DEMASK News

On 27 May 2025, DEMASK and SATURN joined forces in Brussels to host a collaborative workshop on acoustic metrics for underwater sound - a critical topic in marine environmental protection. The workshop brought together different experts from across Europe to discuss one deceptively simple question:...

Marine species are particularly vulnerable to noise pollution, as they rely heavily on sound for navigation and communication. Understanding how noise pollution affects marine mammals, fish and invertebrates is therefore important to preserve the balance of marine ecosystems....

At the end of the first year DEMASK published the first policy brief. ...

In March 2025, a roundtable on underwater noise was organized by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and hosted by CMA CGM at their headquarters in Marseille. In total more than 50 stakeholders were present, including representatives from the shipping industry and ports, certification s...

Every year, marine scientists and students gather at the VLIZ Marine Science Day (VMSD) in Belgium to exchange ideas and showcase their latest work. This year’s event, attended by over 500 participants, was officially recognised as part of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development....

With nearly 40 years of experience in underwater acoustics, Christ de Jong, Senior Scientist at TNO, leads work package 2 of DEMASK, focusing on noise modelling. His team works on mapping how much noise is produced by ships and offshore wind farms in the North Sea, both now and in the future, a...

DEMASK partners use different recorders to measure underwater sound. Good calibration of the instruments is crucial to have comparable results from all these instruments....

The DEMASK project is closely involved in the activities of the technical working group on noise (TG Noise). This group operates under the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive. The project is also engaged with the OSPAR Intersessional Corresponding Group on Noise (ICG Noise). OSPAR...

Progress, challenges and future goals in tackling underwater noise pollution...