News archive – SEA ALARM

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2026

January 27th / A look at Eurowild’s first year running and what’s next for 2026

2025

November 27th / IOPC Fund Decides to Continue Sea Alarm’s Observership Status
October 24th / Sea Alarm attends the Effects of Oil on Wildlife Conference in Cape Town
July 2nd / New podcast to celebrate 20 years of collaboration between Sea Alarm and OSRL
July 1st / Sea Alarm marks 20 years of collaboration with OSRL at Interspill 2025
June 26th / Sea Alarm presents OneX and EUROWILD at the Regional Agreements
May 21st / New HELCOM report published from the Expert Group on Wildlife Response
January 23rd / OneX Workshop Explores Alternative Fuel Response in London

2024

December 17th / Dutch authorities successfully exercise volunteer integration into a response with assistance of Sea Alarm
December 5th / Chris Morris in Memoriam
September 24th / OneX at the 2024 BALEX Delta Exercise
July 8th / Sea Alarm at the 2024 IOSC
June 14th / One Incident One Response approach gets spotlight at EU Civil Protection Forum
January 29th / WildX tabletop package gets first run with industry

2023

November 29th / One Incident, One Response framework proposed at workshop in Brussels
September 5th / EUROWA-2 project comes to a close, with great success
February 22nd / Sea Alarm starts the new year with visits to key stakeholders

2022

December 14th / Sea Alarm presents at the first Effects of Oil on Wildlife Conference in four years
November 13th / Experts who stop learning, stop being experts
November 10th / A new Integrated Wildlife Response Plan for Montenegro
September 8th / Welcome Edel to the Sea Alarm Team!
July 11th / EUROWA-2 project news
July 11th / Montenegro Wildlife Planning: stakeholder workshop and fact-finding mission
July 11th / Two EU projects focusing on holistic and integrated management
July 5th / Sea Alarm contributes to the POPCORN Project
July 5th / Sea Alarm at Interspill 2022 conference
July 5th / Sea Alarm’s observer status at the IOPC Funds continues
June 20th / Self-Assessment Tool goes online + Updates on Baltic oiled wildlife preparedness
April 1st / Sea Alarm bids farewell to Christophe Blazy
February 22nd / Sea Alarm’s Country Wildlife Response Profiles: Updates and a new look

2021

November 27th / Oiled wildlife response remains on the agenda at HELCOM Response
November 27th / Beachhead Collection Point concept tested in Netherlands exercise
October 9th / National oiled wildlife training course to further Estonian preparedness
September 22nd / Wildlife Response, with a focus on the Mediterranean, presented to MOIG Members
September 14th / Guiding Mediterranean countries on using Sea Alarm’s Self-Assessment Tool
July 30th / Wildlife presentations at the International Oil Spill Conference
July 30th / Netherlands: Updated response plan out for consultation
July 23rd / HELCOM members take further steps to enhance oiled wildlife response
July 23rd / Sea Alarm promotes EUROWA-2 project to European Regional Agreements
July 22nd / Six months into the EUROWA-2 project – what’s new?
July 14th / Sea Alarm participates in successful GI WACAF webinar
April 13th / Sea Alarm teams up with IFAW to deliver online oiled wildlife response training events
March 1st / Sea Alarm presents at OSRL webinar on oiled wildlife response

2020

December 21st / EUROWA-2: Moving the EUROWA project forward
December 21st / A brand-new phase of cooperation with Oil Spill Response Limited
December 21st / Christophe Blazy joins the Sea Alarm Team
December 21st / Sea Alarm delivers expert session at online UK Oiled Wildlife Response Workshop
December 21st / Sea Alarm presents at OSRL Member events
December 21st / Despite COVID, a productive year for preparedness in the Netherlands
December 21st / Another active year for HELCOM oiled wildlife response initiatives
December 21st / Improving and updating our Country Oiled Wildlife Response Profiles
November 14th / Sea Alarm’s first 20 years: It’s good practice to prepare for oiled wildlife response
October 27th / Sea Alarm’s first 20 years: Our role in oiled wildlife responses
August 19th / Sea Alarm’s first 20 years: We are stronger together (Part 2)
August 9th / Sea Alarm’s first 20 years: We are stronger together – building expertise networks (Part 1)
July 3rd / Sea Alarm’s first 20 years: Laying the foundations for European oiled wildlife response capability
June 4th / Sea Alarm’s first 20 years: Building political infrastructure for oiled wildlife response at the regional level
May 15th / Sea Alarm’s first 20 years: Encouraging and informing national processes
April 29th / Groundbreaking workshop in Cyprus to define an oil industry oiled wildlife preparedness programme
April 29th / Sea Alarm at the Twitter Conference: Challenges of the Arctic oil spill response (#APP4SEA2020)
April 29th / Spanish workshop highlights oiled wildlife response stakeholder cooperation
April 29th / GOWRS holds first in-person meeting of 2020 in the UK
April 29th / Continuing our partnership with REMPEC
April 29th / HELCOM Response makes progress on oiled wildlife response
March 30th / Sea Alarm’s first 20 years: Sharing knowledge, advocating preparedness
March 2nd / Sea Alarm’s first 20 years: A 15 year partnership with OSRL

