🐟🎙️Fisheries Subsidies Agreement Explained🎙️🐟 I sat down with @andrewlewin.bsky.social on the "How to Protect the Ocean" podcast to talk about fisheries subsidies—what the new agreement means, where gaps remain, and how developing nations can be supported. 🐟🧪🌊🌍 open.spotify.com/episode/6BV7...

@wto.org Fisheries Subsidies Agreement is a major milestone, but it’s only the beginning. Here’s what it covers, why it matters and what needs to happen next... 🐟🧪🌊🌍 doi.org/10.64628/AAM... @drrashidsumaila.bsky.social @oceana.bsky.social @ubcoceans.bsky.social @fiti-global.bsky.social

The Society for Conservation Biology - Marine Global Program is excited to announce that #IMCC8 will take place in #Edinburgh, Scotland from November 13-17, 2026! Join us to help Make Marine Science Matter! #marinescience #conservation #conference

Today, @wto.org Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies enters into force—“While this is a rare piece of good news in the fight against harmful subsidies, the WTO is just starting this race and the clock is ticking”... 🐟🧪🌊🌍🌐 tinyurl.com/2p2wtxuf @oceana.bsky.social @fiti-global.bsky.social

I had a great time chatting with @andrewlewin.bsky.social on the 'How to Protect the Ocean' podcast the other week. We spoke about the ownership of distant-water fishing vessels, amongst other things. 🧪🐟🌊🎙️🎧 podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/s...

🎣 Well worth a watch. New BBC documentary shines a light on female fishers in the UK and the positive future they represent for the fishing industry. 🐟”Female Fishermen: Beyond the Buoys” 👉 Watch it on BBC iPlayer: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

🚨NEW PAPER: Globalism, Localism & Blue Food Systems – How can cross-scale tensions be reduced? We explore how a collaborative national blue food strategy could help re-localise seafood, manage cross-scale tension, and balance global market forces with local needs. tinyurl.com/3k6tvzck 🐟🧪🌊🌍🦑

NGO funding opportunity for marine conservation in West Africa. 🌊 €30-40K over 12 months. 🌊 Deadline 25 August 🌊 Call for proposal by #PRCM ➡️ ogy.de/j7t3 #OceanOptimism

🚨NEW PAPER: "Unequal competition: The fate of domestic fisheries facing DWF in SW Atlantic Ocean" 🌍 DWF more efficient, encroaching EEZs 🐟 Domestic fleets effort reducing & lower tuna prices 🌐 Domestic fleets turn to subsidies 🧪 Need stronger regs to protect SSF & ensure equity tinyurl.com/3dkm72vr

🚨 No corruption. No scandal. Just an excuse to shut us up. Today, the European Parliament’s Conference of Presidents agreed to set up a special working group to scrutinise NGO funding. At the @eppgroup.bsky.social's request. A thread 🧵

The One Ocean Science Congress starts today, in Nice 🇫🇷🐟🧪 #OOSC

🚨Who really owns the world’s LSF fleet?🚨 Our new policy brief, "Beyond the Flag", finds that 62% of LSF vessels have no ownership info available—and 1/6 are owned in a different country to their flag. We map ownership of 7,000 vessels & provide 8 key policy fixes: oceana.org/reports/beyo... 🧪🐟🌊🌍

🚨🚨 New report alert! 🚨🚨 We have a new from Oceana and its partners on the mapping of the world's large scale fishing fleets. We've got it all here - flagging in, beneficial ownership, opaque corporate ownership chains, State level recommendations and so much more. oceana.org/reports/beyo...

⭐Liberia joins FiTI⭐ Having spent quite a few months in Liberia, I'm particularly pleased to see them join @fiti-global.bsky.social A wonderful country with some amazingly rich fisheries, both at sea and inland... Welcome! 🐟🧪🌊🌍🌐 tinyurl.com/2s4x8jwa

🚨Who really owns the world’s LSF fleet?🚨 Our new policy brief, "Beyond the Flag", finds that 62% of LSF vessels have no ownership info available—and 1/6 are owned in a different country to their flag. We map ownership of 7,000 vessels & provide 8 key policy fixes: oceana.org/reports/beyo... 🧪🐟🌊🌍

