🌊 Registrations are now OPEN for Sea Scotland 2025! Grab your spot to join our first-ever Ocean Hustings on 6th October at the Edinburgh Climate Change Institute. 🚨Register today: bit.ly/44nKQfm

Fancy exploring life under the waves? 🤿 Dive into Scotland’s first Snorkel Festival with us! Led by Berwickshire Marine Reserve, there are lots of great events running from Friday 27 to Sunday 29 June. We hope to sea you there! 🌊 Book your place today! 👇 buff.ly/V0wWFNs

“Marine protected areas are essential for Scotland’s traditional fishing industry”. In a new article, LINK expresses concerns over the lack of marine actions in the Programme for Government and calls for the long-awaited fisheries management measures in MPAs. 📖 Read the article: bit.ly/3Siis7L

In 2020, we published the Ocean Recovery Plan, calling for urgent action to restore Scotland’s seas by 2030. Now, our first review (2020–2024) is out. How much progress has been made? 📘 Read the report: www.scotlink.org/an-ocean-rec... 📷Paolo Chiabrando / Unsplash

Excited for the next Sea Scotland event - first ever ocean hustings ahead of Holyrood Elections in 2026!

🌊 Sea Scotland 2025🌊 This autumn, ahead of next year’s election, we will host our first ever Ocean Hustings, in partnership with @youth4seas.bsky.social Discuss plans to support our marine environment and coastal communities with Scottish political parties: www.seascotland.scot/sea-scotland...

Ocean with David Attenborough is now in cinemas - a new feature-length documentary showing there is nowhere more vital for our survival, more full of life, wonder, or surprise, than the ocean. In Scotland, we have been waiting for over ten years for the vital protections needed for our seas. 1/2

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Woop! Keep this date in your diary! 👇🏻🐟🌊

New paper! “Defining marine rewilding can help guide theory and practice in marine conservation”. I’m beyond excited that the first paper of my PhD is now live and open access! @uniofhull.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social @rewrite-eu.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s43...

🌊 Sea Scotland is now on Bluesky! 🌊 Since 2016, Sea Scotland Conference has provided a platform for knowledge exchange and progressive marine policy discussions. Follow us for future updates, and join the Sea Scotland community to debate and tackle critical issues facing our seas.🐳

Today the Rewild research group is at The Deep aquarium in Hull talking all things rewilding. Lots to get involved in! #Colliderfest @universityofhull.bsky.social

Today I am joining the Marine Forum at the National Museum Scotland. Looking forward to a great line up of talks and sessions, and participating in a panel discussion later on! #MarineForum2025 @scotlink.bsky.social

"The diversity and uniqueness of our seabirds is remarkable, yet their survival is increasingly threatened as they face a relentless wave of challenges, and it’s now widely acknowledged that urgent action is needed." Read more about how you can help our seabirds: www.scotlink.org/saving-scotl...

#DYK nearly 75% of major marine fish stocks have been depleted/overexploited & 50% of live coral cover on reefs destroyed? - @ipbes.bsky.social #GlobalAssessment Let’s restore our ocean's vitality & ensure a more sustainable future. 🪸🌍🧪🦈

Our views on the 2024 Report to the Scottish Parliament on how Scotland’s marine protected area network is progressing 👇🏻

Today, @ScotGov launched their Seabird Action Plan consultation. This is our chance to speak up for Scotland’s seabirds and secure the protection they need. Sign the e-action here: action.rspb.org.uk/page/154240/... 📷 Colin Wilkinson

Reduce whale-ship strikes by making 2.6% of ocean surface safer, study says https://buff.ly/3Cy4ARZ 🧪🌎🦑

For the 🧪 feed - and, honestly, the #SciArt feed. Because this belongs in a museum 😂

That’s my reading for today sorted

Love seeing the woodcocks in our local area. 🪶 such a striking birds!

Fascinating series of articles on the future of fishing in the Clyde Sea (Scotland): www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2470...

Saw this on Facebook. Can relate. (Although I am also a dog person!) 🤣🦈🐕 (Credit: Jessica Kira)

Excited to present my marine rewilding research to the University of Glasgow’s Aquatic Special Interest Group. Kudos to Graeme for the sign. #rewilding #marine

Home from South Africa and working through all my emails, to-do lists and notes from #IMCC7 What a great couple of weeks. I wish I could do it all again!

Very cool to see a live example of coastal rewilding while at Blouberg beach with the fam today. As mentioned in my talk at #IMCC7 this was one example that came up in my recent review on marine rewilding. Found a link to the project here: vulaservices.com/project-1-ta...

Out for dinner with the family after #IMCC7 Big shout out to my other half Adam for staying sane while keeping the kids under control while in Cape Town (I know which of us had the better deal!)

Learning more about the work of the IUCN Species Specialist Groups and the thousands of expert volunteers that support the work. #IMCC7

Super interesting session on Nature Positive pathways for marine conservation at #IMCC7. lots of food for thought!

First post on Bluesky, first PhD talk at an academic conference. Having an inspiring week at #IMCC7