2019

December 23rd / Celebrating Sea Alarm’s 20 years of oiled wildlife response preparedness
December 23rd / Sea Alarm bids farewell to Paul Kelway
December 23rd / Oiled wildlife response workshop and EUROWA training held in Poland
December 23rd / Season’s Greetings from Sea Alarm
September 24th / Sea Alarm shares oiled wildlife response good practice messages with Regional Sea Conventions
September 23rd / EUROWA Summit and equipment inspection in Belgium
September 23rd / Daniela Barreras Biesot joins Sea Alarm as Senior Technical Advisor
July 30th / Sea Alarm assists Shell with oil spill exercise in Denmark
July 30th / GOWRS Project partners meet in California
July 30th / EUROWA Veterinary Specialist training held in Belgium
March 22nd / Sea Alarm’s new team member
March 22nd / Daniela Barreras Biesot seconded to Sea Alarm
March 22nd / Third marine wildlife emergency workshop held in Brest
March 22nd / New European oiled wildlife preparedness project begins with Bow Jubail debrief
March 22nd / EUROWA equipment stockpile now in Ostend

2018

November 1st / Sea Alarm participation in HELCOM RESPONSE expands
August 9th / Sea Alarm assists in the Bow Jubail oiled wildlife response in Rotterdam
June 15th / 2018 Effects of Oil on Wildlife Conference reflects on achievements to date and future challenges
June 15th / Self-Assessment Tool used by OTSOPA
April 10th / Seabird populations under threat: an emergency in slow motion?
March 15th / Progress at latest HELCOM Expert Working Group meeting
March 14th / Cooperation between Sea Alarm and REMPEC continues
March 14th / Dedicated wildlife session held at Interspill 2018
March 13th / Join Sea Alarm at the Effects of Oil on Wildlife Conference May 5-11, 2018
March 12th / Netherlands preparedness project moves forward
March 10th / Oiled wildlife preparedness and response in the Middle East

2017

December 21st / Sea Alarm granted IOPC Funds observer status
December 21st / Training in Arctic Russia
December 21st / Developing oiled wildlife preparedness in the Netherlands
December 21st / Expanding our horizons to marine wildlife emergencies
December 21st / Publication of a brand new international oiled wildlife response standard
December 21st / Three-day Baltic Oiled Wildlife Event
December 21st / Wildlife preparedness event in Germany
December 21st / Progress on the GOWRS project
December 21st / The EUROWA team meets again
December 21st / Sea Alarm at the 12th REMPEC Focal Points Meeting
May 11th / 100 Country Wildlife Response Profiles and counting
May 11th / Baltic Region makes progress on wildlife response planning
May 11th / Putting international collaboration to the test
May 11th / EP Arctic Report: Oiled wildlife response plans should be developed
May 10th / EUROWA project comes to a close (for now)

2016

November 1st / Creating targeted training for responders, governments and industry
October 31st / A new self-assessment tool for oiled wildlife response preparedness
October 31st / Paving the way for international oiled wildlife response assistance
April 5th / A heartfelt thank-you from Brussels
March 24th / Second meeting of global wildlife response project takes place in Brazil
March 23rd / Texel field exercise tests NL wildlife response strategy
March 23rd / EUROWA Module project in final year
March 21st / Technical discussion day at ITOPF

