🪸 Our seas have been scraped & scarred by bottom trawlers for centuries, making it difficult to establish a baseline of ocean health 🌊 There are, however, clues...🦪 Professors Emma Sheehan & Martin Attrill delve into this in Oceanographic Magazine 🔽 oceanographicmagazine.com/features/beh...

🚨 URGENT: ONLY 1 WEEK LEFT to tell UK Govt to safeguard marine protected areas from bottom-trawl fishing 🪸 We need YOU to help us demand a ban and protect our precious ocean habitats! 🌊 Take action today! The countdown is on ⌛️🔽 only.one/act/uk-mpa-c...

📢 The ocean can recover, if we let it! 🌊 Bottom trawling in marine protected areas makes a mockery of the word protected. ⏳ Time’s running out to save our ocean sanctuaries 📣 Tell the govt you want a full ban in protected waters: https://only.one/act/uk-mpa-consultation

🐬 Dolphins & whales depend on sound to survive, but industrial noise is drowning them out 🔊 🐋 @whalesorg.bsky.social's new report 'Towards Quieter Seas' shows how noise pollution from industries like oil & gas disrupt vital behaviours #EndOffshoreDrilling 👉 https://bit.ly/4nlxlUo

"We must make 2030 a beacon of hope and testament to action, and the indefatigable spirit of the ocean movement. We must create a wave of political will." 💪 Our director @HugoSAS's latest column for oceanographic 🌊

🌊 Scientist, adventurer & wildlife filmmaker Lizzie Daly calls out the devastation bottom-trawl fishing is inflicting on UK marine protected areas 🚨 Please help put a stop to this! Time is running out to have your say. ⌛ Take action with us here: only.one/act/uk-mpa-c... ✊

📢"Bottom-trawling boats DON'T belong in conservation zones," @theguardian.com Banning bottom trawling across the ENTIRE marine protected area is the clearest path to ocean recovery 🔽 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

🚫 Full bottom trawling bans in marine protected areas are the ONLY way to ensure a healthy ocean 🌊 If you agree, the time to use your voice is now: only.one/act/uk-mpa-c... "We MUST seize this opportunity," our director @hugotagholm.bsky.social 🔽 The window to have your say is closing in ⌛

More than 80% of people support the 30x30 target to protect 30% of sea & land by 2030, new research shows But progress has stalled. The UK Govt needs to ramp up its protection of our seas, starting with ensuring marine protected areas are TRULY safe from bottom trawling. https://bit.ly/4gkfydH

🎉 OCEAN WIN: The Philippines has officially declared the waters surrounding Panaon Island a Protected Seascape, preserving 60,000 hectares of ocean and some of the most biodiverse coral reefs on the planet! 🪸 👏 @oceanaph.bsky.social https://bit.ly/4m9Dp0X

"Although 38% of UK waters are designated as marine protected areas, many remain exposed to damaging activities including bottom trawling, offshore energy development, pollution, dredging & cable laying" OUR OCEAN HAVENS DESERVE BETTER #BanBottomTrawling https://bit.ly/4mV6v5v

"[Big Oil] emissions are triggering heatwaves that wouldn’t have happened otherwise, we’re talking about real people who died [...] real communities that suffered, because of decisions made in corporate boardrooms” Enough. We need a renewable future. https://bit.ly/46ypY66

🔍 Can you name these 3 dolphin species found in the UK? 🐬 🌊 Hint: One is large & sociable Another can reach swimming speeds of 30mph The third turns almost completely white with age. 👀 Answer below! ⬇️⬇️⬇️ #WorldDolphinDay #OceanConservation #MarineLife

Clive, a former trawlerman, knows first-hand the devastation that bottom trawling inflicts on the seafloor. Now, he's calling for urgent protection of our marine havens 🪸 Recovery IS possible, but only if we ACT NOW! Have you say 👉 only.one/act/uk-mpa-c... 🙏 Picture Book Media & Sussex Underwater

What a day for nature it's been at #WildSummitUK! 🌊🌿Thousands of people came together today to discuss the action we need for our seas & nature. It’s clear that the solutions are there, now it's time for Government to step up! Credit: Ania Shrimpton @wildsummituk.bsky.social @wclnews.bsky.social

🌊 GOOD NEWS: The UK has begun the journey to ratify the High Seas Treaty, a landmark agreement to protect our global ocean. But we must move fast! With 56 countries already ratified (and 60 needed for it to come into force) the UK risks being left behind 🧵 1/4 🔽 www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

🌊 "Our seas are home to whales, cold-water corals, rays, sharks & more. HOW are they supposed to thrive while bottom trawling continues in so-called ‘protected’ areas?" Our Policy Director responds to govt's latest bottom trawling announcement in @endsreport.com www.endsreport.com/article/1931...

