The EU already has the digital tools to combat illegal fishing, said @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu at UNOC. Digital catch registration, satellite tracking and robust sanctions can deliver real transparency and a level playing field for fishers, if fully implemented👇 @ec.europa.eu @europarl.europa.eu

Stand up for your rights; stand up for the rights of others. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Superb article by Mario Haberfeld and @stevetrent.bsky.social

🐟 “Saiko killers” In @oceanographicmag.bsky.social, @stevetrent.bsky.social delves into the impact of illegal saiko trade (the at-sea transfer of frozen slabs from trawlers to canoes) in Ghana, the action taken to end it and how misconduct by the Chinese fleet still persists. Read it now:

Absolutely...I no longer file my stories on X.. hope other journos follow suit. That's the way to kill X

In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.

🇬🇭 Lifting the veil on transparency in Ghana’s fishing sector In our new analysis of Ghana’s fisheries sector, we aim to inform and guide action to implement all ten principles of the Global Charter for Fisheries Transparency. Read our report to learn more ⬇️

Say it for what is: degrading, disgraceful and totally unacceptable - governments should ban this.

oh and here's when Nadhim Zahawi compared Nigel Farage to, er Joseph Goebbels over his “deeply racist” call to allow employers to discriminate by colour www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politic...

“We cannot withdraw from the fact that over 1 million species of plants and animals face extinction.” IPBES remains committed to its mandate to provide the most credible science and evidence about biodiversity to all decision makers and actors. — @davidobura.bsky.social , @ipbes.net Chair

"Fires impacted every Indigenous territory in the Pantanal: the Guató tribe lost 90% of their land. This is the frontline of a crisis that the world refuses to see." Wetlands blazed in 2025, but new political pledges were made as well. Read analysis from @stevetrent.bsky.social @ejfoundation.org

🚨 Webinar: “How to implement discard bans: International perspectives” Co-hosted with @oceanaeurope.bsky.social, experts will discuss how discard bans are implemented outside of the EU and reflect on how the EU can implement its own ban. Sign up: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

High quality independent journalism underwrites our democracy and freedoms: the BBC gives us that and much, much more. Defend it, even though it makes a few mistakes www.instagram.com/reel/DRAkwr7...

Canadian PM Mark Carney: "Large American online platforms have become seas of racism, misogyny, antisemitism, islamophobia and hate in all its forms... My government will act." #cdnpoli

We have arrived at #COP30 in Brazil! Hear from Dr Luciana Leite, our Chief Representative and Lead Advocate for Brazil, about how we will be working over the next two weeks to protect #wetlands and the vital role they play in keeping our planet habitable 🌱 🎬 Sound on for English!

In Tsavo, the vibrant red earth takes centre stage – a rich hue that makes its red-tinted elephants stand out from their cousins across the country. Kainuk is a member of this distinctive herd. Orphaned in 2011, she grew up in our care and is now 15 years old and living wild: swt.bio/kainuk

President, do not do this 👇

The benefits of acting on climate and delivering a zero carbon economy 👇 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Far greater action is needed, now. The irony is that failure to act will be far, far more expensive, bringing untold suffering and unsupportable costs. Demand your government acts. #GlobalHeating www.theguardian.com/environment/...

💧🌱 Freshwater wetlands – our most powerful, but neglected climate allies They store vast amounts of carbon, regulate water flows, and sustain biodiversity and livelihoods worldwide. However, our new report reveals how they are being destroyed at alarming rates, fatally undermining climate goals.

Jenrick is a dangerous fool

The right move that all governments, not least the Europeans should ve taking. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Inspirational. We will miss her

Elon Musk: “I love Javier Milei.” Kemi Badenoch: “Javier Milei is the template.” Donald Trump: “My favourite president.” Nigel Farage: "Amazing. Cutting and slashing … doing all the things he’s done … that’s leadership.” Meanwhile... in Argentina www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Energy Secretary Ed Milliband brands Nigel Farage and his allies as: 'Investment-crushing, job-destroying, bill-raising, poverty-driving, science-denying, Putin-appeasing, young people betraying, bunch of ideological extrmeists'

🌎✨ At the Pre-COP30 in Campo Grande, Brazil, with SOS Pantanal we launched a letter calling on climate leaders to place wetlands, such as the Pantanal, at the heart of global climate action. The letter contains signatures representing over 150 organisations and many scientists and politicians.