2015

November 25th / Multi-stakeholder ‘Joint Industry Project’ explores global oiled wildlife preparedness and response
November 25th / Oiled Wildlife Management training in Ireland
November 25th / EUROWA equipment inspection and exercise
November 25th / Sea Alarm assists international response to Flinterstar incident
July 9th / 12th Effects of Oil on Wildlife conference held in Alaska
July 9th / Oiled wildlife response planning course provided for European Authorities
July 9th / Claude Velter joins WRCO full time
July 9th / The EUROWA project website is now live online
April 3rd / Binding EU Offshore Safety Directive wildlife requirements discussed at Interspill conference
April 3rd / Oiled wildlife response cooperation in the Netherlands progressing well
April 3rd / Sign up for Sea Alarm’s oiled wildlife planning course in April
April 3rd / EUROWA project: building Tier 3 oiled wildlife response capacity in Europe
March 10th / Sea Alarm at Interspill Conference and Exhibition 2015

2014

December 22nd / Sea Alarm exercises oiled wildlife response with Shell in Spain
December 22nd / Staff Milestones: Paul Kelway in Brussels, Saskia Sessions celebrates 5 years at Sea Alarm
December 22nd / European Oiled Wildlife Response Expert meeting and exercises in Germany
December 22nd / SAF provides preparedness and response training to IOPC Funds
December 22nd / EUROWA project selected for funding by the European Commission
December 19th / Sea Alarm continues work with Dutch oiled wildlife responders
December 19th / Oiled wildlife preparedness workshop held in Aberdeen
November 17th / Dates for 2015 Oiled Wildlife Response Planning course announced
July 9th / Sea Alarm workshop and training held in Ireland
July 9th / Canada’s 37th Arctic Marine Oilspill Program Technical Seminar features special wildlife session
July 4th / Sea Alarm says good-bye and good luck to Joy Bruce-Radcliffe
July 4th / Sea Alarm provides training for the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey
July 4th / Oiled Wildlife Response Planning Course held in Brunei
June 11th / In Memoriam: Jay Holcomb
June 9th / Still time to sign up for October Oiled Wildlife Response Planning course in Belgium
May 2nd / Ninth European Oiled Wildlife Responders meeting held in the UK
May 2nd / OSRL Oiled Wildlife Response Planning course in Singapore
May 2nd / Sea Alarm presents at 37th AMOP Seminar on Environmental Contamination and Response
April 15th / Sea Alarm to attend 2014 International Oil Spill Conference (IOSC)
February 6th / Oiled wildlife response proposal presented to the European Commission’s DG-ECHO
February 6th / Brussels workshop discusses global system for oiled wildlife response
February 6th / European oiled wildlife response team meets in Ostend
February 6th / Sea Alarm staff supports POSOW training sessions in Greece and Cyprus
February 6th / Oiled wildlife response planning course offered by Oil Spill Response
February 4th / Breaking News: Sea Alarm Foundation nominated for the Thor Heyerdahl Maritime Environmental Award

2013

December 16th / Sea Alarm in the news: Trinidad oiled wildlife response training
November 25th / HELCOM 2013 agrees to develop wildlife plans by 2016
November 25th / Meet the Sea Alarm team
November 25th / Exploring the need for NGO cooperation in the Baltic Sea Region
November 25th / Comprehensive oiled wildlife exercises the Netherlands
November 25th / Sea Alarm provides preparedness assistance in Ireland
November 25th / Visit our updated websites
October 11th / States of Guernsey make progress in oiled wildlife response preparedness
October 2nd / Helcom Response recommends stronger wildlife targets
October 2nd / Sea Alarm signs MoU with the University of Guelph
October 2nd / AdriaSpillcon 2013 presentation precedes POSOW training session
October 2nd / First POSOW training sessions held in France
October 2nd / Sea Alarm at SpillCon 2013
July 12th / Breaking news: New EU Directive addresses offshore oil & gas operations impacts on wildlife
May 3rd / Welcome to Sea Alarm Paul Kelway!
May 3rd / European Oiled Wildlife Responders meet in Hamburg
May 3rd / Wildlife Rescue Centre Ostend-Sea Alarm sign MOU
May 3rd / Oiled wildlife response meetings held in France
May 3rd / POSOW Oiled Wildlife Response Manual available online
March 29th / Sea Alarm attends SPILLCON in Australia
March 11th / MoUs increase global wildlife response capacity
March 11th / Preparedness meetings and exercises in 2012
March 11th / 2012 Sea Alarm oiled wildlife preparedness activities
March 11th / Sea Alarm presentations and workshops at international conferences in 2012
March 11th / Other 2012 Sea Alarm news

