Lewis Pugh Foundation

Underwater photograph of a vibrant coral reef ecosystem with multiple species of hard and soft corals in various colors including white, purple, and green. Numerous small orange and yellow fish swim throughout the reef structure against a deep blue ocean background. The image showcases the rich biodiversity that Marine Protected Areas help preserve.

It's Marine Protected Areas Day.

MPAs are effective in -

🐟Safeguarding biodiversity
🪸Protecting food security
🌻Building climate resilience

The world has pledged to protect 30% by 2030.
Sustained pressure, ambition, and focus are critical if we’re to achieve the #30x30 goal.
#MPADay

@lewispugh

We believe that swimmers should be protectors of the sea.

That’s why we’re teaming up with SwimTrek to safeguard the waters we love.

👉Read more: lewispughfoundation.org/new-partners...

@lewispugh.bsky.social

Happy Shark Awareness Day from the IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group (SSG)! This year we are putting the spotlight on mobulid rays.

Join us for a day of celebration and awareness-raising! Please use hashtags #SharkAwarenessDay and #mobulidrays

Today is #sharkawarenessday. Sharks are essential for biodiversity. Here’s how:

🦈 They regulate fish populations
🐟 They prevent prey species from overgrazing habitats
🌿 They protect coral reefs and seagrass beds
🌊 They keep marine food webs in balance

#ForCoral

River Seine: Waters reopens to swimmers after century-long ban For the first time in more than 100 years people will be able to swim legally in three sections of the river.

A hundred years ago, the Seine was declared too polluted to swim in. Today, it’s open again. A reminder that with investment and political will, rivers can be brought back to life. In the end, it’s a choice.

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🌊 The future of our ocean depends on sharks 🦈. That’s why the GEF supported @lewispugh.bsky.social's challenging swim around Martha’s Vineyard to raise awareness for their protection. Over the past 30 years, the GEF has invested $2B in #ocean conservation worldwide.
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The ocean gave birth to life, and it has been a cradle of biodiversity ever since. Types of marine organisms 🪼👇🐢

#seacreatures #oceancreatures #oceanlife #animalsofinstagram #oceanfacts

Shy like a thresher shark, misunderstood like a great white or calm and collected like a reef shark, which shark are you today?

Click the screen to find out 🦈👆

#sharksofinstagram #shark #sharklover #sharklove #whichsharkareyou #sharkconservation #sharksarefriend

Humans kill ≈274,000 sharks every single day.

@lewispugh.bsky.social recently completed #TheSharkSwim: a 96km odyssey around Martha’s Vineyard to challenge fear-driven perceptions of🦈.

Changing the narrative one swimming stroke at a time:
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📷 @lewispughfdn.bsky.social

Instead of celebrating Jaws the movie, why not celebrate sharks — the real stars of the ocean?

All profits go towards our shark advocacy.

Educate, Respect, Protect.

🦈 Wear your support 🦈

#JawsAnniversary #Jaws50 #TheSharkSwim #ProtectWhatYouLove #SharkFest

Will we need a bigger boat? Martha's Vineyard awash in 'Jaws' at 50 mania Amid a feeding frenzy of interest in the 50-year movie milestone, the island is celebrating and educating on all things sharks.

Today marks 50 years since Jaws premiered. It's time to stop treating sharks as villains, says @lewispugh.bsky.social
#Jaws50 #TheSharkSwim
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Nearly 50 years after Jaws, sharks still grab our attention.
Most people came away afraid. Some fascinated. A few, both.

Lose sharks, and we risk unraveling entire ecosystems.
It’s time to change the narrative and protect them 🦈⭐️🌊

#JAWS50 #thesharkswim #OceanGuardians #30x30 #sharkfest #Jaws@50

We've just announced 3 new Shark Champions who are fighting to protect sharks around Martha’s Vineyard 🦈 🌊

Read more here 👉 lewispughfoundation.org/shark-champi...

Life depends on the ocean. Now, the ocean depends on us.

Share to support #30x30! 🌊💙🐬

@unbiodiversity.bsky.social

We get to choose what kind of relationship we have with the ocean 🌊🌎🐠

One choice brings life, beauty, and resilience; the other, devastation 👇

@unbiodiversity.bsky.social

Tune in as UNEP Patron of the Oceans @lewispugh.bsky.social joins UNEP’s @ingerandersen.bsky.social at #UNOC3 to discuss the threats and the solutions to protect marine life, #BeatPlasticPollution, ocean finance, and more.

🎥Watch the conversation: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1s... #SaveOurOcean

Sharks are essential for biodiversity. Here’s how:

🦈 They regulate fish populations
🐟 They prevent prey species from overgrazing habitats
🌿 They protect coral reefs and seagrass beds
🌊 They keep marine food webs in balance

@unbiodiversity.bsky.social

We must protect both. About half of Earth’s oxygen comes from the ocean 🌊🫁💙

@unbiodiversity.bsky.social

Sharks have been evolving for over 400 million years – no wonder they’re all so different!

This poster shows just a few of the 500+ species of cartilaginous fish we call sharks🌊🦈👇#SharksBringLife

@unbiodiversity.bsky.social

Did you know that @thegef.bsky.social is the largest funding mechanism for international collaboration on water and ocean issues?

It supports nearly 200 countries working together to manage transboundary water resources.

Latest Report 👇

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#WorldOceanDay

Sharks have ruled the seas for over 400 million years!

This #WorldOceanDay, join us in celebrating these ancient ecosystem engineers, essential to keeping the ocean healthy, balanced, and full of life 🌊🦈💙

#TheSharkSwim #UNOC3

Marine biodiversity is essential for the health of our oceans. 🐳 🐟 🦈 🐙 🦭 🐚 🪸 🪼

If you're in Nice on 9 June, join @lewispugh.bsky.social in the INSPIRE Area.

He will be speaking at the #EUDigitalOceanPavilion during #UNOC3.

Find out more here 👇
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#WeAreTheOcean

Down rivers, into seas, and carried by ocean currents, plastic travels. #BeatPlasticPollution #WorldEnvironmentDay

#TheSharkSwim in 4 shots 🏊‍♂️📸

What's your favourite?

A powerful reminder from Sylvia Earle.

#SharksBringLife, let’s protect them 🦈🌍💙

He did it! 50 years after the iconic movie Jaws was released, @lewispugh.bsky.social has completed #TheSharkSwim around the island of Martha’s Vineyard.

We at @unep.org are very grateful for all Lewis does as UNEP Patron of the Oceans to champion greater conservation efforts to #SaveOurOceans.

These are threatened animals, already seeing dramatic population declines.

This is a crucial opportunity for the world to act decisively and give these sharks the protection they urgently need 🌊🦈🚨

#TheSharkSwim

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Isn’t it extraordinary that a species as iconic as the whale shark still isn’t fully protected? 🐟👇

At the CITES COP20 this Nov, countries will vote on a proposal to upgrade oceanic white tip sharks, whale sharks, and some manta rays to Appendix I, the highest level of international protection.

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The swim may be over, but the mission continues! 🦈👇🏊‍♂️

Grab your #TheSharkSwim merch and help us change the story on sharks. All profits support our work to protect sharks and the ocean ecosystems they keep in balance.

👕🛒 www.lewispugh.com/lpf-shop/

To protect the ocean, we must protect its apex predators:

📉 Less than 3% of the sea is fully protected
🎯 Only 4.5 years left to hit #30x30
🛑 Whale sharks and other species need to be fully protected under CITES

To tackle the biodiversity crisis & protect our ocean, we need faster, bolder action.