Sad I won't be there, but excited I joined FiTI as we enter the next decade🎉🎂🎉 A key challenge w/ fisheries transparency is it's often discussed vaguely. FiTI works w/ stakeholders to understand exactly what should be made public, by whom, why... and (importantly) HOW! 🐟🧪🌊 @fiti-global.bsky.social

Approaching 1 year as Associate Editor & Editorial Board Member w/ Marine Policy. I've made decisions on 24 papers after review, rejected 9, accepted 15, and 28 in progress... For sure the hardest thing is finding reviewers 🥲 🧪🐟🌊🌍 @elsevierconnect.bsky.social @sebasvillasante.bsky.social

Most Africans place primary responsibility for climate action on their own government. Our new paper in @natureportfolio.nature.com shows a further third see ordinary citizens as most responsible, while very few place responsibility on historical emitters that caused the climate crisis.

Seeking someone who knows something about #satellite data of #methane emissions over water. Yes we've talked to #CarbonMapper & others. Wondering about quantitative map-making using other systems. This might lead to some contract work. DM me! Maybe there are some ex- #NOAA or #NASA folks out there.

Proud to be Visiting Fellow w/ the Modelling, Evidence & Policy Unit in the School of Natural & Environmental Sciences @newcastleuni.bsky.social. Back after more than a decade away! As well as research, I'm excited for some occasional teaching & research supervision 🤓🦞🐟🧪🌊⚫⚪ #TOONARMY

A friend included this anti-acknowledgement section on her PhD thesis. She also added the proposition: “Systematic bullying and undermining of girls and women in STEM starts early on and is the reason why they do not stay in science and related fields.” Absurd we still need to go through this 🧪👩‍🔬

🚨🚨Only 20 ratifications to go🚨🚨 North Macedonia just ratified the WTO Fish 1 Agreement that aims to curb subsidies spent on overfishing and illegal fishing. Looks like it may come in to force this year, which sets off the sunset clause for finalizing Fish 2 negotiations! ow.ly/4WPJ50OzYqK 🐟🧪🌍🌊

FiTI International Board has recognized Seychelles as the first country to attain ‘compliant’ status, demonstrating that all necessary aspects of the validation requirements were implemented. Congratulations on this huge achievement!!! 👍🐟🧪🌍🌊🦑 @fiti-global.bsky.social tinyurl.com/nhab3vbe

The Fisheries Transparency Initiative are now on Bluesky >>> @fiti-global.bsky.social <<< 🐟🌍🧪🌊

direct petition link: secure.avaaz.org/community_pe...

Yesterday was a treat if, like me, you're interested in the provision of harmful subsidies to distant-water fishing fleets: - Input subsidies and the depletion of natural capital: Chinese DWF (tinyurl.com/4hpysjkh) - Do subsidies drive Southern Ocean fishery operations? (tinyurl.com/4v5h7tbf) 🐟🧪🦑🌍

Feeling hopeful after attending the Ocean Advocate Summit, in Bristol’s Trinity Centre today 🌊🐟🧪🌍 #OceanOptimism

🚨🚨UPDATE 🚨🚨 The “whale vessels” at the centre of our analysis, have just reflagged to the Gambia 🇬🇲 Highlighting the need for centralised government run databases on beneficial ownership, to end this perpetual game of “whack-a-mole”… 🔨 🌊🧪🐟🇪🇺🌍

WHY TRANSPARENCY MATTERS @oceanaeurope.bsky.social reveals how EU-owned vessels exploit flags of convenience, flag hopping & shell companies in Guinea-Bissau 🇬🇼 Lack of transparency in beneficial ownership can facilitate IUU fishing 🐟🧪🌊🇪🇺 Read more ➡️ bit.ly/4ghzyMi

"Spent Brewer’s Yeast as an Alternative Ingredient in Aquafeed": So, the greater the beer consumption, the fewer fish are required for aquafeed production... 🍻🥴🔁 Drink beer, save the ocean, feed the world... Drink beer, feed the ocean, save the beer... Drink beer... 🐟🧪🌍 tinyurl.com/3k63c8rb

Excited to be on my way to @newcastleuni.bsky.social, my alma mater, to present to MSc students on working in marine science… Not excited by the dog shite wi-fi on UK trains! It’s 2025!? I imagine a nationalised rail network would provide impeccable WiFi ✊🏽⚒️🌹

Very happy to be joining the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) International Board! Looking forward to learning from fellow board members and promoting transparency in marine fisheries governance! Also happy to chat more about the work FiTI are doing... 🐟🧪🌍🦑 youtu.be/arvdShhQTJU?...

