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A collage of six images highlights the work that the Sea Rangers do. One image is of a drone being launched for ocean conservation, another shows Sea Rangers measuring pollution levels in ocean samples; and others show the Sea Rangers in red uniforms in various poses.
Another year of action and impact

New class of Sea Rangers The beginning of 2022 saw most countries doing their best to come out of further…

An underwater image of a ship wreck. You can see that sea life has started to grow on the wreck, and there are fish swimming around the coral that has grown on the propeller.
Sea Rangers monitor North Sea heritage

The wreck sites are protected by law and harbour unique pockets of marine biodiversity, yet are increasingly disturbed, with parts…

New Sea Ranger franchising programme launched

Through the franchising, experienced entrepreneurs can apply to establish their own Sea Ranger Service, after successful participation in the Sea…

Seven Sea Rangers in uniform stand on a boat, posing for a photo. With them are Sea Ranger Service founder Wietse van der Werf, and the European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, Virginijus Sinkevičius.
European Commissioner visits Sea Ranger ship

With the Sea Ranger Service model scaling across Europe in the coming years, the commissioner showed his support for the…

Two Sea Rangers at sea using a pully system to lower an underwater robot (ROV) into the sea to record a seaweed farm under the ocean surface.
First seaweed pilot is a success

The aim of the pilot was to determine to what extent the sailing work vessel of the Sea Ranger Service…

Wietse van der Werf, founder and CEO of Sea Ranger Service, shakes hands with Koen van Swam, general manager of the North Sea Farm Foundation, over a signed contract.
New partnership for offshore seaweed

The new partnership was announced during the recent inauguration of our new Sea Ranger ship SV Fantastiko and focuses on piloting…

New ship for North Sea conservation

The ship will be used to carry out research into plastic pollution, seaweed cultivation and nature restoration. Since October 2018,…

Sea Rangers sign first government deal

The pilot will examine which tasks in the area of ​​sustainable food and energy transition can be carried out by…

Sea Rangers set sail with new vessel

The charter has been signed for by founder Wietse van der Werf and the owner of the Tooluka: Eef Willems,…

Ocean summit boosts Sea Ranger approach

Having been invited by the European Commission, founder of the Sea Ranger Service, Wietse van der Werf, pas today presented…

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