MUMM News and announcements

Exhibition Mercator Digital

Date: 2012-04-27
The 500th anniversary of the birthday of Mercator will not pass unnoticed in Sint-Niklaas. His precious heritage is presented in a new d�cor in the ... (continued)

Sand and gravel extraction in 2011

Date: 2012-04-23
The continuous control of sand and gravel extraction in the concession zones of the Belgian part of the North Sea is done by an automatic registra ... (continued)

PhD for Griet Neukermans: Optical in situ and geostationary satellite-borne observations of suspended particles in coastal waters

Date: 2012-04-19
On Wednesday 18 April 2012, our colleague Griet Neukermans, obtained her PhD with the dissertation "Optical in situ and geostationary satellite-borne ... (continued)

Public consultation for the Framework Directive on Marine Strategy

Date: 2012-03-30
From April 1st till 30 May 2012, the Marine Environment Service (FPS Public Health, Food Chain Security and Environment) organises a public consultati ... (continued)

Closure of "MyOcean" and start of "MyOcean-2"

Date: 2012-03-30
On 27-28-29 March there were meetings to close the project "MyOcean" and to start the follow up project "MyOcean-2" in Brussels. The MyOcean projects ... (continued)

European Marine Sand and Gravel group Conference

Date: 2012-03-23
� �The fourth EMSAGG conference will take place on 20–21 June 2012 in Ostend: “The crossroads for new marine sand and gravel develop ... (continued)

Pollutions observed in 2011

Date: 2012-02-20
In the framework of the Coast Guard, MUMM has spent 155:35 flying hours performing aerial surveillance in the North Sea in 2011. 110:50 flying hours h ... (continued)

End of sperm whale operation

Date: 2012-02-10
Press release on the end of the sperm whale operation in Heist. In Dutch In French ... (continued)