The Sea Around Us PI, Dr. Daniel Pauly.

Daniel Pauly shares his views on the WTO deal on subsidies and the High Seas Treaty

The Sea Around Us PI, Dr. Daniel Pauly.

The Sea Around Us PI, Dr. Daniel Pauly.

The second week of September 2025 was an interesting one when it comes to ocean-related news.

On September 15, 111 World Trade Organization members – of the 166 that states that belong to the WTO – formally ratified the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, which had been two decades in the making and was adopted in June 2022.

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Daniel Pauly at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, September 2024. Photo by Valentina Ruiz Leotaud.

Evaluating the Gill Oxygen Limitation Theory: Insights from the FishBase Symposium

Daniel Pauly at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, September 2024. Photo by Valentina Ruiz Leotaud.

Daniel Pauly at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, September 2024. Photo by Valentina Ruiz-Leotaud.

In the heat of summer in central Greece, the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki hosted the 22nd FishBase and SeaLifeBase Symposium.

Titled “Fishes in Changing Ecosystems,” the two-day event started on September 2, 2024, with a full day dedicated to some of the overarching themes the Sea Around Us team is doing research on.

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Participants of the EcoScope general meeting at the Balearic Oceanographic Centre of the Spanish Institute of Oceanography in Palma de Mallorca

Sea Around Us joins EcoScope 2024 general assembly

Participants of the EcoScope general meeting at the Balearic Oceanographic Centre of the Spanish Institute of Oceanography in Palma de Mallorca

Participants of the EcoScope general meeting at the Balearic Oceanographic Centre of the Spanish Institute of Oceanography in Palma de Mallorca. Photo by EcoScope.

The Sea Around Us project manager, Dr. Maria ‘Deng’ Palomares, and Advisory Board vice-chair, Athanasios Tsikliras, participated in the 2024 general assembly of the project Ecocentric Management for Sustainable Fisheries and Healthy Marine Ecosystems (EcoScope).

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