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📣 Friday, June 12, 1 – 2 pm UTC 📍 The Marine Biodiversity Networking Fridays will host a special session focusing on the Gulf eDNA network (GeN). 🗣 Yasmina Shah Esmaeili, Moderator: Sophie Seeyave 📌 More info 👇 bit.ly/43kKyot #eDNA #Biodiversity #MarineScience

📣 Call for nominations: WSDML RWG Leadership Team Join a collaborative international team helping coordinate observations & research in the Weddell Sea & Dronning Maud Land region Build connections, foster collaboration & help guide regional priorities 🗓️ DL: 23 June 👉 #opportunity-2" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">soos.aq/opportunities/…

📣𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐎𝐎𝐒 𝐒𝐒𝐂! Nominate yourself or someone you know for the SOOS Scientific Steering Committee (SSC). Get involved—join a welcoming, supportive & engaged team helping shape the future of Southern Ocean observing. 🗓️ Deadline: 30 June 👉soos.aq/opportunities

It's POGO Newsletter time! And May 2026 is truly a bumper issue: we received so much content this quarter from trainees, POGO-supported activities, members and more 🤩 Take a look here: mailchi.mp/pogo-ocean/pog…

The 2026 IOCAS International Training Course on Subsurface Mooring Observations takes place in Qingdao, China, 14 - 20 Sept 2026. ➡️ Apply by 21 June english.qdio.cas.cn/newsroom/Headl…

Last chance to submit abstracts for the #TrevorPlatt Symposium! Focus: #RemoteSensing for #fisheries & #EcosystemHealth🐟 Financial support for #EarlyCareerOceanProfessionals from developing countries may be available. Deadline: 31st May Find out more: trevorfoundation.org/symposium/

🔔 Deadline extended! 🔔 Apply by 13 May 2026. 2026 POGO-SCOR Fellowship Programme is open for applications! Funding for early-career scientists, technicians, postgrads from developing countries to spend 1–3 months at an ocean institute abroad. More at: mailchi.mp/pogo-ocean/pog…

Will you be at #OSM26 in Glasgow next week? Drop by the @OBON_Ocean oral and poster sessions on Thurs 26th to find out more from this @UNOceanDecade Programme and associated projects 🌊⤵️

Congratulations to POGO Trustee, Dr Carmen G. Paniagua Chavez, on her appointment as the new Director General of CICESE 👏🌊 @todoscicese

🚨 WSDML RWG: Call for Leadership Team Members Nominations (including self-noms) invited for the SOOS Weddell Sea & Dronning Maud Land (WSDML) RWG Leadership Team! Help drive activities & strategy in a friendly team! Nominate by 30 Jan 2026 👉soos.aq/opportunities

Call for '26–'27 #EMBracingtheOcean #artistinresidence programme is open! We are looking for #artists to co-create work with Ocean scientists to embrace connection to the Ocean, inspire behaviour towards sustainability & contribute new insights to science: tinyurl.com/f7jc8b53

Calling Pacific Community #ECOPs ready for hands-on ocean science! Join the 2026 GO-SHIP P15S Expedition through the @NipponF_pr-@POGO_Ocean-@spc_cps-@CSIRO Shipboard Training Fellowship and gain real at-sea research experience - mailchi.mp/pogo-ocean/gos…

Over the holiday period, the POGO Secretariat offices (Plymouth and Faro) will be minimally staffed. If you need us during this time, please check the link-in-bio for details. The office will return to normal opening hours on Monday 5 January 2026.

⛴️ As part of the #OceanDecade, 25 early-career scientists from around the world embarked on a training expedition aboard the RV Polarstern. In addition to scientific training, participants used sculpture, sound, and poetry to convey scientific findings: bit.ly/44juKmM

The November 2025 issue of the POGO newsletter just dropped 🌊⤵️ mailchi.mp/pogo-ocean.org…

🔎 Are you an ocean scientist seeking training? 🔎 Are you an organization offering #OceanScience capacity development opportunities? 🤝 Ocean Connector connects those who need capacity development support with those who can offer it: oceanconnector.oceandecade.org #OceanDecade

Funding call for the OBON-SAIGe Microgrants, supported by @minderoo - aim to accelerate #eDNA monitoring - 1-year projects - Priority for (i) West Pacific region, (ii) @UNOceanDecade endorsed OBON projects, (iii) OBON WG members Full details at: mailchi.mp/e6c4f46926c9/o…

Be part of the #OceanDecade: Apply to the Call for Decade Actions 10/2025! As the Ocean Decade enters its second half, we are seeking Programmes, Projects or Contributions that help translate science into policies for sustainable ocean management. 👉ow.ly/qJ5j50XvNIq

*New* OBON Nov 2025 Newsletter now online: Meeting reports, new project intros, news from the community, and more. #ocean #eDNA #biomolecular #unoceandecade Read it here ⤵️ mailchi.mp/1e2b9ce5ff90/o…

19 Nov at @Cop30noBrasil in #Belém: Join us with @PlymouthMarine, @FondationBNP, @ICRSCoralReefs and @POGO_Ocean:🌊How to Be #SMART in Meeting #Ocean-#Climate-#Societal Challenges in a Changing Landscape, 16:45 GMT-3. 📍Side Event Room 7, Blue Zone & COP30 #Virtual Platform