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Marine Beacon is inviting stakeholders to explore and contribute to a growing set of open conversations on bycatch mitigation through the Marine Beacon Digital Platform. The platform is designed as an interactive...

Basking sharks are among the most recognisable species in Irish waters, yet many of the risks they face remain poorly understood. From bycatch and vessel interactions to surface pressures and climate-related changes,...

From 9–13 June 2025, the third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3) convened in Nice, France, with a strong call to accelerate global action to conserve and sustainably use the ocean. With Sustainable...

Accurately tracking what happens at sea is one of the biggest challenges in managing bycatch. Work Package 5 (WP5) of Marine Beacon focuses on solving that challenge through innovation. By combining artificial...

In Marine Beacon, each work package contributes to reducing bycatch, the accidental capture of sensitive marine species in European fisheries. Work Package 4 (WP4) focuses on understanding when and where these interactions...

  As part of the Marine Beacon project, Work Package 3 (WP3) focuses on something deceptively simple: improving our understanding of marine wildlife that gets accidentally caught in fishing gear. Yet the...

Oostende, Belgium – The Marine Beacon project held an in-person annual meeting from 1 to 3 April 2025, bringing together over 40 participants from across Europe. Hosted by ILVO at their InnovOcean...

Marine Beacon was recently featured in a EuroNews segment examining the role of AI-powered smart trawl technology in reducing bycatch and supporting sustainable fishing practices. The feature explored how new technological innovations...

Marine Beacon has featured alongside its sister project CIBBRiNA in June’s edition of the Rederscentrale newsletter, a Dutch-language publication with extensive distribution within the Belgian fishery fleet. The Belgian fisheries representative organisation...