europa.eu/all-atlantic...

🔎Learn more: allatlanticocean.org/all-atlantic...

#AtlanticAll

All-Atlantic Ocean Research and Innovation Alliance Forum 2025 - Streaming Service of the European Commission

DAY 1

webcast.ec.europa.eu

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Department of Biology of the University of Pisa @dipbiounipi.bsky.social · 10d

🤝L'evento ha riunito stakeholder da entrambe le sponde dell’Atlantico, con l’obiettivo di far avanzare la cooperazione scientifica transatlantica e l’innovazione per la sostenibilità degli oceani, mostrando come tutto ciò sia cruciale per affrontare i cambiamenti globali. 🌐

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Photo 1: Day 1 - The iconic façade of the Charlemagne Building, setting the stage for the first day of collaboration
Photo 2: Day 2 - The infographic highlighting some messages related to the session focused on Aquaculture (“Action for Sustainable Blue Economy and Food from the Ocean”).
Photo 3: Day 1 - A moment from the FAQ session, with a question on how light and noise pollution will be addressed in future AAORIA strategies featuring Steve Thur (NOAA)

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Department of Biology of the University of Pisa @dipbiounipi.bsky.social · 10d

🇪🇺 Il Dipartimento di Biologia ha partecipato a Bruxelles all’All-Atlantic Ocean Research and Innovation Alliance Forum, @allatlantico.bsky.social organizzato dal Progetto HORIZON-CL6-2023-GOVERNANCE-02-1 Okeano.🌊

📸 Nelle foto, la rappresentante UNIPI Prof. Elena Maggi (AquaPLAN).👥

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Foto 1: Elena Maggi, Colombe Warin e Stelios Katsanevakis (University of Aegean, Progetto Biodiversa + Bioboost+) Foto 2: Simona Costa (Tour4EU), Elena Maggi, Dina Eparkhina (EUROGOOS) Foto 3: Elena Maggi, Oliver Wilson and Emma Horgan (Marine Institute, Coordinatori del Progetto Horizon Europe OKEANO) e Alice Estrela (SCIENCE CRUNCHERS, Progetto Horizon Europe GES4SEAS) Foto 4: Isabel Sousa Pinto (CIIMAR and University of Porto) Peter Heffernan (Oceano Azul Foundation), Elena Maggi.

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AquaPLAN @aquaplan.bsky.social · 10d

The @allatlantico.bsky.social Forum brings together stakeholders from both sides of the Atlantic, aiming to advance transatlantic scientific cooperation & innovation for ocean sustainability
👉 tinyurl.com/bpp2zpuu

#AAORIA2025 #EUResearch #Tour4EU #EUROGOOS #OurSharedOcean #GES4SEAS #BlueEconomy

AquaPLAN at the 2025 All-Atlantic Forum - AquaPLAN

Funded by the EU Horizon Europe Programme (along with UKRI), AquaPLAN is a €2.6 million, 4-year project that aims to quantify the combined impacts of Light and Noise Pollution (LNP) on aquatic biodive...

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AquaPLAN @aquaplan.bsky.social · 10d

Over the last week, AquaPLAN coordinator @dipbiounipi.bsky.social participated in the @allatlantico.bsky.social (#AAORIA) Forum in Brussels, organised by OKEANO CSA🌊

AquaPLAN was well represented by our coordinator Elena Maggi & Mascha Stroobant 👏

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AquaPLAN @aquaplan.bsky.social · 21d

Join us in supporting science-based solutions for cleaner, darker, quieter & healthier aquatic habitats 💙

📢 Follow #AquaPLAN to learn more & get involved, check out our factsheet for more info on our aquatic research habitats 👇

aquaplan-project.eu/resources/ou...

AquaPLAN Factsheet - AquaPLAN

A factsheet describing the project, its challenges, objectives, consortium, and research habitats. Please feel free to distribute the AquaPLAN factsheet to promote the project and its valuable researc...

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AquaPLAN @aquaplan.bsky.social · 21d

Funded by @horizoneu.bsky.social, AquaPLAN is:
✅ Quantifying combined impacts of LNP
✅ Developing innovative strategies to mitigate effects
✅ Empowering policymakers & environmental managers with tools for sustainable water management
✅ Raising public awareness

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AquaPLAN @aquaplan.bsky.social · 21d

Today is #WorldWaterMonitoringDay🌊💧🏞️💙

Let’s shine a light on an often overlooked threat to aquatic life: Light & Noise Pollution (LNP) 💡 🔊

AquaPLAN is leading the way in understanding how LNP affects biodiversity in European marine, freshwater & estuarine habitats

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GuardIAS @guardias.bsky.social · 23d

📚 ECSA 61: Bridging Science & Policy for Coastal Biodiversity
🗓️ Dates: 24-27 August 2026
📍 Location: Square, Brussels, Belgium
📅 Deadline for Special Session proposals: 24 November 2025

Supported by the #GuardIAS project.

Register now: www.estuarinecoastalconference.com

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Environmental Investigation Agency US @eia-us.bsky.social · Aug 6

For many marine animals, sound is survival - but today, the ocean’s natural soundscapes are being increasingly disrupted by human activity. Learn more about this global movement to reduce underwater noise pollution and its negative impacts to marine life: foraquietocean.org/

For a Quiet Ocean

foraquietocean.org

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Environmental Investigation Agency US @eia-us.bsky.social · Aug 17

In June, our campaigners joined other NGOs and 37 countries in celebrating the launch of the High Ambition Coalition for a Quiet Ocean - a global alliance that aims to protect marine life from the harmful impacts of underwater noise pollution: www.foraquietocean.org

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ASCOBANS @ascobans.bsky.social · Aug 20

🔊 Impulsive #noise –short, intense pulses of very loud sound from pile driving, seismic surveys, underwater explosions– can injure 🐬🐋 causing temporary or permanent hearing loss, bruising, organ rupture or death.

