Tag: World Oceans Day June 8

• Friday, June 8th 2018 - 08:18 UTC

  Friend of the Sea remembers “ship strikes” between vessels and cetaceans remain unnoticed and unreported

  

  On occasion of the World Oceans Day, international NGO Friend of the Sea calls both the shipping industry and consumers to take actions to prevent ship strikes

• Friday, June 8th 2018 - 07:25 UTC

  2018 World Oceans Day theme: “Clean our Ocean!”

  

  The United Nations celebrates World Oceans Day every year on June 8. As part of the celebrations, the Office of Legal Affairs, Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea organizes several events and hosts a reception at United Nations Headquarters in New York City, where the Secretary-General’s Annual World Oceans Day Message is delivered and the winners of the Annual World Oceans Day Oceanic Photo Competition are announced.

• Monday, June 15th 2015 - 06:02 UTC

  “Out of the Blue”, photo competition sponsored by Prince of Wales to celebrates oceans and seas

  

  The Prince of Wales marked World Oceans Day, last 8 June by launching a new photography competition for Commonwealth citizens to celebrate the beauty and importance of our oceans and seas: “Out of the Blue: The Prince of Wales's Commonwealth Environmental Photography Awards”.