A foolish, unqualified “leader” putting irrelevant political manoeuvres ahead of our national security and well being. Badenoch has just announced the end of the Conservative Party. Listen to the science, respect the facts, pursue the truth. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Standing up speaking out 👇 👏Freedom of speech is not parroting what a dictatorial thug wants you to say and silencing those who don’t agree. Stand up for your democratic rights everyone…don’t be silenced, least of all by your elected President and government. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Off the coast of Argentina each year, hundreds of fishing vessels descend to catch shortfin squid. This fleet has exploded in recent years. The area they fish in is largely unregulated – as a result, marine ecosystems & the human rights of crew are put at risk. Read more in @washingtonpost.com 🗞

The @wto.org’s Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies has entered into force 👏 Billions of dollars have long propped up unsustainable fishing practices that are pushing fish populations to the brink of collapse. This agreement is a critical step towards curtailing overfishing & illegal fishing globally.

the subversion of democratic rights, the aggressive assertion of a authoritarian, highly partisan, agenda, the misuse of Presidential powers and Government agencies. Not fit for any public office, Trump has taken a wrecking ball to the reputation and standing of both the Presidency and the USA

Protesting against genocide is not terrorism.

They worked until the very end to secure a strong treaty, but obstruction from a small group of oil- and plastic-producing nations and fossil fuel lobbyists, prevented progress. The majority of nations in Geneva pushed for real solutions. They refused to accept a deal that would fall short.

Negotiations for a #GlobalPlasticsTreaty have adjourned without an agreement, as high-ambition nations, reflecting the large majority represented at the meeting, refused to accept a weak text that would have locked in the global plastics crisis. ejfoundation.org/news-media/h...

This represents the triumph of vested interests over victims It’s increasingly clear that plastics are damaging ecosystems and health The industry knows this. Governments know this. But they actively prevent global action to keep the economic status quo www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Now the EU must lead to ensure the world gets the Treaty it needs to combat the plastics crisis

Sickening. Shameful. And in the end, useless. Those were the words that came to mind when we watched the Alaska Summit unfold.

Morally unacceptable; politically naive; internationally unacceptable. Shameful. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

🚨 A genocide is happening, but the Labour government is supplying weapons, intelligence and diplomatic cover to the perpetrator. Protesting this is not terrorism.

I agree Farage should be condemned, along with the vile politics of Reform but @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social the disgraceful abuse of power you have shown silencing peaceful, non-violent protest is also condemnable. I reject your authoritarian, illegitimate actions www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

An abuse of power, disproportionate, unjustified and unacceptable - exactly like the illogical illegitimate, overreaching action taken by Home Secretary Cooper - reject this, demand much, much better - www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

The disgraceful action by Home Secretary Yvette Cooper is an attack on our right to peaceful protest, on our democracy. Reject this, demand it is undone. The thinking that has done this would have criminalised the Suffragettes and the anti-apartheid protestors.

The economics of #DSM don’t add up – it relies on unproven technology and volatile markets, and risks irreversible damage to ocean ecosystems. Now is the time to #DefendTheDeep. The UK government must reject the sale and stand firm on its commitment to protecting the ocean. @stevetrent.bsky.social

From a week and a half ago: “As of Monday, the model shows, about 96,000 adults and 200,000 children have died because of the administration’s cutbacks to funding for aid groups and support organizations. The overall death count grows by 103 people an hour.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

🌊 Today, #WorldOceanDay, leaders came together at a landmark event to champion human rights at sea. Distant-water fishing is one of the world’s most dangerous and least regulated industries. With support from @ilo.org, we hosted an official #UNOC3 event, which offered practical solutions.

“The deep sea holds no financial miracle. Rather, it is a sinking investment that is quite literally costing the earth, at the expense of us all.” In an op-ed, EJF CEO and Founder @stevetrent.bsky.social makes the economic case against deep-sea mining 👇 nationalinterest.org/blog/energy-...

Smart, brave, compassionate - so much better than most most. A brilliant example of how to be in government, in power. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Exactly: as insulting as it is unacceptable, just as it was with President Zelensky. Trump has no place in any position of power; he is bereft of any moral authority, he is a thug and a bully: call him what he is. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...