🚨 BREAKING: The govt has just confirmed it will enshrine in LAW a ban on new oil and gas licences in the UK. This is a downright WIN for our ocean and climate 🎉 🧵🔽

Proud to share this launch - critical investigative work by the Oceana UK team!

Utterly shocking statistics in the full report, available here: uk.oceana.org/reports/deep...

🚨 BREAKING: Half the UK’s top 10 fish stocks are being overexploited 🐟 We’ve done one of the most comprehensive health checks of UK seas & the data is undeniable ⚠️ #Overfishing is emptying our seas, & it’s a political choice 📩 Tell PM Keir Starmer to act: act.oceana.org/page/178303/...

🚨 BREAKING: Catch limits for Northeast Atlantic mackerel must be slashed by 70% to safeguard these fish, experts have just warned First #cod, now #mackerel: we are witnessing a DEEP DECLINE in UK seas This can't go on. It's time to END #OVERFISHING! www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

❌ 20,000+ hours of suspected bottom trawling WRECKED UK marine protected areas last year. 🚫 It’s a scandal. A ban is CRITICAL.   Our Campaigns Director @alyxcampaigns.bsky.social explains why there’s hope, but only if we act now.   👉 Email govt to demand a ban: act.for-the-ocean.org/act/protect-...

Enough is enough. It’s time for a ban - starting yesterday. Take action with us, @bluemarinef.bsky.social & Only One to save UK seas. Email the Environment Secretary, Steve Reed, telling him to BAN bottom trawling in marine protected areas. 🚫✊ 💥 ACT: act.for-the-ocean.org/act/protect-... 👈👈

❌ Promise made. Promise broken? The UK Environment Secretary, Steve Reed, VOWED to end bottom trawling. A year on, and we are STILL waiting. 3/4 🔽

Ancient ocean habitats. Magnificent wildlife. Bottom trawling destroys it ALL. 🪸 So it's all the more SHOCKING that 90% of UK marine protected areas remain open to this destruction. It makes a mockery of the entire meaning of "marine PROTECTED"?! 2/4 🔽 Full report 👉 uk.oceana.org/reports/the-...

🚨 BREAKING: 20,000+ HOURS of suspected bottom trawling WRECKED the UK’s offshore marine “protected” areas last year, our research shows! 🌊 That would score tracks on the seabed that would stretch EIGHT TIMES around the UK. All with the government's permission! 1/4 🔽 www.express.co.uk/news/politic...

Some good ocean news for this sunny Friday!

It might seem like a loss on paper, but it’s a win in the water. 🌊 This news should empower the UK Govt to go even further for our #ocean. 🪸 Kicking destructive #bottomtrawling out of marine protected areas MUST be next. ✊ Take action here👉 act.for-the-ocean.org/act/protect-...

🚨 BREAKING: The UK's sandeel ban will stay in place in a VICTORY for the ocean & science! 🌊🎉 🐟 #Sandeels are vital food for puffins, porpoises & cod. Although the EU won its challenge to the ban on paper, the court confirms it was backed by science & is VITAL to healthy seas. 1/2 ⏬

We’re done letting them hide the damage. #BigOil, your time is up. Take a look. Take a breath. Then #TakeAction. ACT 👉 act.oceana.org/page/165588/... 🗺️ MAP 👉 stopoffshoredrilling.org.uk/map SHARE NOW TO STOP THIS BEING BURIED. 9/9 @hugotagholm.bsky.social

#BigOil may be playing dirty, but the facts are crystal clear. Oil and gas pollutes our seas and wrecks our #marine protected areas. It’s time for government to stop defending unlawful licences and start implementing the ban on all new oil and gas. 8/9 🔽

That’s right - we don’t know how much #pollution is out there, because oil companies aren’t telling us. The map shows an awful picture, but the missing data means it’s even worse. 7/9 🔽

To add insult to injury, our Sea Slick report found that when these permits were breached, and oil companies released more than they’re allowed to, roughly a third of reported incidents didn’t share the volume of oil released into the ocean. 6/9 🔽

Shockingly, it’s even worse than it looks. Our map only exposes the hundreds of spills reported by the industry each year. But they also get permits to pump our #ocean with a byproduct called ‘produced water’, essentially a chemical soup laced with oil . 5/9 🔽

