MARINE RESEARCH - EDUCATION & CONSERVATION
THREE MISSIONS
- -1-MARINE RESEARCH'ÖRESUND PATROL' is an action-driven organisation that carries out large-scale environmental and scientific projects through citizen science and in collaboration with universities, organisations, and institutions.
- -2-EDUCATIONOur knowledge-building program emphasises the crucial role the ocean plays in sustaining life on our planet and the importance of ocean literacy. Understanding our impact on the ocean and the ocean's influence on us is essential for living and acting sustainably.
- -3-CONSERVATIONWe advocate for maritime policy change at the government level in Sweden and Denmark, focusing on a sustainable Öresund/Øresund for all.
STORYTELLING AT THE CORE
While our three missions - MARINE RESEARCH, EDUCATION & CONSERVATION - are similar to many other marine/environmental NGOs, they do become one because of our team’s unique ability to tell a compelling story.
Öresund/Øresund
QUICK FACTS
QUICK FACTS
• Öresund/Øresund is a narrow strait - only 4km at its narrowest point, uniting Sweden and Denmark.
• It is one of the World's busiest waterways.
• It is one of the World's busiest international ferry routes, with more than 70 departures connecting Sweden and Denmark daily.
• 4.1 million people live in the Öresund/Øresund Region, the most densely populated part of the Nordic countries.
• As late as the 1980s, Öresund/Øresund or Sundet was under immense pressure with increased nutrient concentrations,
increased algal growth, bottom oxygen deficiency, and in places high levels of toxic compounds in sediment and organisms.
increased algal growth, bottom oxygen deficiency, and in places high levels of toxic compounds in sediment and organisms.
• One of the largest mussel beds in Northern Europe can be found here (between Limhamn and Dragør), stretching over 72 square kilometres.
• Öresund/Øresund’s unique currents support Baltic Sea life and projects like Lynetteholmen pose a potential ecological threat.
• Öresund/Øresund is a critical habitat for the endangered harbour porpoise, one of the few areas in the Baltic region with year-round populations.
• After decades of absence, bluefin tuna have returned to Öresund/Øresund since 2016 — a sign of ecosystem recovery.
The strait is at the heart of Skåne–Copenhagen regional identity and a key reason the area attracts tourism, diving, and recreation.
A protected, thriving Öresund/Øresund brings long-term economic benefits through eco-tourism and environmental branding.
Yet, the general public’s interest in and access to information about the successes and ongoing challenges remain limited.
A protected, thriving Öresund/Øresund brings long-term economic benefits through eco-tourism and environmental branding.
Yet, the general public’s interest in and access to information about the successes and ongoing challenges remain limited.
One of the largest mussel beds in Northern Europe can be found in Öresund/Øresund, stretching over 75 square kilometres.
PHOTO - HELENE-JULIA ZOFIA PAAMAND
PHOTO - HELENE-JULIA ZOFIA PAAMAND
Operational Boundaries
Öresund/Øresund Patrol
• Hallands Väderö in the north, a nature reserve since 1958 due to its valuable ecological life, featuring an old beech forest, unusual fungi, and large bird and seal populations;
• Skälderviken - a bay located between the Bjäre Peninsula to the north and the Kullen Peninsula to the south;
• Gilleleje is a fishing town and seaside resort on the north coast of the peninsula of North Zealand;
• Öresund/Øresund -the northern boundary between Øresund and Kattegat is a line which goes from Gilleleje to the westernmost point of Kullaberg (Kullen's Lighthouse) at the peninsula north of Helsingborg, known as Kullahalvön. In the south, the boundary towards the Baltic Sea starts at Stevns Klint, at the westernmost peak of the peninsula, just south of Køge Bay, and extends to Falsterbo on the Falsterbo peninsula. Its eastern boundary is the Swedish coastline; to the west, Amager may be considered part of Øresund.
• Køge Bugt is approximately 500 square kilometres of shallow Danish bay in the southern part of Øresund.
• Skälderviken - a bay located between the Bjäre Peninsula to the north and the Kullen Peninsula to the south;
• Gilleleje is a fishing town and seaside resort on the north coast of the peninsula of North Zealand;
• Öresund/Øresund -the northern boundary between Øresund and Kattegat is a line which goes from Gilleleje to the westernmost point of Kullaberg (Kullen's Lighthouse) at the peninsula north of Helsingborg, known as Kullahalvön. In the south, the boundary towards the Baltic Sea starts at Stevns Klint, at the westernmost peak of the peninsula, just south of Køge Bay, and extends to Falsterbo on the Falsterbo peninsula. Its eastern boundary is the Swedish coastline; to the west, Amager may be considered part of Øresund.
• Køge Bugt is approximately 500 square kilometres of shallow Danish bay in the southern part of Øresund.