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Fish On The Move – with Luisa Fontoura

Fish On The Move - with Luisa Fontoura

Discover the brilliant minds behind our 2025 winners! 

On March 21, we unveiled our 2025 winners. Today, we’re off to Fiji to meet one of them, led by Luisa Fontoura from Macquarie University!

The Fish On The Move project tackles an often overlooked issue: the protection of migration corridors for marine species.

Although marine protected areas are multiplying, they are often static… while fish are not.

Thanks to an innovative approach that combines marine current modeling and local fishermen’s knowledge, this project identifies crucial areas in the life cycle of species – from eggs to adults – to better protect biodiversity and livelihoods.

Its aim: to optimize the connectivity of Australia’s marine protected areas to boost biodiversity!

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Discover our 6 winning projects!

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT 2025:
Discover our 6 winning projects!

Today is a great day for the ocean and for scientific research! We are delighted to unveil the winning projects from the 2025 Pure Ocean Call for Projects. These innovative initiatives will help protect the ocean, preserve marine biodiversity and build resilience in the face of climate change.

A round of applause for our 6 winners! 📣

👕 ALT-WASTE: map underwater textile pollution to combat it more effectively,

🌱AQUAMAP: develop silvo-fish farming to halt the erosion of mangroves, major reservoirs of blue carbon,

🦤 BIRDS ON STICKS: encourage the return of seabirds to fertilize coral reefs,

🐟 FISH ON THE MOVE: optimize the connection between marine protected areas to

boost biodiversity,

🦐 RIMIOMICS: demonstrate the toxicological impact of mining on abyssal ecosystems,

🪸 SYMBIOSWAP: test the exchange of symbiotic algae to make Mediterranean corals more resistant to climate change.

 

Why are this project important? ✨

These projects pave the way for concrete, ambitious and nature-based solutions to the urgent challenges facing the ocean. Each of them has been selected by our scientific committee for its potential for innovation, its impact on practices and its contribution to ocean science.

Many thanks to our scientific committee Gilles Boeuf, Anna Zivian, Kartik Shanker, Abdelmalek Faraj, Flavia Lucena Fredou 🙏

🔬 Congratulations to the scientific teams and partners for their exceptional commitment. These projects are a big step towards a healthier ocean.

See you soon to find out more about these hopeful projects!

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