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Europe, politics, ecology, climate, marine and fisheries.
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César Luena
6 days ago
🎣Las capturas incidentales no son un problema menor: son una amenaza diaria para la biodiversidad marina y una prueba de credibilidad para la política ambiental de la UE. Las soluciones existen. Ahora necesitamos voluntad política. ¡Gracias
@seasatrisk.bsky.social
, Birdlife y EIA por este evento!
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Audrey Garric
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Le premier point de bascule de la planète aurait été atteint avec le « dépérissement généralisé » des coraux. La Terre serait par ailleurs au bord d’autres seuils de rupture avec des risques dévastateurs, mettent en garde 160 scientifiques dans un vaste rapport
www.lemonde.fr/planete/arti...
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Le premier point de bascule de la planète aurait été atteint avec le « dépérissement généralisé » des coraux
Un rapport signé par 160 scientifiques publié lundi alerte sur la « crise sans précédent » rencontrée par les récifs coralliens d’eau chaude.
https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2025/10/13/le-premier-point-de-bascule-de-la-planete-aurait-ete-atteint-avec-le-deperissement-generalise-des-coraux_6646310_3244.html
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Seas At Risk
17 days ago
📢NGOs launch guide to successfully address bycatch of sensitive species in the EU and call for bolder action 🐬🦈 Trends are worsening, populations are at risk, yet attention is declining. It’s time to
#RethinkFisheries
! 👉
seas-at-risk.org/press-releas...
#EndBycatch
#EUBiodiversity
#EUOceanWeek
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While you're on holiday, the EU is dismantling environmental protections 🏖️➡️💔
#HandsOffNature
You have until 10 September to tell the Commission what you think. Your voice matters:
handsoffnature.eu?utm=.share.b...
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Hands Off Nature – Defend Europe’s Forests, Rivers & Wildlife
Stop the dismantling of European environmental protections. Stand up for forests, wildlife, clean air, and safe water - our nature depends on it.
https://handsoffnature.eu/?utm=.share.bluesky
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The bourgeois reactionaries are unleashed. And it's only the beginning...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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EU rollback on environmental policy is gaining momentum, warn campaigners
Observers shocked at scale and speed of deregulation drive they say is watering down European Green Deal and laws
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/26/eu-rollback-on-environmental-policy-deregulation-european-green-deal?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
4 months ago
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Amazing how an ecosystem approach to seafood and other products can have positive multiplying effects. An example of kelp (algae) and mussels.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Something in the water: how kelp is helping Maine’s mussels boom
When a US firm saw the seaweed was making their shellfish the ‘biggest and best’ scientists realised they’d hit upon a natural way to combat ocean acidification
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/11/maine-portland-us-sea-farm-kelp-mussels-shellfish-ocean-acidification
4 months ago
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Les superchalutiers, des bateaux mesurant entre 80 et 150m trainant des filets de 200m, posent un vrai problème, à la fois pour l´environnement et pour les pêcheurs artisans.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXaJ...
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La pêche industrielle par des superchalutiers
YouTube video by TV5MONDE Info
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXaJroj7jNQ
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As the UN Ocean Conference is starting, a clear and powerful call by scientists to protect the High Seas from all type of extractions. Yes, including fisheries as most of targeted species can be caught closer to the shore and with low-impact gears and practices.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Why we should protect the high seas from all extraction, forever
Exploitation of the high seas risks doing irreversible damage to biodiversity, climate stability and ocean equity. A consensus must be built now to save them.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01665-0
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Seas At Risk
5 months ago
Today's final
#OceanPact
contains: ✅ The good (no to
#DeepSeaMining
) ❌ The bad (weak commitment on funding) 💩 And the ugly (no action to
#BanBottomTrawling
in MPAs) The
#OceanAct
is promising & could pave the way for a healthy ocean, but *only* if it's bold & binding.
#UNOC3
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BirdLife Europe & Central Asia
5 months ago
We are tired of hearing the same old Cormorant-diss track😡 Today, at the Conference on 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘴, we heard the same blame-game song lines we have been hearing since the 70ies.
