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Nelson's BioProtect project uses eDNA sampling as a cost-effective alternative to traditional survey methods to detect even hard-to-find creatures, giving a much clearer picture of the diversity living along our…

BioProtect researcher Catherine Chambers, who is leading work on the Icelandic PPGIS task, has been busy collaborating with the next generation of ocean advocates in the coastal community of Bolungarvík.…

Dentomuricea aff. meteor and Viminella flagellum are two important bioengineering cold-water octocorals (CWCs) in the Azores that often form mixed coral gardens at 200 to 500 m depth. D. meteor…

The BioProtect project is thrilled to highlight its role in one of the most extraordinary maritime challenges of recent times. During his record-breaking swim around Iceland’s entire coastline, Ross Edgley…

A few days ago, swimmer Ross Edgley arrived on shore in Iceland after completing his extraordinary challenge, The Great Icelandic Swim! At his arrival, our project manager Davíð Gíslason (matís),…

We are pleased to welcome Marjolijn Rika Nijzingh as a new PhD student working on mapping biodiversity in Icelandic waters using environmental DNA (eDNA). Her research will generate valuable data…

This summer, environmental DNA (eDNA) research in Iceland advanced with new sampling activities in Skjálfandi Bay, North Iceland. In mid-August, Davíð Gíslason, eDNA specialist at Matís, together with Rasmus Lind,…

On 4 September, the CU “Grant Office Odesa 5T” hosted the first stakeholder meeting in Odessa under the BioProtect framework. The event was part of the project “Restoration of Marine…

Between July and September 2025, the Irish Demonstration Site conducted an online participatory mapping survey, inviting anyone living or working in the Irish marine space to take part. The survey…

In July 2025, researchers from CIIMAR and INESC TEC successfully carried out a new round of field trials for the autonomous eDNA BioSampler aboard TEC4Sea’s scientific ship Mar Profundo. The…