⚠️ UK Govt has dismissed the Environmental Audit Committee’s call for full bottom trawling bans in marine protected areas, calling it "disproportionate". Despite the evidence showing full bans are the ONLY way to truly protect ocean wildlife 🌊 1/2 www.cmscoms.com?p=45180

🚨🚨 Extremely concerning reports that the UK Govt has DISMISSED calls from the Environmental Audit Committee for full bans on destructive bottom trawling in our marine protected areas 1/2🔽 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

"Bottom trawling is one of the most widely used, & most destructive, fishing practices in the world" 🎣 Yet it's allowed in most of our marine protected areas. Check out this new BBC podcast for more info 🌊👇 www.bbc.com/audio/play/w... Then TAKE ACTION 🪸🔽 only.one/act/uk-mpa-c...

🪸“While whole-site protection for 5 MPAs represents real progress, in choosing partial protections for most sites [Scottish Gov] has decided to favour the status quo rather than proper protection" https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/scottish-trawling-decision-is-major-progress-that-requires-more/

🌊 From the coast to the corridors of power, people are rising up to say STOP ROSEBANK✊ 📢 The new oil field has a pipeline through the middle of a marine protected area. It would be a disaster for our ocean & climate - if it goes ahead. For the sake of our seas #StopRosebank

🪸"The UK is finally waking up to fact that it is no longer politically, publicly or scientifically acceptable to allow [bottom trawling] in the sites we are trying to protect for nature." Our Policy Director Alec digs into the new Scottish MPA measures in our blog 👇 uk.oceana.org/blog/what-sc...

📣 Scottish Govt has announced new rules for protecting its offshore marine protected areas. They are a big step forward, but don't go far enough. Our campaigns director Alyx Elliott has the story 👇 Stay with us in this fight. We will keep pushing until ALL MPAs are truly protected 🌊

📢 Next week, the UK’s biggest nature event kicks off... the first-ever #WildSummitUK 🌊 We’ll be there with the Ocean Alliance Against Offshore Drilling hosting a bioacoustic whale sound bath 🐋 Join us for a day of action & inspiration! 🎟️ Book tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wild-summi...

🚨 BREAKING: Scottish Govt has announced limited protections for its offshore marine protected areas, allowing bottom trawling to continue   ⚠️ Although 5 sites will be protected, bottom trawlers will still be allowed to scour 15 other ocean sanctuaries, risking long-term damage to marine life

#Overfishing is so rife in UK waters, it's estimated 80% of UK seafood demand is now met by imports from overseas, new research shows 🎣 This is not sustainable. We need a regenerative approach to fishing, and we need it now 🐟 oceanographicmagazine.com/news/a-centu...

⚠️UK Govt is being urged to back 'bespoke' oil & gas licences 😡 This threatens our seas & climate, whilst doing NOTHING for our energy security. 'Bespoke' or not, government has already promised to END new oil & gas licensing @stopcambo.bsky.social www.businessgreen.com/news/4518193...

🦈 Ocean acidification can erode shark teeth, making it harder for them to survive, new research shows This "evil twin" of the climate crisis is fuelled by CO2 emissions from burning fossil fuels. We must end new oil & gas projects in our waters. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

🎣 🇬🇷 In a groundbreaking bid to reverse #overfishing off Amorgos island, local fishers have successfully campaigned for a year-round fishing ban across 3 of its most critical marine areas, in a move to help preserve dwindling fish populations oceanographicmagazine.com/news/greece-...

Spaceship jellyfish, see-through squid eggs, and sneezing marine iguanas - these stunning finalists for Ocean Photographer of the Year 2025 remind us why protecting our ocean matters now more than ever. Winners will be revealed in September! 🌊📸 https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/articles/c4ge717z7vqo

🌱Kelp forests in marine protected areas are more resilient to marine heatwaves, new research show! Meaning it is all the more vital we ensure our ocean havens are truly protected from destructive threats like bottom trawling www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

🐋 Whale & dolphin strandings have risen dramatically, most likely due to increases in man-made noise pollution, such as the seismic air gun surveys used in oil & gas 🚨 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/20/rise-whale-marine-mammal-strandings-scotland?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

🌊 Marine biologist Mads St Clair is calling out the scourge of bottom-trawl fishing in UK seas 🪸 But there’s still hope! Because our ocean can recover, if we let it 💙 Take action with us today against bottom trawling in marine protected areas! 👉 only.one/act/uk-mpa-c...

