📅 Closing Monday, 22 June, at midnight GMT. We will announce the winner on Tuesday, 23 June!
The Nippon Foundation-Nekton Ocean Census has discovered 1,121 new marine species across 13 global expeditions in 2025. As much as 90% of life is thought to remain unknown. That's why it's so important to take precaution and to continue learning how to best protect the deep-sea!
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The intervention calls for alignment of activities across conventions (UNCLOS, CBD, BBNJ and human rights treaties), as well as across global assessments (IPCC, IPBES, WOA), exercising the precautionary principle, considering diverse research in decision making, and financing ocean-based solutions.
📣 2026 NF-POGO Open Call for Shipboard Training Fellowships
Open until 31 December 2026
The programme offers a number of shipboard fellowship opportunities aboard research vessels throughout the year, subject to confirmation of funding.
Learn more and apply here: buff.ly/7XhpZj3
Deep-Ocean Stewardship Initiative
⌛️Not long left!
We’re giving you the chance to win a SIGNED copy of The Dark Frontier: Unlocking the Secrets of the Deep Sea by Dr Jeffrey Marlow, marine microbiologist, deep-sea explorer and one of DOSI’s Working Group leads!
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Deep-Ocean Stewardship Initiative
Deep-Ocean Stewardship Initiative
Deep-Ocean Stewardship Initiative
📣🦈 Deeper observations of the goblin shark!
Judah et al. report the first live in situ observations of the iconic goblin shark (Mitsukurina owstoni) on a seamount near Jarvis Island in 2019 and on the slope of the Tonga Trench in 2024.
Read the paper here: buff.ly/oPWvxp3
📣 The latest issue of the Deep-Sea Round-Up is out.
This week we discover new research on whale falls, icebergs, amphipods and cold-water corals. Plus we share a new circus show that pairs acrobats with deep-sea species!
Read is here 👉 buff.ly/dso1ymm
DOSI Climate Change Working Group co-lead, Natalya Gallo, delivers official intervention on behalf of RINGO, UiB and DOSI at the #2026OceanDialogue during UNFCCC #SBSTA64.
A recording of the intervention will be available here: unfccc.int/sb64
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Have you entered our giveaway? We’re giving you the chance to win a SIGNED copy of The Dark Frontier: Unlocking the Secrets of the Deep Sea by Dr Jeffrey Marlow, marine microbiologist, deep-sea explorer and one of DOSI’s Working Group leads!
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