This topic will be a key agenda item at the upcoming AC29 🔗ascobans.org

@cms.int

Impulsive noise is intense, short pulses of very loud sound, repeated over a period of time. This type of underwater noise pollution often occurs from pile-driving for offshore construction (featured here in the graphic), seismic surveys, and explosions triggered to dispose of underwater munitions. Impulsive noise can cause direct injuries to cetaceans, ranging from bruising to organ rupture and death. It can also cause hearing damage –permanent or temporary– directly impacting their ability to survive. This topic will be a key agenda point discussed at the upcoming 29th Meeting of the ASCOBANS Advisory Committee: https://www.ascobans.org/en/meeting/ac29

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Stephen McDonell @stephenmcdonell.bsky.social · Aug 22

"Ships are very dangerous for animal's brains because they are noisy". This is said to produce a form of underwater noise pollution which distresses them. Ship sound may have contributed to the demise of the Yangtze's dolphins, which used sonar. CLICK LINK
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Saving China's finless porpoise from the brink of extinction

Scientists are racing to protect what some view as "the most important animal" in the Yangtze.

www.bbc.com

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Valeria Vergara @marine-valeria.bsky.social · May 17

New paper on the contributions of different marine sectors to underwater noise pollution within endangered Southern Resident killer whale habitat, highlighting potential impacts of vessel activity on acoustic habitat quality #SRKW
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Ocean noise contributors in southern resident killer whale habitat

The contributions of different marine sectors to underwater noise pollution within endangered Southern Resident killer whale (SRKW) habitat were inves…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Plymouth Marine Laboratory @pml.ac.uk · 29d

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Plymouth Marine Laboratory @pml.ac.uk · 29d

“It is the honour of my career to be asked to serve as the Director of Science."

Please join us in congratulating Professor Tim Smyth on his new role as Director of Science at Plymouth Marine Laboratory.

Follow the thread to find out more about Tim 🧵👇

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AquaPLAN @aquaplan.bsky.social · Sep 3

A great week for @aquaplan.bsky.social!

Our 1st EC Review with @ec.europa.eu & got very positive feedback on our progress🎉

A team effort, 15 organisations from 10 countries, led by @dipbiounipi.bsky.social, quantifying combined impacts of light & noise pollution (LNP) on aquatic biodiversity💡🔊🏞️🌊

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Colombe Warin @colombewarin.bsky.social · Sep 2

Here is what 🐸 💦 🇪🇺@aquaplan.bsky.social is about: fighting against the impact of #light and #noise pollution on #biodiversity

youtu.be/h3SDh6Oq15o

AquaPLAN Project Video

YouTube video by ERINN Innovation

youtu.be

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FishSounds @fishsounds.bsky.social · Jul 14

🐟New Publication🔉

We found that strategies for conserving at-risk fishes in Canada rarely consider acoustics. We propose that integrating fish sonifery and noise pollution into Canadian policies would improve species management and conservation efforts. Read more at doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...!

A bar plot showing the number of assessed designatable fish taxa that are actively soniferous, as well as the number of designatable taxa that had soundscapes and sound production mentioned in conservation documents produced by COSEWIC (Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada) and SARA (Species at Risk Act) and a second bar plot showing the number of actively soniferous designatable taxa that had at least one anthropogenic stressor mentioned as threats, as well as those that had noise pollution acknowledged as a potential threat in the same documents.

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Tara Murphy @taramurphy.bsky.social · Aug 25

The Australasian Dark Sky Alliance have created a petition to get the Aust. Govt to create legislation that limits light pollution and preserve Australia's Dark skies. Important for human health, wildlife and #Astronomy!

Australians can sign here: www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...

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e-petitions

www.aph.gov.au

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GuardIAS @guardias.bsky.social · Sep 2

Meet the leader at the helm of #GuardIAS, WP7 Leader Prof. @skatsanevakis.bsky.social! 👨‍🔬🛡️

His focus is on a crucial goal: strengthening the bridge between the project's science and EU policy to ensure GuardIAS has a lasting, real-world impact.

Read our full Q&A: guardias.eu/work-package...

Prof. Stelios Katsanevakis, Leader, Work Package 7 - Project Management and Coordination, GuardIAS Project

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BES-aquaticgroup @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social · Aug 29

There is still time to register for our annual meeting!

📍 ZSL London
📅 15/16th Sep. 2025
💻 2x Workshops + Conference

Join us if you are interested in anything #aquatic #marine #freshwater 💧🌊🌍🦠🐋🦪🦐🦀🪼🦑

**REGISTRATION DEADLINE now moved back to the 5th Sep **

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/besag2025-...

#BESAG2025: Aquatic Ecology Group Annual Meeting 2025

Get together with the freshwater and marine research community to hear the latest research, share skills, and build your network!

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · Aug 19

Great opportunity for all of us working on #lightpollution submission deadline 1 December.

Travis Longcore @travislongcore.bsky.social · Apr 2

Here is your periodic reminder that we want your papers on the management of light pollution. Deadline June 1 but we'll take them any time! #DarkSky #lightpollution

Travis Longcore @travislongcore.bsky.social · Jan 30

Hey there #lightpollution folks, I'm teaming up with Chinese colleagues to guest edit a special issue of Journal of Urban Management on light pollution. This venue will get your work in front of international readers, and especially Chinese colleagues as engagement in #darksky issues increases.

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