📢 The countdown is on until WILD SUMMIT, the UK's biggest nature event of the year🎉 We'll be there with the Ocean Alliance Against Offshore Drilling hosting a whale sound bath for our seas. Join us for a day devoted to saving our wildlife & wild spaces 🩵 wildsummituk.com @wildsummituk.bsky.social

🚨 Marine heatwaves at the seafloor could become 50% more frequent than at the surface during summer, new UK research has found - sparking MAJOR concerns for bottom-dwelling wildlife unable to evade rising temperatures 1/2 🔽 oceanographicmagazine.com/news/marine-...

🎉 OCEAN WIN AGAINST BIG OIL 🌊 South Africa's High Court has halted an offshore drilling project after their govt failed to assess the danger of oil spills & consider climate impacts. Strong parallels with our legal fight on oil & gas licences here in the UK naturaljustice.org/offshore-dri...

🚨 We are underestimating the PFAS body burden in marine mammals Scientists identified a class of PFAS (man-made 'forever' chemicals) in killer whales never before reported in wildlife These toxins accumulate in blubber, putting marine mammals at risk oceanographicmagazine.com/news/new-for...

🌱 Kelp plays a critical role in protecting coastlines from flooding & erosion by dampening wave impact, new research suggests 🌊 We MUST protect these habitats from destructive bottom trawling! https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/kelp-forests-could-cut-force-of-scotland-s-storm-waves-by-70/

🌊 "The idea is to provide opportunities to [...] make them fall in love with the sea – because when you love something, you will protect it" Read more about the work of Seaful charity here 💙 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/13/young-carers-lundy-breathing-space-boat-trip-snorkelling

🚨 Big Oil is damaging the ocean & killing the planet. Good job Greenpeace for drawing attention to the ongoing destruction with this stark piece of protest art in the North Sea. 🛢️ According to our oil spill tracker there's been at least 2 recorded spills at this very rig since 2011. Sickening. ❌

"A single pass of bottom trawl can destroy structures that took hundreds [...] of years to form [...] like coral reefs or sponge fields" 🪸 This happens in most UK marine protected areas. It needs to stop. ❌ https://earth.org/the-deep-scars-of-bottom-trawling-a-silent-crisis-on-the-ocean-floor/

🚨 Negotiations to secure a Plastics Treaty are teetering on the brink, as the latest draft proposal was rejected by countries & campaigners alike for failing to protect people & planet, & instead offering Big Oil a "lifeline in plastics" 😡 #MakePollutersPay oceanographicmagazine.com/news/un-plas...

A very important event for UK nature and seas - see you there! 🎉 wildsummituk.eventbrite.co.uk

🚨 UK seas have undergone the warmest start to any year since records began, putting our marine habitats & wildlife under immense stress. Marine heatwaves should be rare but they're now terrifyingly common. This is not normal. Time for a green future, NOW. www.cmscoms.com?p=44926

Stoked to have had these two powerhouse women on our Boardmasters panel, candidly sharing their wild ocean tales, but also the challenges of their work. Lizzie Daly & Mads St Clair weave their roles as storytellers and scientists to champion healthier seas 🌊 What an epic discussion this was. 👏

🚨 #Rosebank is right next to a marine protected area. It poses a disastrous threat to our ocean & climate if it goes ahead. But we can still stop it! ✍️ Take action with us & @stopcambo.bsky.social. It takes one minute: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-... 🙏 GEM Display for the brilliant billboards

📣 Calling all Cornwall-based ocean lovers! Saltwater Stories at #Boardmasters is happening today at 5.15pm! 🌊 An inspiring free event with filmmaker Lizzie Daly, marine biologist Mads St Clair and our director @hugotagholm.bsky.social See you there at the TALKS STAGE at Fistral Beach, Newquay 🌊

TOMORROW! 🌊 Saltwater Stories with @hugotagholm.bsky.social, Lizzie Daly & Madeline St Clair is landing at #Boardmasters 🎤 Join us for a behind-the-scenes chat with these inspiring ocean adventurers! 🐬 🗓️ Thurs 7 Aug | ⏰ 17:15 📍 FREE @ Fistral Beach Talk Stage

📢 11 September will see campaigners, policy makers, nature experts & more coming to Bristol for the first ever #WildSummitUK📣 We'll be there with the Ocean Alliance Against Offshore Drilling hosting a bioacoustic whale sound bath. Join us! 🐋 wildsummituk.com