#Cormorants
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Europe's ocean is at risk - and so is our way of life. A vibrant call from artisanal fishers struggling against the depletion of fish population and deterioration of marine ecosystem due to industrial fishing. It's high time to
#RethinkFisheries
protectourcatch.org/pages/fisher...
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CIBBRiNA
5 months ago
📢 New resource alert – the CIBBRiNA version of the Clean Catch Wildlife ID Guide! 🐬 🦭 🦈 The identification by
#fishers
of the species they accidentally capture at sea is an important part of efforts to improve
#bycatch
monitoring & inform
#sustainable
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How the 5 biggest Dutch fishing companies dominate the European sector and destroy marine environment, coastal and artisanal fishers across the globe ⬇️ Time to
#RethinkFisheries
www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...
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Investigation exposes the ‘sprawling empire’ of 5 Dutch fishing giants
Environmental campaigners say that governments have allowed a few supermajors to take “tentacular” ownership of the seas.
https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/05/20/investigation-reveals-sprawling-empire-of-5-dutch-companies-dominating-europes-fishing-ind
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Onderzoekscollectief Spit
6 months ago
Great story co authored by our member!
@ingridgercama.bsky.social
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In EU, authorities prefer to tell you where to cheat instead of enforcing the law. A first list of harbours in Latvia and Denmark was adopted allowing overfishing (so-called margin of tolerance).
#LMAO
- Landing Margin Allowing Overfishing
#RethinkFisheries
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EU Approves First Ports for Application of New Margin of Tolerance Rules on Unsorted Pelagic Landings - The Fishing Daily - Irish, UK and European Fishing Industry News
EU Commission lists ports eligible for margin of tolerance derogation, easing logbook rules for unsorted pelagic landings
https://thefishingdaily.com/eu-fishing-industry-news/eu-approves-first-ports-for-application-of-new-margin-of-tolerance-rules-on-unsorted-pelagic-landings/
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End of fish day for the EU is today. Domestic seafood production in the EU has theoretically exhausted for the year and from now until the end of 2025 will rely on imported fish and other seafood products from around the world.
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“End of Fish Day” in the EU: a wake-up call for sustainable seafood consumption - Seas At Risk
Seas At Risk reveals a sobering reality in European seafood consumption. According to an analysis carried out by Seas At Risk (1), as of today [16 May], the European Union has theoretically exhausted ...
https://seas-at-risk.org/press-releases/end-of-fish-day-in-the-eu-a-wake-up-call-for-sustainable-seafood-consumption/
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Seas At Risk
5 months ago
📢Today representatives of small-scale fishers, scientists, citizens & civil society handed in a petition to Costas Kadis - EU Commissioner for the Ocean - signed by +250K European citizens calling to
#EndBottomTrawling
in
#MPAs
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#ProtectedMeansProtected
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#endbottomtrawling #mpas #protectedmeansprotected | Seas At Risk
📢Today representatives of small-scale fishers, scientists, citizens & civil society handed in a petition to Costas Kadis, EU Commissioner of the Ocean, signed by +250K European citizens✍️ calling ...
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7328001597727195136
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How is bottom-trawling to capture fish ? Look ⬇️ See how "gently" the net touches our marine seafloor. Extract from new documentary: Ocean With David Attenborough.
youtu.be/IzG9AwlypaY?...
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OCEAN WITH DAVID ATTENBOROUGH | BOTTOM TRAWLING OFFICIAL CLIP | IN CINEMAS NOW | Altitude Films
YouTube video by Altitude Films
https://youtu.be/IzG9AwlypaY?si=6Xw_ZuqMDxLv0FFX
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The Ocean is our strongest ally in coping with the climate crisis. But we continue to hurt it, day by day. It’s time we protect our wounded planet and let it recover to become resilient and healthy again – because our planet is blue. Sign the OceanCare petition now:
action.wemove.eu/petition/202...
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Because Our Planet Is Blue
The Ocean is the Earth’s cradle of life, nourishing and connecting the entire planet. It is our strongest ally in coping with the climate crisis. We all depend on the balance and wellbeing of the endl...
https://action.wemove.eu/petition/2024-6-because-our-planet-is-blue-EN_partner?akid=s6191774..3zel5n
6 months ago
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Another example of why the Common Fisheries Policy is sound in principle but poorly respected in practice. The FR administration is closely aligned with the fishing industry, altering decrees post-adoption and distributing public subsidies in opacity.
bloomassociation.org/scandale-des...