2012

May 29th / Launch of the POSOW website
May 2nd / Sea Alarm is hiring: vacancy for a Senior Technical Adviser
January 19th / Welcome on board Claude Velter!
January 19th / A five year exercise programme in the Netherlands
January 19th / Don’t miss important wildlife events coming up in spring 2012
January 18th / Wildlife response for oil spill in Nigeria
January 17th / Scheduled HELCOM wildlife events in 2012
January 17th / North Sea States adopt instrument on oiled wildlife response
January 17th / Tracking progress in oiled seabird rehabilitation
January 17th / The oiled wildlife issue at the 2011 International Oil Spill Conference
January 17th / International Wildlife Responders meeting
January 17th / Wildlife response awareness event in Ireland
January 17th / Sea Alarm at oil industry events
January 17th / Developments in arctic oiled wildlife response
January 17th / Sea Alarm presentation day at ITOPF
January 17th / Sea Alarm meets with the RSPCA
January 17th / Oiled Wildlife Response comes to West and Central Africa
January 17th / Oil industry recognises the need for oiled wildlife response planning
January 17th / Oiled wildlife preparedness for Black Sea Countries

2011

December 22nd / Sea Alarm at the BRISK seminar in Poland
November 14th / The ITOPF R&D Award
June 29th / REMPEC and Sea Alarm MoU signed
June 29th / Oiled wildlife incident on Tristan da Cunha islands
June 29th / Oil Spill incident in Norway
June 29th / Oil spill incident in Amsterdam
June 28th / Arctic oiled wildlife response
June 28th / Research grants available from the Oiled Wildlife Care Network
June 28th / A fresh perspective…
June 28th / In memoriam: Jim Conroy
June 28th / In memoriam: Alessandro Barisich
June 28th / Dutch oiled bird responder network meets in Brussels
June 23rd / New Country Wildlife Response Profiles
June 23rd / Oiled wildlife preparedness seminar in Norway
June 23rd / Cooperation with the European Community Shipowners Association
June 22nd / European oiled wildlife response developments
June 22nd / The European polluter pays principle
June 22nd / HAZWOPER course for wildlife volunteers in Washington State
June 22nd / Visiting wildlife responders west coast of US

2010

December 23rd / Merry Christmas from Brussels
December 23rd / Eight up fundraising initiative
December 23rd / A new chapter for Sea Alarm
December 23rd / Sea Alarm presents at the IPIECA Oil Spill Working Group
December 23rd / Sea Alarm at the 2011 International Oil Spill Conference
December 23rd / Exercising oiled wildlife response in Egypt
December 23rd / DG Echo and EMSA workshop
December 23rd / Opening Wildlife Response Centre Ostend
December 23rd / HELCOM Response Meeting St Petersburg
December 23rd / Meeting European response team
December 23rd / EMPOLLEX Exchange
December 23rd / Oil spill alert in Brittany
December 23rd / Sea Alarm seeks cooperation with ECSA
December 23rd / EnSaCo seminar and workshop
August 6th / Gulf of Mexico spill
August 6th / Project with WWF NL
August 6th / Developments in international preparedness
August 6th / Oiled wildlife response and responders in the UK
August 6th / Revamp of oiledwildlife.eu
August 6th / Recommendation on oiled wildlife response planning adopted
August 6th / OTSOPA 2010
August 6th / Developments in Ireland
August 6th / Sea Alarm at the Adriatic Oil Spill Conference
August 6th / Turkey IBRRC training
August 6th / Roser leaving Sea Alarm
August 6th / ProBird volunteer course
August 6th / EnSaCo activities 2010
August 6th / EMSA Stakeholder consultation meeting
August 6th / Spill of glue like substance in Netherlands
May 3rd / Breaking news – wildlife response operations following the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico
March 11th / Oiled Wildlife Care Network now accepting research proposals
March 11th / Questionnaire on oiled wildlife response preparedness under OTSOPA
March 11th / Oil spill in the Italian River Po
March 11th / In memoriam: Melina Mosch
March 11th / Advice to Finland Rescue Service
March 11th / Training for WWF Finland volunteers
March 11th / Sea Alarm granted observer status at HELCOM
March 11th / Baltic oiled wildlife response going from strength to strength
March 11th / Exercising the Belgian National Oiled Wildlife Response Plan
March 11th / What’s on in 2010 for oiled wildlife response in the Netherlands
March 11th / EMPOWER applications are rolling in
March 11th / Responders hone their wildlife rehabilitation skills at WRCO Ostende
March 11th / EnSaCo: Oiled wildlife preparedness and response in the Central Baltic
March 11th / Lower Saxony wildlife planners visit Dutch colleagues
March 11th / Newly published: Lists of Spanish and Portuguese IBAs for seabirds

