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A split screen image. On the left is a black-and-white picture of the Civilian Conservation Corps, people who joined a US jobs programme initiated by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933. On the right, there is a colour photo of modern Sea Rangers in navy blue uniforms. Both groups of people are similarly posed for a group photo.
How did the Sea Ranger Service start?

Taking inspiration from a US government initiative devised almost 100 years ago; the Civilian Conservation Corps (the CCC), the Sea…

Sea Rangers start seagrass restoration in Eastern Scheldt

In June, the Sea Rangers joined forces with the University Groningen, for scientific oversight, to transplant 2,232 cores across 13…

An underwater image of a school of fish swimming around a wreck. The ocean in the background is dark blue.
Sea Rangers offer long term protection for shipwrecks

As in previous years, when monitoring these sites our Sea Rangers are looking for any activity that could disturb these…

A team of eight Sea Rangers in red Sea Ranger uniforms posed in two rows of four. There are four female Sea Rangers standing up in the back row, and two male and two female Sea Rangers kneeling down in the front row. All are smiling and look happy.
Meet the Sea Ranger crew of 2023

Basic training Before starting to sail and work at sea, Sea Rangers undergo basic safety training at an on-land training…

Financing secured to build new Sea Ranger ship

The construction of a new Sea Ranger Service ship has just been given the green light, with financing secured from three confirmed investors.

An underwater photo of a sea turtle swimming in clear blue waters, near a green meadow of seagrass.
Delivering on the UN High Seas treaty ambition

The purpose of all of this is to give extra protection to marine life, in order for it to replenish…

two Sea Rangers, one male, one female, pose on a ship. The male is holding up a test tube, and the female is giving a thumbs up to the camera.
‘Being a Sea Ranger changed me’

Roy grows up by the sea. In the small close-knit community of Den Oever in the very north of The…

Tough selection Bootcamp for new Sea Rangers

Another group of young recruits braved the choppy waters of the North Sea and the wet winter weather to put…

An underwater image of a school of fish swimming through a seagrass reef.
Green miracles in our blue ocean

Mighty marine meadows Seagrasses are marine flowering plants that live in shallow, coastal waters and, similar to  grasses on land,…

A Sea Ranger launches a drone into the sky, from a ship at sea, to carry out ocean conservation work. The Sea Ranger is in a red uniform, and the sky is bright.
New pilot focuses on shipping pollution

In recent years a growing number of incidents have been caused by poor container management on ships that are traveling…

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…

Six Sea Rangers in red uniform are onboard a Sea Ranger ship. All are looking towards the camera, smiling. In the background, you can see some buildings and the blue sky.
Meet the Sea Ranger Service

We are pleased to say that we’ve been invited to join in with this year’s #EU4OCEAN Ocean Literacy festival. The…

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