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Scandale des aides Brexit : les industriels bretons font main basse sur l’argent public - BLOOM Association
Contre la destruction de l'océan, du climat et des pêcheurs artisans
https://bloomassociation.org/scandale-des-aides-brexit-les-industriels-bretons-font-main-basse-sur-largent-public/
6 months ago
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Seas At Risk
6 months ago
📢New report shows that the current EU fisheries policy favours large-scale industry to the detriment of small-scale & low-impact fisheries. 🎣🐟 We call on Commissioner Costas Kadis to take action to fully enforce EU law!
#OceansPact
#RethinkFisheries
#Pressrelease
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How surprising to see Europêche being one of the worst seafood industry association lobbying against biodiversity protection 🙃
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7 months ago
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Tensions rising in Denmark with the industrial fleets trying to discredit low-impact coastal fishers. How surprising... Time to
#RethinkFisheries
thefishingdaily.com/danish-fishi...
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FSK-PO Files Complaint Over Misleading Report On Landing Value Danish Fishing Industry The Fishing Daily - Irish, UK and European Fishing Industry News
FSK-PO files press council complaint against Fiskeri Tidende over misleading report on coastal fishing landing values
https://thefishingdaily.com/danish-fishing-industry-news/fsk-po-files-complaint-over-misleading-report-on-landing-value/
7 months ago
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Will conspiracy theorists be helping stopping geoengineering? Lulz
edition.cnn.com/2025/03/25/c...
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State lawmakers are looking to ban non-existent ‘chemtrails.’ It could have real-life side effects. | CNN
An unsubstantiated conspiracy theory that claims the US government is controlling the weather, or its citizens, by spraying dangerous “chemtrails” from airplanes has now made its way into several stat...
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/25/climate/state-bills-chemtrails-geoengineering-ban/index.html
7 months ago
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We often hear well-dressed fishing industry lobbyists, adorned in fine suits and cufflinks, condemning Chinese fleets for illegal fishing and disregarding regulations. Yet, unsurprisingly, this narrative falls apart under scrutiny.
www.ftm.eu/articles/eu-...
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European fishing boats hurt West Africa's future
Follow the Money travelled to the West African coast and discovered how fishing companies from Spain and France are plundering Senegalese waters while siphoning off the profits. As Senegal strives to ...
https://www.ftm.eu/articles/eu-fishing-companies-are-emptying-senegalese-seas-stealing-the-country-s-future
7 months ago
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Fishing and Defense in the same pot on the menu for EU-UK negotiations in May. Not sure this will really help restoring ocean health and preventing overfishing...
www.deepseareporter.com/fishing-disp...
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Fishing Dispute May Bring Down Defence Cooperation - Deep Sea Reporter
The UK may have to make concessions on fisheries to become part of the EU's major military build-up.
https://www.deepseareporter.com/fishing-dispute-may-bring-down-defence-cooperation/
7 months ago
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7 months ago
A jury found Greenpeace International and two Greenpeace entities in the US liable for over US$ 660 million combined in Energy Transfer’s meritless SLAPP lawsuit. But green NGOs must keep having a voice
#WeWillNotBeSilenced
Find out more:
www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
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Inside Greenpeace International’s legal fight against Big Oil’s bullying lawsuit - Greenpeace International
Bad news for bullies: Greenpeace International (GPI) initiated the first test of the European Union’s new anti-SLAPP Directive, a major step toward ending the practice of the courts being abused to si...
https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/68496/inside-greenpeace-international-legal-fight-big-oil-slapp-lawsuit/
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Seas At Risk
7 months ago
📢 With only 12% of EU seas designated as protected & destructive fishing still rampant in the so called "protected areas", EU seas are at risk. It's time for the EU to expand
#MPAs
& ensure they are truly protected.🐳
#ProtectedMeansProtected
#OceansPact
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Seas At Risk
7 months ago
📢New analysis No EU country has comprehensive plans to phase out
#BottomTrawling
from
#MPAs
by 2030. This is in spite of EU nature laws & international biodiversity commitments that bind Member States to protect their
#MPAs
. 🐟
#OceansPact
#ProtectedMeansProtected
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New legal action!