2009

November 27th / EMPOWER Membership opened
November 27th / Monitoring audit successful
November 27th / Training manual underpins rehabilitation of oiled birds in the Netherlands
November 27th / Volunteer training in Estonia
November 27th / Full City response debrief at EOW
November 27th / Planning workshop for Baltic countries
November 27th / Saskia Sessions joins Sea Alarm
November 18th / NGO Networking in Turkey
November 18th / Sea Alarm at the Black Sea Commission
October 30th / 10th Effects of Oil on Wildlife Conference a Great Success
September 25th / Helcom moving swiftly to integrate oiled wildlife
August 10th / At least 1,500 birds thought to be affected by Full City spill
August 5th / Wildlife response underway in Norway
August 3rd / Sea Alarm responds to oil spill in Norway
August 2nd / Effects of Oil on Wildlife (EOW) Conference Programme
July 15th / New Sea Alarm Office
July 1st / Bonn Agreement Parties to include Oiled Wildlife Response in Counter-Pollution Manual
June 30th / EMSA and DG Environment Workshop
June 15th / Meeting of Focal Points for Specially Protected Areas in the Mediterranean
June 14th / Cooperation with REMPEC
June 13th / Update on Progress in Portugal
June 12th / An Oiled Bird Rehabilitation course for volunteers in the Netherlands
May 30th / Meeting of the UK Environmental Group
May 29th / Update on the RIOS Project
May 28th / EMPOWER Steering Group Meeting
May 26th / New Sea Alarm Brochure
May 25th / Registration for the 10th International EOW Conference is now open
May 20th / Sea Alarm at Interspill 09
April 2nd / New Sea Alarm Chairman
April 2nd / Call for Papers and Posters
April 2nd / Interspill 2009 Conference & Exhibition
April 2nd / EMPOWER Network Steering Group Meeting
April 2nd / Ostend Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre
April 2nd / Netherlands Oiled Wildlife Contingency Plan
April 2nd / Spill in Queensland, Australia
April 2nd / Visit to Tallinn, Estonia
April 2nd / Spill in Ireland
April 2nd / Call for Proposals: Oiled Wildlife Care Network
April 2nd / Interesting Web Links
April 2nd / Sea Alarm in the Press

2008

December 17th / Effects of Oil on Wildlife in Estonia, October 2009
December 17th / Changes to the Sea Alarm Board
December 17th / Country Wildlife Response Profiles
December 17th / EMPOWER Network created
December 15th / New Communication and Public Relations Officer
December 15th / RSPCA Training
December 12th / Bird Hazing Manual
December 12th / Notification exercise
December 12th / Fastank testing in Ostend
December 11th / The Irish Seal Sanctuary Marine Conservation and Education Centre
December 11th / Interspill 2009
November 30th / Sea Alarm provides training to Chevron and StatoilHydro
November 25th / Equipment inspection exercise
November 20th / The Fedra spill
November 5th / Sea Alarm joins EuroSpill
October 31st / HELCOM Developments
October 30th / The RIOS Project
October 30th / Developments in Portugal
October 12th / New Zealand oiled wildlife expert on fact-finding mission
May 30th / OTSOPA
April 30th / Sea Alarm joins ISCO
April 30th / Developments in the Netherlands
April 21st / Sea Alarm runner-up at the Seatrade Awards 2008
April 4th / Developments in Sweden
March 28th / Training exercise ‘Parlita’
March 19th / Baltic Regional Training Workshop
February 3rd / Mystery Spill in Germany

2007

December 31st / Archive 2007
November 20th / Black Sea incident – on site
November 16th / Black Sea incident – a team is travelling to site
November 14th / Black Sea incident – video and reports on the incident
November 13th / Black Sea incident – 30,000 birds oiled?
November 13th / Black Sea incident – Information on www.oiledwildlife.eu

2006

December 31st / Archive 2006

2005

December 31st / Archive 2005

2004

December 31st / Archive 2004

Sea Alarm in the press