Our live spill map uncovers an awful reality. In the last year alone, #BigOil were responsible for 79 spills in marine protected areas. The largest resulted in 11,170kg of chemicals spewing into a supposedly “protected” ocean haven. With each spill, Big Oil shows it can’t be trusted. 4/9 🔽

Let’s be clear: oil pollution is toxic. Not just for our #marine wildlife, but for us too. These pollutants flood our seas and can contaminate the food we eat. It’s sickening. We mean that literally. 🤮 3/9 🔽

For years, opaque reporting & weak regulation have allowed #oil giants to get away with polluting our seas. But oil spills aren’t just dirty; they’re deadly: 🛑 Lung lesions in dolphins ⚠️ Liver damage in whales ❌ Internal bleeding in seabirds 2/9 🔽

🚨 BREAKING: UK seas are drowning in oil pollution, and #BigOil has escaped accountability for DECADES. Until now. Our shocking new map reveals the toxic oil spills darkening our #ocean. Warning: it’s horrific. 😡👇 stopoffshoredrilling.org.uk/map 🧵1/9

🚨 EXPOSED: Big Oil is using our seas as a dumping ground. Decades of toxic pollution is laid bare in the new map, created for the Ocean Alliance Against Offshore Drilling. Enough is enough. SEE IT 👉 stopoffshoredrilling.org.uk/map DEMAND CHANGE 👉 act.oceana.org/page/165588/...

🚨 BREAKING: #Rosebank has been ruled unlawful and its approval has been overturned! This is a historic moment in the fight for our #ocean, our climate, and our futures. So thrilled for our friends at @stopcambo.bsky.social on this tremendous news. 🎉

This is just the start of Big Oil's downfall. The #Rosebank win marks a HUGE turning point. Our Head of Comms, Daisy, reacts from Cornwall - this is only the beginning. We’re ready to take on more of these destructive decisions. Join us ✊👇 stopoffshoredrilling.org.uk 📣 BIG OIL, YOUR TIME IS UP.

🌊 We’re at Parliament today as @katiewhitemp.bsky.social introduces a motion on bottom trawling in marine protected areas. #BottomTrawling has NO place in our #ocean havens. Let’s protect what’s meant to be protected! Hoping for strong MP turnout to support this crucial cause. 👏

MPs may now be on Christmas break, but our ocean can't wait! 🌊💪 Start 2025 strong & send a FREE postcard straight to your MP's desk for when they return, urging them to protect UK seas & marine life. 🐋 It's quick, easy & could spark a wave of change. ✍️https://buff.ly/41R4Ypl

Can we take a moment to celebrate Wisdom the Albatross. 74 years old (tagged in 1956 already breeding), nesting on Midway Atoll despite all the ocean plastic, long line fishing, derelict fishing gear, habitat loss, climate change etc This gives me hope! #birdsky🧪🌊⚒️🐦 #birds #oceanaction

Worrying, but unsurprising given Big Oil's PR machine has been working overdrive for decades

Huge news from Scotland!

🚨 The UK is failing to protect our seas from #BigOil! The North Sea Transition Authority just gave #Repsol its largest-ever fine: £350,000 Not for polluting our seas or harming wildlife. But for… failing to max out oil production Let that sink in 😡🧵1/5 www.nstauthority.co.uk/news-publica...

Hi #BlueSky 👋 We're an #ocean conservation charity fighting for UK seas to get the protection they deserve. 🌊 We're on a mission to: 🪸 Ban destructive bottom trawling in marine protected areas 🎣 End overfishing in our seas 🛢️ Stop new oil & gas drilling in UK waters Join us 👇 bit.ly/oceanauk_news

Yes, I love scallops, but I also love #sharks. Check out these movements of 'Tasha', the blue #shark whom we SPOT tagged off Cornwall in July. Huge thanks to Skipper Chippy, NOAA Fisheries, @exetermarine.bsky.social @bluedogfishing.bsky.social @hannahrudd.bsky.social @thembauk.bsky.social 🦈

Artist Olivia de Recat has created minimalist illustrations using two lines to depict the evolution of various relationships over time. Olivia has published a book titled "Drawn Together: Illustrated True Love Stories” #dataviz #datastories #relationships

Is #MolluscMonday a thing? Here is some type of Sepiolida (Bobtail Squid) from Anilao in the Philippines. One of the best things about night dives in the tropics is finding these little ones. #MarineLife #Inverts