oceans aware: inform, inspire, involve
the more you know about the ocean the more you can do to protect and restore it
ocean news - what’s the latest?
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Deep-sea mining starves life in the ocean’s twilight zone
Science Daily, 06.11.25
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Viet Nam, Malaysia enhance cooperation in combating illegal fishing
Viet Nam News, 30.10.25
ocean meetings - ongoing and upcoming
24 November - 5 December 2025: Twentieth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES, Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
8-12 December 2025: United Nations Environment Assembly, UNEA 7, Nairobi, Kenya.
9 December 2025: General Assembly consideration of the agenda item on oceans and the law of the sea, New York, USA.
4th quarter 2026: 17th meeting on the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) COP 17 will be held in Yerevan, Armenia.
ocean reports & latest publications
GOOS: Global Ocean Observing System Status Report 2025 - November 2025
ROCA: 2024-2025 Roadmap to Oceans and Climate Action (ROCA) Report - November 2025
EU Copernicus: The 9th edition of the EU Copernicus Ocean State Report (OSR) - October 2025
UNCTAD: Maritime Transport Review 2025 - September 2025
State of the World’s Sea Turtles (SWOT) Report - June 2025
UNIDiR: Achieving Depth: Subsea Telecommunications Cables as Critical Infrastructure - April 2025
OECD: The Ocean Economy to 2050 - March 2025
WMO: The State of the Global Climate 2024 - March 2025
United Nations Secretary-General Report on Oceans and the Law of the Sea 2025 - March 2025
UNCTAD: The ocean economy is booming. But for how long? - February 2025
WRI: How Marine Carbon Removal Is Governed in the High Seas - February 2025
ISA: Status of Exploration Activities in the Area - December 2024
Planet Tracker: Race to the bottom - November 2024
UNIDIR: Securing the Seas: A Comprehensive Assessment of Global Maritime Security - November 2024
Protected Planet Report 2024 - October 2024
ICRI Forum: Key asks for coral reefs - October 2024
Let’s Be Nice to the Ocean: Advancing the Protection Principle - October 2024
WWF: 2024 Living Planet Report: A System in Peril - October 2024
ASOC: Protecting a Changing Southern Ocean - October 2024
2024 Ocean Decade Conference - The Barcelona Statement - October 2024
Oceano Azul / Europe Jaques Delors: Manifesto for a European Ocean Pact - September 2024
Global Mangrove Alliance: State of the World’s Mangroves 2024 - July 2024
Peace for the Ocean Declaration - June 2024
IOC State of the Ocean Report 2024 - June 2024
Global Ghost Gear Initiative 2023 - June 2024
Statista/German Ocean Foundation State of the oceans 2024 - June 2024
State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2024
The human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable ocean, Nathan J. Bennett / Elisa Morgera / David Boyd - April 2024
The Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing Index Report - December 2023
