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New alien species with Atlantic origins recorded for the…
New alien species, native to the western Atlantic, captured by a professional fisherman in Isthmia, Argosaronic Gulf. A friend of the fisher contacted the Is it Alien to you…. Share it!!! team. The individual identified as Chaetodipterus faber (Atlantic spadefish) and the specimen sent to iSea for further study. Today the scientific publication published, which confirms the first record of the species in the Mediterranean and thus in the Greek waters. Read more “New alien species with Atlantic origins recorded for the first time in the Mediterranean”
Following our recent scientific publication and the consequent press release, iSea and the 
The events held under the Fishing For Litter project in Kavala and Thessaloniki have been completed.
a collaborator the organisation ethelon and the participation of the Environmental Team of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Β.Α.Τ. – Bio Auth Team, Hikers Thessaloniki, Origen.gr, the team «Tην πόλη μου ΕΓΩ την φτιάχνω όμορφη. ΚΑΙ ΤΗ ΖΩΗ ΜΟΥ!!» and «νοια-ΖΩ- μαι για την πόλη μου και για τους άλλους» and also with local residents, we carried out a coastal cleanup in the Nautical Club of Thessaloniki and collected 440 kg of litter. 
During recent years, exploration and extraction of hydrocarbons have been permitted to oil companies in the Ionian and Cretan seas. This region coincides largely with the western and southern Greek Trench, which is a habitat of global ecological significance for marine biodiversity. 
Α new global study on the public attitude towards cetaceans (dolphins and whales) has just been published. The aim of the research was to study the perceptions as well as the impact of culture and history on the way the public perceives cetaceans, with a particular emphasis on the comparison between countries that continue whaling and dolphin hunting and those against those practises.
Aiming at raising awareness against plastic debris and microplastics in the Greek seas, in the context of 