@bloomassociation.bsky.social
and
@foodwatchfr.bsky.social
take
@carrefour.bsky.social
to court for selling poisoned tuna caught by abusive and destructive fishing fleets 👏👏👏
www.bloomassociation.org/en/tuna-bloo...
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Bloom Association » BLOOM and foodwatch take Carrefour to court
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https://www.bloomassociation.org/en/tuna-bloom-and-foodwatch-take-carrefour-to-court/
7 months ago
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Seas At Risk
8 months ago
EU countries continue to defy rules on protecting marine habitats🪸🐙 Now scientists, fishers & civil society ask Commissioner Costas Kadis to use the EU
#OceansPact
to put a stop to destructive fisheries in Marine Protected Areas. 👀Read more:
seas-at-risk.org/press-releas...
#ProtectedMeansProtected
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Pádraic Fogarty
8 months ago
If bottom trawling was happening on land it would never be allowed
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Thousands of dead fish dumped on seabed after getting caught in trawl nets
Environmentalists say the video is an insight into the true environmental cost of bottom-trawling for scampi.
https://news.sky.com/story/thousands-of-dead-fish-dumped-on-seabed-after-getting-caught-in-trawl-nets-13323386
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Surimi business is getting out of hand...
thefishingdaily.com/irish-fishin...
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Killybegs Fishermen's Organisation Raises Alarm Over Blue Whiting Fishery - The Fishing Daily - Irish, UK and European Fishing Industry News
Killybegs Fishermen's Organisation raises the alarm of unregulated blue whiting fishing, including burst trawls in international waters
https://thefishingdaily.com/irish-fishing-industry-news/killybegs-fishermens-organisation-raises-alarm-over-blue-whiting-fishery/
8 months ago
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Stefan C. Aykut
8 months ago
Make no mistake: the anti-woke culture warriors are absolutely ready to ally with Putin if this increases their chance to win. Like Murdoch & Fox News who facilitated Russian influence in the US, we must begin to view Döpfner & his media outlets as the personified fifth column in European politics.
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Sweden has just extended its fishing trawl ban from 3 to 12 nautical miles. It is GREAT ! But this ban should be permanent and trawlers should be reduced to prevent them emptying the Baltic Sea of other species. Great short piece explaining all ⤵️
www.deepseareporter.com/marine-ecolo...
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https://www.deepseareporter.com/marine-ecologist-critical-of-the-swedish-trawl-ban-as-a-project/
8 months ago
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Fishing area closed in North Sea after a delinquent Dutch trawler was caught catching too many juveniles. It is incredible that we cannot know the name of that boat and that this boat is not fined and banned from fishing. Instead it will continue elsewhere...
thefishingdaily.com/european-fis...
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French Authorities Announces North Sea Fishing Grounds Closure - The Fishing Daily - Irish, UK and European Fishing Industry News
French authorities issued Order No. 015/2025 to establish a real-time closure zone within sector IV c of the North Sea
https://thefishingdaily.com/european-fishing-industry-news/french-authorities-announces-north-sea-fishing-grounds-closure/
9 months ago
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Seas At Risk
9 months ago
📢Marine NGOs sent a letter to the German BALTFISH presidency to demand urgent action prevent the extinction of the Baltic
#HarbourPorpoise
population. Have a look at the letter! 👉
seas-at-risk.org/general-news...
#EUBiodiversity
#ProtectedMeansProtected
#RethinkFisheries
#MPAs
Photo: Sean McCann
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Angelo Villagomez
9 months ago
Young people, this is what the ocean looked like in 1987
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Monica Verbeek from
@seasatrisk.bsky.social
and Pascale Moehrle from
@oceanaeurope.bsky.social
react to the Fisher of the Future study by the EU Commission. Spoiler: the study has several blind spots, one of them is OVERFISHING 🤦♂️
#RethinkFisheries
www.euronews.com/2025/01/25/t...
