On November 9th 2015 a whale was found on a ship in the port of Ghent. Marine mammal specialist Jan Haelters of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences is responsible for the further scientific research of the whale.
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10/11/2015
Common Fin Whale in Ghent
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Sigrid Maebe
15/10/2015
Secretary of State for the North Sea Bart Tommelein Flies with us to Evaluate the Flinterstar Situation
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Sigrid MaebeOn Friday the 9th of October, Secretary of State for the North Sea Bart Tommelein flew with us to evaluate the Flinterstar situation at sea. The ship sank after a collision with another ship near Zeebrugge.
18/09/2015
New commander on RV Belgica
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Sigrid MaebeOn Friday the 11th of September 2015, Bernard Tabureau took over the command of the oceanographic research vessel RV Belgica from Luc Van Tricht in Temse.
17/08/2015
Public Consultation for Offshore Wind Farm Northwester 2
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Reinout VerbekeNear the sandbank Blighbank, about 46 km off the Northsea coast, NV Northwester 2 wants to build an offshore wind farm. The firm has introduced a request for the environmental permit for the construction and exploitation of the wind farm at the beginning of July.
03/08/2015
Marine Researchers Welcome Extraordinary Sea Images from New European Satellite
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Reinout VerbekeThe newly launched European satellite Sentinel-2A turns out to be very useful for marine researcher, says bio-engineer Dimitry Van der Zande of our Institute, who presented the first images in Milan.
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