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Lobby organisation

MERCATOR OCEAN INTERNATIONAL

Other (the Transparency Register's catch-all category) · Cross-sector / other · HQ: France · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, MERCATOR OCEAN INTERNATIONAL appears in 3 declared MEP meetings (3 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

3
declared meetings
with current MEPs
3
MEPs met
–
lobbying spend
none reported in the Register
3.2
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Mercator Ocean is a non-profit organisation, currently transforming into an IGO, dedicated to digital ocean techs & operational ocean information services. Through European and int'l ocean programmes, it develops and operates digital systems to observe, model & forecast the ocean, from the surface to the deep ocean and from regional to global scales.”

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“Its tools & services provide ocean intelligence to hundreds of thousands of users, supporting understanding of ocean change and informed policy and decision-making. Initiated in '22, Mercator’s transformation was formalised in '25 with the opening of the Convention for signature by EU Member States, Iceland, Monaco, Norway & the United Kingdom at the UN Ocean Conference in Nice. By mid-2026, France, Norway & Greece had signed. The EC highlighted the strategic role of the future organisation in ensuring long-term stability and shared ownership for a European digital ocean system and stronger links between European & national infrastructures […]”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing - the text on file breaks off mid-sentence where marked […].

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 3 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Socialists & Democrats267%
Greens/EFA133%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2022–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (2 in 2026). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2022
1
2023
0
2024
0
2025
0
2026
2

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Tonino Picula
1 meeting · S&D
Christophe Clergeau
1 meeting · S&D
Isabella Lövin
1 meeting · Greens/EFA

The 3 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
10 Jun 2026Isabella LövinOcean Knowledge
21 May 2026Christophe Clergeauocéan
16 May 2022Tonino PiculaSEARICA activities

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