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The EU’s fisheries crisis demands action now, not misplaced optimism
A prosperous future for fisheries is still within reach. This is the legacy policymakers must commit to today, not tomorrow. Closing our eyes to the realities of our situation leads nowhere, Pascale M...
https://www.euronews.com/2025/01/25/the-eus-fisheries-crisis-demands-action-now-not-misplaced-optimism
9 months ago
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Positive news coming from Sweden 🍾 Let's celebrate (hopefully) soon once the real plan to ban bottom-trawling from Swedish marine protected areas is nailed 😉
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9 months ago
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Scandalous! So much EU public money going to industrial fishers, including public authorities promoting declining seafood, instead of helping those who care about resources and social well-being....
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘We ask to be recognised’: small fishers claim €12bn EU fund favours big players
Artisanal shellfish farmers face ruinous losses but money meant to help is going to the powerful fishing industry, say critics
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/21/eu-artisanal-shellfish-fishers-spain-italy-warming-seas-climate
9 months ago
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Fun fact: Lobsters pee out of their face and they pee on each other to communicate 🙃 A bit like Trump
#GoldenShower
www.thesmilingseahorse.com/blog/30-fun-...
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30 fun facts about marine life
The vastness of the ocean is still in great part a mystery to us.Even the species that we know, continue to surprise us with their behavior. Check out these shocking facts about marine critters that y...
https://www.thesmilingseahorse.com/blog/30-fun-facts-about-marine-life-you-wont-even-believe
9 months ago
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Whale meat for dog food. Smells like jail time, hopefully...
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/36000kg...
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36,000kg of whale meat found in Norwegian dog sausages - Oceanographic
Finnish officials are weighing up charges against five individuals connected to the importation of 36,000kg of minke whale meat in dog food
https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/36000kg-of-whale-meat-found-in-norwegian-dog-sausages/
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Katie Matthews, PhD
9 months ago
NEW PUBLICATION assessed 217 global MPAs. MPAs with shared governance arrangements between governments and non-government actors are 98% more likely to have higher fish biomass than MPAs solely governed by state agencies. 🧪🌏🦑
#MPA
#marinepolicy
#fisheries
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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Shared governance increases marine protected area effectiveness
Marine protected areas (MPAs) are widely used to conserve and manage coastal resources. Protected areas are governed by a variety of institutional arrangements, yet little is known concerning the rela...
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0315896
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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO)
9 months ago
#PFAS
producers are using a range of tactics to resist the proposed EU PFAS regulation. The evidence of the devastating effects of PFAS is before us, and we cannot afford to clean it up. 🚰We need to turn off the PFAS tap!
youtu.be/ZN5NrGUDNaE
🧵Here’s a “who’s who” of PFAS’ top lobby players👇
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Inside the corporate fight against the EU’s #pfas restriction
YouTube video by CEO | Corporate Europe Observatory
https://youtu.be/ZN5NrGUDNaE
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€597 638 for a new EU project to collect data on eel & salmon populations. You know what? We already know they're in danger due to overfishing for dog/pig food & due to farming spreading disease & genetic degradation.
cinea.ec.europa.eu/featured-pro...
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DIASPARA Project: Unlocking the secrets of Europe's endangered Eel and Salmon
In a bid to protect Europe's endangered eel and salmon populations, the European Union is collecting scientific data to inform on its management and conservation efforts. The DIASPARA project has been...
https://cinea.ec.europa.eu/featured-projects/diaspara-project-unlocking-secrets-europes-endangered-eel-and-salmon_en
9 months ago
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Good news 🍾 There are positive signs of marine animals recovery in the North Sea because of small reduction in overfishing, increased control and other conservation measures. Let's celebrate and continue restoring healthy marine environment !
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Grey seals, minke whales and bluefin tuna: is the North Sea bouncing back to its glory days?
Hollywood stars once came for the big-game fishing, but the return of a host of species to the depleted waters around Britain’s coast is a cause for quiet optimism
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/09/north-sea-bouncing-back-glory-days-grey-seals-minke-whales-bluefin-tuna-aoe
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