Such a great magazine, sad to see it close (but glad to hear it will continue in some way!)… I started writing essays in outlets like @theconversation.com, because one day I wanted to publish in @hakaimagazine.com 🫡

Twitter was dead when I wrote this ☠️ so sharing again! Some lukewarm thoughts on the impact of abstraction and the sense of disconnection in modern fisheries 🌊🐟💙 #Fisheries #MarineConservation #Sustainability #EnvironmentalProtection www.linkedin.com/pulse/addres...

Deeply researched look at the ocean's role in capitalism, trade & power—at times a page-turner, at others a slog, but always rich in detail. Curious why I link imperialism, fear of mutiny & C17th coffee shops to international fisheries governance? Then read this book! #BookReviews #NonFiction🧪🌊🐟🌍

1/8 Last week, WTO Fish Subsidies Negotiations Chair withdrew talks from the Dec General Council meeting agenda, meaning no agreement in 2025! I would share textual analysis, but given events, thought I’d share thoughts/updates. I’m no WTO expert, but spend more time than I'd like following it:🧵🧪🐟🌊

It had almost 300 co-authors... How many of you are on bluesky? Would be awesome if we could find everyone... 🧪🐟🌊🦑

Our letter in @science.org on why the "WTO must ban harmful fisheries subsidies" is a finalist for the @weforum.org, GAEA award! A lot of work coordinating this w/ @ubcoceans.bsky.social colleagues Anna Schuhbauer and Rashid Sumaila! tinyurl.com/4768n3y6

Writing is thinking. It’s not a part of the process that can be skipped; it’s the entire point.

Congrats @noiweala.bsky.social on your reappointment as DG! Dr. Okonjo-Iweala led @worldtradeorg.bsky.social to action in her first term. Regardless of how impactful that was (for fisheries not yet at all), its a boost for multilateralism amidst the rise of nationalism 🐟🧪 www.wto.org/english/news...

Fisheries subsidies chair circulates revised text: I’ll analyse this weekend ready for next #StopFundingOverfishing coalition call… When negotiations started average UK house price <100k, now >300k (trying to normalise house prices as a measure of time!) 🐟🧪🌊💰📈🌎 www.wto.org/english/news...

Imagine trying to explain this at the Christmas dinner table: “My job, is to… errr… sink cow bones into the deep sea, Grandma”… 🤣🧪🌊🐟🦑

Proud of this paper as it was my first attempt at publishing solo. Which was a strange and slow process. It lays out my thoughts on the multifaceted nature of Fisheries Transparency, and how it is more than data disclosure and combatting IUU! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🐟🌊🧪

The excellent Jenny Jones has landed here , a champion of civil liberties , climate and environmental action she is one to follow ! @greenjennyjones.bsky.social

Great read ! Trawling the Depths - a 14-hour shift aboard a Mallorcan fishing boat exposes the harsh truths and hidden costs of #bottomtrawling through a photographer’s lens 🐡🪸🎣 by Julia Ochs eu.patagonia.com/gb/en/storie... #patagoniastories #endbottomtrawling

Marine science authors choosing a cover for their book… Publishers: “Yeah! Whatever you want… we’ve got ‘Ocean Blue,’ ‘Deep Sea Navy,’ ‘Tropical Azure’, ‘Ice Blue’…” 🌊🐟🧪🦑

#HIRING! @oceana.bsky.social is looking for a US-based Senior Director of Strategic Marketing. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a team making an active difference for our #ocean. Note, this is a full-time position based in Washington DC, US. Learn more: oceana.org/employment/s...

NEW PAPER: "Identifying stakeholder preferences for rebuilding a Canadian Atlantic redfish fishery—limitations and benefits of different opinion survey approaches" Thrilled to finally publish in CJFAS the same month I became a Canadian citizen! How aboot that, eh?! 🍁🐟🌊🧪

I heard there was a petition going around the UK, started by a bunch of weirdos… Here, I found it! #StopKillingFishForTheirFingers #Fisheries #MarineScience #UkPolitics