SPINAQUA diver E. Vernadou participated in the 6th European Conference on Scientific Diving organized by TU Bergakademie Freiberg, which was held in Freiberg (Germany) on 21 & 22 April 2021. In this assembly, Mrs. Vernadou had the opportunity to present online the first outcomes on “Contrasting sponge assemblages between distinct coastal locations in Crete Island, Aegean Sea”, part of SPINAQUA work package on natural sponge populations (WP2).