BWI Media Archive

LIFE DELFI – Lowering Fishing Interactions

In collaboration with a local fisherman Aldo Lukšić, in the past month our team regularly took off to sea from a harbour in Sv. Martin, on the island of Lošinj, to take part in trawler fishing with the …

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We hosted the RokOtok project on Lošinj

This summer, the Blue World Institute achieved a nice collaboration with the RokOtok association and project, which was designed by Domagoj Jakopović Ribafish, prof. geography, TV host and blogger in memory of his prematurely deceased son Rok. In …

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30th Dolphin Day

The program of the jubilee 30th Dolphin Day, July 1, began in the morning with the sea turtle Saturn release into the sea. After a several-month stay in the Sea Turtle Recovery Centre run by the Blue World …

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HATCH – new project has kicked-off

Blue World Institute is a partner in a new Interreg Italy-Croatia project: Hadriaticum Data Hub (HATCH). This project is capitalizing on results of the recently finished Interreg Italy-Croatia projects with the aim to harmonize chemical, physical, biological and …

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World Sea Turtle Day 2022

We celebrated the World Sea Turtle Day by releasing recovered loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) Bura back in the nature. Bura is one of three sea turtles that were admitted to the Sea Turtle Rescue Centre on Lošinj …

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World Turtle Day 2022

As part of the Adriatic Biodiversity Conservation Week of the Blue World Institute, we celebrated World Turtle Day, 23rd of May. On the beach Veli Žal in Mali Lošinj, a public release of the recovered sea turtle Malin …

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Clean up action “The Sea Knows, the Island Remembers”

During the weekend of 9th and 10th of April 2022 the Blue World Institute and the Subseason Diving Center in collaboration with the Mali Lošinj Tourist Board, the City of Mali Lošinj and the Jadranka turizam company organized …

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The BWI is now an accredited partner of the United Nations Environment Programme – Mediterranean Action Plan

We are pleased to announce that the BWI is now an accredited partner of the United Nations Environment Programme – Mediterranean Action Plan, following the endorsement of our application at the 22nd Meeting of the Contracting Parties to …

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SEA TURTLE RESCUE CENTRE – Three sea turtles admitted

As a result of a strong NE wind that blew with a strength of over 30 knots in the previous days, three loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) were admitted to the Sea Turtle Rescue Centre on Lošinj yesterday. …

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We received the prestigious Yellow Frame award in the Underwater Life category

We are proud and happy that we were awarded the prestigious YELLOW FRAME award for sustainable development, science, and education in the Underwater Life category! In 2021, the YELLOW FRAME is awarded for the third time in 17 …

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SEA TURTLE RESCUE CENTRE – Release of Calimero

The last autumn days before the decrease in the sea temperature were used to return Calimero, a sea turtle, to the nature. Calimero is a subadult loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) with carapace length of 52 cm, which …

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SEA TURTLE RESCUE CENTRE – Release of Apox the turtle

Another recovered sea turtle has left the sea turtle rescue centre in Mali Lošinj. This morning we gathered at the Veli žal beach to release Apox, a juvenile loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) found on January 12th this …

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Testing of a new ecotourism experience in the Cres-Lošinj area (ecological network Natura 2000 of Croatia) within the Interreg Mediterranean DestiMED PLUS project

At the end of September, the tourism and environmental protection experts tested a new ecotourism experience in the Cres-Lošinj area, an area important for the conservation of bottlenose dolphins and which is part of the ecological network Natura …

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SEA TURTLE RESCUE CENTRE – Release of the loggerhead sea turtle Bova

After two months of recovery, a sea turtle named Bova was released into the sea from Borik beach in Mali Lošinj. At the beginning of June, our researchers found this loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) floating near the island …

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Konzum, our partner for promotion of the “Marine Ranger” application

Konzum became a proud partner of the Blue World Institute, which supports the protection of marine mammals by promoting the Marine Ranger app to reach as many citizens as possible. Konzum will support the application through its media …

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Interested in dolphins and whales? If you want to contribute to their monitoring and preservation, become a Marine Ranger!

The Blue World Institute, within the LIFE Delfi project, which is co-financed by the European Union through the LIFE program and the Office for Non-Governmental Organizations of the Government of the Republic of Croatia, has developed the Marine …

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