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01.11.2023

Harbour seal counts in the Wadden Sea show decrease third year in a row

The yearly pup counts of 2023 revealed a 10% increase in pup numbers, while the yearly count of all harbour seals during the moult decreased by 4% compared to 2022.

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31.08.2023

Experts express concern about biodiversity in the Wadden Sea

More than 150 representatives from science, nature conservation, and politics met at Wadden Sea Day titled “Put the Wadden Sea’s Biodiversity on the path to recovery!”

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03.07.2023

Coordinated surveys confirm continuous growth of grey seals in the Wadden Sea

In the past five years, the number of grey seal pups in this region has shown an average annual growth rate of 13 percent, while the number of adult animals counted during the moult grew by 12 percent annually.

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01.11.2022

Decrease in number of harbour seals observed in the Wadden Sea

Harbour seals, the most well-known seal species in the Wadden Sea, are monitored annually through aerial surveys that cover the entire Wadden Sea World Heritage site and the island of Helgoland.

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23.09.2022

Wadden Sea serves as pilot region to UNESCO on environmental DNA sampling

The UNESCO World Heritage Centre in Paris is conducting a global citizen science initiative on environmental DNA (eDNA) sampling in the UNESCO World Heritage marine sites.

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25.08.2022

Wadden Sea Day: Understanding connections between species essential to Wadden Sea’s management

“Who eats whom” was at the centre of this year’s Wadden Sea Day, held on 25 August in Wilhelmshaven.

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01.07.2022

Wadden Sea wide counts: Long-term growth in grey seal numbers may be slowing down

Since their recolonization of the Wadden Sea in the mid 20th-century, the grey seal population has considerably increased.

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08.12.2021

UNESCO stelt vragen over gasboringen onder Nederlandse Waddenzee

UNESCO heeft een brief gestuurd aan de Nederlandse regering met een verzoek om informatie met betrekking tot de voorgenomen gaswinning Ternaard en de aanlanding van Wind op Zee ten noorden van de Wadden.

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02.12.2021

Wetenschappers zien Waddenzee ernstig bedreigd door klimaatverandering

Internationaal wetenschapssymposium komt met aanbevelingen voor bescherming van ecosysteem en biodiversiteit in de Waddenzee.

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09.11.2020

Uitkomsten telling gewone zeehonden Waddenzee

Er zijn in augustus 2020 28.352 gewone zeehonden geteld in de Deense-Duitse-Nederlandse Waddenzee en Helgoland.

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