Ocean News

We are delighted to introduce our Ocean Storytelling Writing Grant as the latest development in our continued drive to support a new generation of ocean storytellers who can convey conservation crises with precision and empathy and kindle the kind of wonder that nudges us all closer to the sea.

Carrying out conservation is complex. Often, something that seems like a straightforward solution on the surface in reality goes much deeper.   Small-scale fisheries are a prime example. These fisheries alone catch about half of the world’s seafood, providing livelihoods for millions of people – and food for billions. And…

A haven of hope in the Western Indian Ocean The past decade has seen more than 30 scientific publications stream out of the SOSF-DRC’s long-term monitoring activities and projects undertaken by visiting researchers and students. There have been startling scientific discoveries and heartening conservation insights. Certainly, 10 years have served…

Colombia has surpassed the 30x30 (30% ocean protection by the year 2030) goal, eight years ahead of schedule. The target was achieved by expanding the Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary and creating four new marine protected areas, which also protect important sea mount habitats. Save Our Seas Foundation project leader…

In recent years, one of the highlights of the American Elasmobranch Society (AES) conference has become the announcement of that year’s recipient of the Eugenie Clark award. This year the award, which was created in honour of the matriarch of shark biology, was granted to Jennifer Bigman. Jennifer works as…

What might a grey reef shark and a coral reef have to do with you? Or how could a bonnethead shark and a sea-grass meadow matter? You might be surprised to know that our jobs, food security, medicines, the sanctity of our spirituality and the strength of our cultures –…

The Save our Seas Foundation is delighted to be announced as a principal sponsor for the 2022 Wildscreen Festival   When Jane Goodall introduced the world to the chimpanzee David Greybeard, the story of our evolution was reconsidered. Joy Adamson reached hearts far away from the savanna with her tale…

The insights gained from a coast-wide network of researchers working collaboratively to tag and track marine animals have been celebrated in a new paper: ‘A Decade of South Africa’s Acoustic Tracking Array Platform: An Example of a Successful Ocean Stewardship Programme.’ The paper, published in the journal Frontiers in Marine…

There are none so seductive among storytellers as Scheherazade. Stalling for time, staving off her impending death night after night, the framing character for the collection of Middle Eastern folk tales that we know as the One Thousand and One Nights entranced a king and won his pardon. Perhaps Scheherazade knew…

Punchy facts, quirky illustrations and a fervent desire to equip us with the knowledge we need to respect and protect sharks. These are the hallmarks of Save Our Sharks, a book recently published by the Save Our Seas Foundation (SOSF) and author Xavier Casile. The project is a collaboration between…

Over the past few years, there have been some remarkable ‘ocean wins’ which remind us that around the world there are researchers, educators, policymakers and everyday people hard at work to ensure a blue future for us all. In the build-up to World Ocean Day 2022, we've celebrated these passionate…

‘To my surprise, there was absolutely no information about Ghana’s elasmobranchs and very little about sharks and rays generally in West Africa,’ says Issah Seidu, a Save Our Seas Foundation (SOSF) project leader and a PhD candidate at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. His enthusiasm for his work…

Forged by the clash of tectonic titans over millions of years, the Galápagos Islands are standing echoes of the past. A look into the rich waters that surround the volcanic archipelago offers a similar window through time, to when the underwater world was not so impacted by our own. The…

It is with the shared aim of preventing the extinction of shark species and maintaining healthy oceans that the Save Our Seas Foundation has joined the Shark Conservation Fund as one of its members. The Shark Conservation Fund (SCF), is a philanthropic collective that focuses on protecting our oceans by…

The SOSF Small Grant application for the 2023 funding cycle is now open, with a deadline of 14 June 2022, at 18:00 CET. The Small Grant is designed for short (12- to 18-month) and small projects (grants average US$5,000) dedicated to early career scientists (within five years of a degree…