In the beginning of February, the Sea Alarm team went to the UK to visit key stakeholders in the oiled wildlife response community. Sea Alarm aims to create a more professional and coordinated response to an oiled wildlife incident. An…
The Effects of Oil on Wildlife (EOW) conference is the biggest event of the international oiled wildlife response community and is the only global meeting focusing on the planning, response, rehabilitation and research aspects of oil spills and their impacts…
It is 20 years ago today that the Prestige incident (Galicia, Spain) took over the headlines in Europe and the rest of the world. Articles like this one will be published in the days and weeks to come. Incredible advances…
Sea Alarm successfully completed its project with the Montenegrin authorities to develop a national oiled wildlife response plan. Over the last year and a half, Sea Alarm has been working hard alongside the Montenegrin authorities to prepare a new Integrated…
We are very happy to announce a new arrival to the Sea Alarm Team, Edel Shanahan has joined us in Brussels as of September. Edel is originally from Ireland and holds a Bachelor of Science in Zoology from Trinity College…
Search and collection is the first important stage of an operation to actively mitigate the effects of oil on marine wildlife. Rehabilitation takes place in specially designed facilities – but what needs to happen before that to collect and take…
REMPEC and its Partners, namely the Centre of Documentation, Research and Experimentation on Accidental Water Pollution (CEDRE), the Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), Sea Alarm Foundation, and the Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions of Europe (CPMR) are pleased to announce the launch of the new POSOW website.
Sea Alarm is looking for a Senior Technical Adviser to join its team in Brussels. For details of the position and how to apply please click here. Closing date for applications is Friday 1st June 2012. THE POSITION IS…
We are pleased to announce that as of 1st January 2012 Claude Velter joins Sea Alarm on a part-time basis as Senior Technical Adviser.
Sea Alarm recently has started work on a five year contract with Rijkswaterstaat, the Netherlands, to assist with the coordination, development and management of an exercise programme on oiled wildlife response and preparedness in the Netherlands.
The 11th Effects of Oil on Wildlife Conference will take place from 24-28 January 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana. EOW is the premier international conference for oiled wildlife preparedness response and provides an important forum for wildlife response NGOs around the world to meet and exchange information on latest developments, knowledge and experience gained in dealing with oiled wildlife.
Sea Alarm was busy over the Christmas period in the response to an oil spill incident in Nigeria. The incident occurred on December 21st at an FPSO (Floating Production, Storage and Off-loading) Unit operated by an OSRL member in the Bonga oil field, 120 kilometres off the Nigerian coast.