In a joint dialogue with industry, science, and the fishers of Niendorf, we are working to develop a framework for the future of fishing, one that will include scientific research, ocean health, and environmental education.

From 22 to 31 August 2025, the festival area in the port of Niendorf will once again be transformed into a centre for marine research, environmental education, and creative voyages of discovery.

The research vessel ALDEBARAN is currently underway in the Baltic Sea. As part of the national Research at Sea competition, students Lena (Gymnasium Stiftung Louisenlund) and Sarah (Privatschule Mittelholstein) are investigating whether pollutants from shipwrecks in Neustadt Bay could pose a threat to humans and the sea. The various water samples they are taking near a wreck will be analysed with the support of the Institute of Toxicology at the University of Kiel, which is testing the samples for possible contamination.

We are proud to support the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science with eleven endorsed Decade Actions - our newest endorsement sees the research and media ship ALDEBARAN confirmed as a UN Ocean Decade Contribution until 2030.

In cooperation with the International OCEAN FILM TOUR, we have put together an exclusive film program - paired with exciting lectures - for the “Planet Ocean” exhibition on 24 September.

As part of the sailingLAB at the MeerErlebnisTage in Niendorf, children and young people aged 10 to 16 can experience marine research up close.

The world's ocean is at a crossroads - for Germany too. A sustainable blue economy promises economic growth in harmony with the protection of our marine habitats.

The Foundation welcomes the acceptance of its application for membership of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and looks forward to working with them.

After a week of research, Teresa Hauser, Melissa Horras, and Theresa Unz from the South Württemberg Student Research Centre are back in port.

The evening will focus on the urgent need to protect marine biodiversity and a promising solution from the ocean that could help us win the fight against global climate change. With renowned speakers and a lively panel discussion, we want to provide political impetus and jointly develop perspectives for effective action.

Congratulations to our three winning teams from the Schülerforschungszentrum Südwürttemberg (Tuttlingen), the Louisenlund Foundation together with the Holstein Mitte school and the Struensee Gymnasium Hamburg, who have won this year's Research at Sea competition.

The German Ocean Foundation was represented at the third UN Ocean Congress (UNOC3) in Nice not only as an observer, but also as an active shaper of a new era for the ocean. In cooperation with Objectif Sciences International (OSI), we took part in the Hackathon for Ocean Participatory Science - an innovative format that brings together citizens, scientists and organisations from all over the world.

The UN Ocean Conference in Nice and Monaco was undoubtedly the most important international summit on ocean protection to date.

The German Ocean Foundation invites you to an exciting microscopy workshop as part of the ‘Long Day of Urban Nature’.

We were at the Blue Economy Financial Forum in Monaco on the weekend together with hundreds of representatives from the worlds of science, business and finance. The UN Ocean Conference has opened today in Nice.

We have just received fantastic news: our project has been officially endorsed as a contribution to the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development!

The One Ocean Science Congress begins this week as a precursor to the UN Ocean Conference in Nice, France. We will present our Citizen Science project with one of 600 posters to 2,000 scientists from all over the world.

The Foundation, together with Step. and GO!, Terra Scientifica, Objectif Sciences International and the Forum de Genève, is organising the hackathon, which will give over 50 participants the chance to develop innovative solutions for the protection and sustainable management of the ocean.

From 4 June, our team will be in Nice to present our citizen science and marine education projects in La Baleine, at the Université Côte d'Azur and on board the METEOR and the Malizia Explorer in the port of Nice.

If you are working on a marine conservation project, apply now and become part of the global movement to protect the ocean! Submit your marine conservation project and be one of the nominees. The winning team will receive prize money of 20,000 euros to advance their project.