The European Union has stepped in to help small fishing communities preserve their way of life, as young people turn away from the job that their...
Category - Ocean
The Seychelles are known as paradise on Earth – but even here, storm clouds are gathering. As the ocean absorbs more heat and CO2 from the...
The Old Port, Marseille’s popular waterfront, hides a dirty secret: electric scooters, tires and plastic bottles litter the seafloor. Annual clean-up...
Climate change is making Arctic waters more accessible to vessels, raising the controversial prospect of more industrial-scale fishing. On the latest...
In Europe, women play a key role in fishing and aquaculture, but too often their work remains unrecognised and underpaid. Limited career choices and...
Torre Guaceto, an eight-kilometre long stretch of coastline north-west of Brindisi, used to be known as a centre for poor fishing practices, black...
Jan Olsen, Chairman, Association of Thorupstrand Fishermen: “My father was a fisherman. It’s in our veins, in our blood.” Eleven hours on a rough...
In a few decades, new technologies should make ocean energy a mainstream source of electricity: the industry plans to build 100 gigawatts of...
Chef Nelson Pérez runs the high-end fish restaurant Nelson on Gran Canaira. It serves locally farmed fish as a delicacy. “I’ve been working with...
In a tightened up policing of their fishing industry Thailand has begun intercepting and inspecting fishing boats far out at sea this year, one of...
About the author
Denis Loctier is the anchor and producer of “Ocean”, Euronews’ monthly show specialised in the blue economy and marine life. In this role, Denis travels around the world exploring the effects of climate change and human activities on ocean health, talking directly with fishers, business owners, port authorities and policy-makers. “Ocean” has taken Denis and his team to places such as Greenland, Caribbean Islands, Seychelles, Svalbard, Cabo Verde and Thailand.
A Euronews journalist since 2001, Denis has produced short TV documentaries on more than 200 international research projects and covered a variety of other topics, from economy and tourism to international politics and military conflicts.
Denis holds a PhD in Information and Communication Sciences and is certified to operate in hostile environments. He can also fly paragliders, pilot drones, navigate vessels, and dive to depths of 60 meters.
