April 14, 2026
On 14 April, the Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries organised Citizen Science Day as part of the SCIENCE COMES TO TOWN project. The event brought together approximately 50 stakeholders from different sectors, including tourism, business, diving associations, NGOs and education. The aim was to introduce participants to scientific initiatives in which citizens can actively take part. The event also provided an opportunity to promote the POPOyster citizen science platform, developed to enable citizens to report sightings of European flat oysters. This event result with two newspaper articles about citizen science – Slobodna Dalmacija and SRCE article.