BWI Media Archive

Celebration of Blue World Institute’s 25th anniversary and LIFE DELFI project final event

The Blue World Institute was founded exactly 25 years ago! We celebrated this important anniversary by organizing a ceremony at the Apoxyomenos Museum in Mali Lošinj. During this special event, we presented many years of our work and …

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Clean up of the sea-floor and the coast at the island of Lošinj

On Saturday, November 16, 2024, the Blue World Institute, in cooperation with the diving center Subseason, the City of Mali Lošinj, LAGUR Vela vrata and the association of professional fishermen ‘Ježinac’, organized an action to clean up the …

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‘Možemo i bez plastike’

As part of the ‘Možemo i bez plastike’ project, some of our team members went on a study trip to the island of Zlarin accompanied by several children from the group Little Blue World. On Zlarin, they participated …

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Veterinary Sciences Week with our SFS students

The previous week for students of the School for Field Studies program was dedicated to veterinary sciences. Lectures and exercises covered topics such as manipulation and clinical examination of sea turtles, sea turtle care and therapy administration, the …

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A new field study programme designed in partnership with the School for Field Studies (SFS)

The Blue World Institute is extremly proud to announce the partnership with the School for Field Studies (SFS), based in Massachusetts (USA), and the joint development of the study abroad program for undergraduates entitled „The Center for the …

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Blue World Institute’s Open Day

On Tuesday, July 2, 2024, at the Blue World Institute, we organized the Open Door Day, an event where we want to acquaint the general public with our activities. On this occasion, we presented our ongoing projects to …

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32nd Dolphin Day

This year we celebrated Dolphin Day for the 32nd time! For all of us at the Blue World Institute, July 1st is always a very dynamic day when we celebrate Dolphin Day in the cheerful company of participants, …

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World Sea Turtle Day 2024

CELEBRATION OF WORLD SEA TURTLE DAY 2024 WITHIN THE “ISLANDS IN THE SEA OF KNOWLEDGE” PROJECT This year’s World Sea Turtle Day was celebrated by releasing the recovered loggerhead turtle Tamara into the sea. After successful recovery from …

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LIFE Delfi: The second workshop for fishermen on dolphin watching as a supplemental activity

The second workshop for fishermen aimed at promoting dolphin watching as an activity that can replace or supplement the traditional activity of fishermen was held in Sv. Martin Bay in Mali Lošinj. The workshop is part of the …

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Public event “Sea of Noise”

Blue World Institute has celebrated World Ocean Day by organising a lecture “Sea of Noise” in collaboration with Lošinj Museum at Museum of Apoxyomenos in Mali Lošinj. The main goal was to raise public awareness about underwater noise …

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Risso’s dolphins in the Adriatic

During our full-day search for Cuvier’s beaked whales in the southern Adriatic Sea, we also encountered other species of whales and dolphins. One of them is the Risso’s dolphin. We encountered a group of around 15 individuals west …

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The first research and satellite tagging of Cuvier’s beaked whales have begun in the Adriatic Sea

An international team of scientists from Croatia and Italy set sail on the 14-meter catamaran “Coolway” on Thursday, October 5th, into the open waters of the southern Adriatic with the aim of studying Cuvier’s beaked whales in this …

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The appearance of a group of sperm whales near Korčula

Today during the morning, we received several reports about the observation of a group of large whales in the Adriatic Sea. Through the analysis of observation footage near Korčula sent to us by citizens, we have determined that …

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What are possible causes of loggerhead turtle biting swimmers?

With the aim of raising public awareness and clarifying possible causes of these unpleasant experiences, especially for individuals who have been bitten, in the following text, we will attempt to briefly explain the possible reasons for the bites …

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How Mojmira the dolphin got her name?

We assume you have heard (and if you haven’t, you have now!) that during our appearance on RTL Direkt, we “gifted” the host, Mojmir Pastorčić, a dolphin we named Mojmira after her. Of course, we cannot actually gift …

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Solitary short-beaked common dolphins in the Bay of Rijeka and near Rab

In the past few weeks, we have received reports from citizens about sightings of dolphins in the Rijeka Bay and near Rab, which are displaying unusual behaviour, staying in ports and allowing people to approach them. Since the …

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