Cetacean and Turtle Emergency Activities

From 2000 to 2009 The Mali project, initially launched by the Genoa Aquarium, which was taken over by the Genoa Aquarium Foundation in 2003, had as its main partners the NGO Terra Nuova and ISCOS, also supported by the Ministry of the Environment of Mali, the Ministry of Tourism of Mali, the...

A major international project, managed under the aegis of NATO, first through the SACLANT Undersea Research Center, then NURC and then CMRE, which involved a long annual cruise in the North-West Mediterranean, especially focused on the Ligurian Sea, with the use of the RV Alliance and several...

All the seas communicate with each other forming a single world ocean. Most of the inhabitants of our planet have a passport; it is a symbol of national belonging, a document issued by the authorities of each country, which certifies identity and nationality.

Active from 2008 to 2012. The MADE (Mitigate ADverse Ecological impacts for open ocean fisheries) project was an international research and awareness-raising project promoted by the European Commission, which began in 2008 and ended in 2012. The project, which was extremely complex, involved a...

Active from 2002 to 2003. The Fondazione Acquario di Genova Onlus, with the assistance of journalist Emilio Nessi, carried out a cooperation mission in Mauritania, collaborating with the Parc National du Banc d'Arguin to make a documentary on the fishing activities of the Imraguen...

Active since 2004 – ongoing The “Genoa and Its Sea” Project is made up of a set of activities that have the main objective of improving the relationship between Genoa and the sea in front of it, also by promoting environmental improvement activities of the quality of water and...

Active from 2017 to 2019 The project, funded by the European Union, was coordinated by Soc. Dalula Marine SL of Barcelona, and aimed to create a new thematic tourist route celebrating the iconic status, cultural heritage and economic importance of bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean area,...

Active since 2003 – ongoing In the context of this theme, which had already been activated by the Genoa Aquarium – Costa Edutainment SpA with various national and international initiatives, the Genoa Aquarium Onlus Foundation has decided to intervene in areas of excellence. In...

From 2022 to 2024 The project, coordinated by Help Code Onlus, aims to reduce the human impact on water, it is necessary to increase the knowledge of citizens, especially the younger ones, through active learning paths. The project aims to contribute to the development and strengthening of a...

From 1998 – ongoing The Acquario di Genova Onlus Foundation has been conducting a continuous awareness campaign on the major problems of the Ocean for years, which concerns the following topics: realize that the Ocean is one, because all ocean waters are interconnected; need to increase...

From 2022 – ongoing In 2022, after a High Level Discussion Summit, The Ocean Race decided to promote a process to arrive, by the end of the UN Decade for the Ocean (2030), at a Universal Declaration of Ocean Rights. The Earth Law Centre, the Municipality of Genoa and the Fondazione...

Active from 2022 – 2025 The project, coordinated by the Fondazione Acquario di Genova Onlus, is mainly based on an industrial PhD from the University of Genoa, conceived in the spirit of the general project “Genoa and its Sea. The project includes an experimental activity to evaluate...

Active since 2006 – ongoing Since 2006, the Fondazione Acquario di Genova Onlus, together with the Associazione Amici dell'Acquario Onlus and the Acquario di Genova – Costa Edutainment SpA, have annually launched various information and awareness initiatives on the occasion of...

Active since 1995 – ongoing The Acquario di Genova Onlus Foundation, together with Acquario di Genova – Costa Edutainment SpA and the Amici dell'Acquario Onlus Association, has always carried out promotional and support activities for Italian and foreign Marine Protected Areas....

Since 1992 – ongoing Since its opening, the Genoa Aquarium has carried out numerous interventions for emergency operations on cetaceans and sea turtles, including ex situ maintenance operations and in situ interventions. Since the creation of the Genoa Aquarium Foundation Onlus, it has...

Agreement with the Ministry of Education Active since 2008 – ongoing The agreement provides for the development of educational activities, including in schools and extracurricular activities, in relation to marine issues. The agreement provides that the activities are managed jointly, on...