Last week, the Sea Alarm team ran its first WildX tabletop and serious game training session with members of an oil company emergency response team. The WildX package allowed the participants to explore various realistic response challenges and discuss operational…
Technical Adviser Christophe Blazy has recently resigned from his position at Sea Alarm to join the Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife of the Caribbean (SPAW-RAC) in Guadeloupe as Marine Ecosystems and Protected Areas Project Officer. In…
In October 2018, Sea Alarm led the final workshop in a series exploring issues needing to be addressed to improve response to a variety of emergencies involving marine mammals.
In March, Sea Alarm brought fifteen leading seabird experts from eight countries together in Hamburg to discuss marine emergencies involving seabirds.
In November, Sea Alarm ran a successful workshop in Barcelona on marine emergencies involving sea turtles.
A recently signed MoU between Sea Alarm and the University of Guelph aims to join forces in improving international appreciation of marine wildlife emergency response and preparedness.
The first Steering Group meeting of the newly established EMPOWER Network was held in Brussels in May. The Steering Group’s role is to advise and assist Sea Alarm in setting up the EMPOWER Network and coordinate the various activities of the work programme. This initiative has been made possible thanks to a grant awarded to Sea Alarm by the European Commission.