Last year a local “Blue Culture Technology Excellence hubs” (BCTHubs.eu) research project was announced, in which DAN Europe Foundation, the Superintendence of Cultural Heritage, Institute of Tourism Studies and AquaBio Tech Limited joined together as project partners. Project description: BCThubs aims to build in the participating Widening countries (i.e. Greece, Bulgaria and Malta), Blue Culture Read More
The Malta Ranger Unit recently posted on social media another case of illegal spearfishing at night, this time at Slugs Bay, limits of Mellieha It’s the law. No matter how much spearfishing can be a selective fishing practice, at night with lights it is illegal. Same goes with spearfishing with SCUBA at any time. Want Read More
An article by Professor Alan Deidun published recently on Timesofmalta.com highlights the emerging awareness of the detrimental effects of underwater noise on marine ecosystems, particularly low-frequency noises from ships in Malta. However, research is still in its early stages, lacking essential data on continuous underwater noise. This deficiency hampers compliance with European agreements, such as Read More
Activist and long-time diver Raniero Borg shared this video below of several pots found during one dive off Qawra point, St. Paul’s Bay. These pots are commonly found around the coast by divers – many times lost after their lines become entangled in marine reefs and other debris, or they become lost due to boating Read More
This summer, Ambjent Malta in collaboration with the Environmental Resources Authority installed various information boards around our coast in the vicinity of Marine Protected Areas. Two of these, covering protecting areas at Ramla l-Hamra and Comino are the below. The boards provide general information about Malta’s Marine Protected areas, QR codes to obtain more information Read More
ERA recently announced that guided snorkel trails being organised until the end of this summer have been fully booked. However, they have also kindly shared the snorkel trails materials online on this page for self-guided tours: https://era.org.mt/topic/snorkel-trails/ It’s a good opportunity for changing a bit your normal swims, and at the same time, spice them Read More
LovinMalta reported on Sunday that: The Federation of Maltese Aquaculture Producers has launched a new initiative aimed at preserving Malta’s coastal waters. The campaign, dubbed ‘Clean Up Our Sea’, invites members of the public to report any issues or abnormalities via dedicated hotlines. Flotsam can be reported on: 79890084 in the north and 79890085 in the Read More
Reshared from UM Newspoint The University of Malta together with the Public Works Department organised a conference on Remote Sensing for Coastal Erosion on the 27 February 2023. The conference was held at the Aula Magna of the UM Valletta campus and included contributions mainly from a number of speakers related to the Coastal SAGE Read More