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We work for a sustainable future of the Mediterranean Sea 🌊 Pioneering new ways to protect nature and the people who depend on it.
🌊🐟 WWF joins the GFCM & CoC to turn decisions into action for a sustainable Mediterranean. Strong compliance means real results at sea — protecting species & supporting coastal communities. 💙
#WWF #GFCM #SustainableFisheries #Mediterranean #ForNatureForPeople
🌊 Building resilience in the Mediterranean
This week in Tunis 🇹🇳, MPA managers, local authorities, and NGOs from the Southern Mediterranean joined training on Climate Change Adaptation Planning to strengthen marine resilience.
Organized by #BlueSouthMed, #MPA4Change & #BuildBackBlue.
#WWFTürkiye and #WorldRowing united in Antalya with the EU #BlueMissionMed project during the European Rowing Championships.
Athletes adopted a beach where the Manavgat River meets the #Mediterranean and collected #microplastic samples.
Join the fight against plastic pollution. 🌊
🌊 In Antalya, during the European Rowing Championships, WWF-Türkiye and World Rowing joined forces to protect our seas.
At sunset, athletes and volunteers cleaned a beach where the Manavgat River meets the Med — collecting 60 kg of waste.
Every stroke counts against plastic pollution. 💪 #AdoptABeach
📍In Brussels this week?
Check out this great event hosted by colleagues from @wwf.eu and @wwfsverige.bsky.social.
Register here 👇
www.eventbrite.be/e/policy-dia...
Our ocean is in trouble. But marine life can bounce back.
Next year, the EU will unveil its #OceanAct. It could be a game-changer, delivering legally binding protection for #OurOcean.
💙Hit like if you want binding action to protect and restore our ocean.
I spy a sea turtle, a jellyfish, some seagrass and a whole lot of sprat!
#EUOceanWeek is just around the corner!
Check out what's on the cards and hit repost if you have some ocean and #biodiversity lovers in your community!
🌊https://www.oceanweek.eu/
🌊 Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows are vital for climate and #biodiversity, yet threatened by anchoring. 🌊
During #OceanWeek (13–19 October), let’s act to protect our #BlueForests!
📘 Report: www.wwfmmi.org/what_we_do/b...
🌍 www.oceanweek.eu
🏆 The countdown has begun! In November, the Society4Med Award – 2nd Edition will celebrate two initiatives leading the way in protecting our ocean and waters. WWF Mediterranean proudly supports #BlueMissionMed 🌊💙 Stay tuned for the awards ceremony!
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🦈WWF Mediterranen, WWF North Africa, SPA/RAC, Plan Bleu & GFCM concluded a 3-day workshop on #shark and #ray conservation in the Mediterranean. With support from Shark Conservation Fund & UNEP MAP, partners explored joint solutions to balance #conservation & coastal livelihoods. 🌊
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🦈🌊 The sub-regional #shark & #ray workshop continues in Tunis, co-organized by WWF Mediterranean, WWF North Africa, Plan Bleu, SPA/RAC, GFCM, with support from SCF & UNEP/MAP.
Focus on legal tools, action plans & socio-economic challenges to balance #conservation & livelihoods across the region.
📢 Day 1 in Tunis!
🌊 WWF Mediterranean, WWF North Africa, PlanBleu & SPA/RAC launched a regional workshop on #shark and #ray #conservation.
👉 We shared inspiring initiatives:
🇹🇳 Sharks in Gabes (Tunisia)
🇱🇾 Angel Shark Project (Libya)
🗓️ More exchanges and ideas to come in the next two days!
🌊 The Society4Med Award – 2nd Edition is underway!
📅 SAVE THE DATE:
The deadline for submissions has been extended to 30/9.
WWF Mediterranean supports #BlueMissionMed 💙
🔗 bluemissionmed.eu/second-editi...
🌊 Generations by the sea face a silent enemy: ghost gear.
🎣 Small-scale fisheries are stepping up with courage.
🤝 NETTAG+ & WWF join Sicilian communities for a more sustainable future.
Coastal communities in the #Mediterranean face challenges but hold the keys to #resilience. In #Salento, #WWFMediterranean links marine protection, sustainable fishing & inclusion. 🌊💙
Read more: www.mondoemediterraneo.eu/with-wwf-med...
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🦈 #Sharks and rays in the Mediterranean are under threat, but knowledge about their lives and migration routes is still scarce.
#TSharks brings together scientists, NGOs, fisheries authorities and local communities, including fishers, to close this gap.
🔎 Explore the platform: tshark.it/map/
Meet Chad Hooper, CEO of @Succorfish, and Domenico Mendolia, Sicilian fisher, introducing how the NETTAG+ Surface Location Unit works.
#MarineInnovation #WWFMediterranean #GhostGear
Meet Domenico Mendolia, small-scale fisher in Portorosa, Sicily, and Sandra Ramos from CIIMAR, Portugal and NETTAG+ project Coordinator, as they explain how ghost gear harms both the environment and local economies.
#MarineInnovation #WWFMediterranean #GhostGear
The #NETTAG project offers effective solutions to combat #GhostGear.
Now, we need policymakers, fishers, and companies to work with us to implement these tools and protect our seas.
#StefaniaCampogianni #WWFMediterranean #MarineInnovation #GhostGearSolutions #BlueEconomy #NETTAG
Meet Alfredo Martins, Research Coordinator in Robotics from INESC TEC, introducing how the IRIS robot from the NETTAG+ project works, and how it can support fishers and port authorities to locate and retrieve ghost gear.
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Meet Jeff Neasham, Professor of Acoustic Signal Processing at Newcastle University, and Stefania Campogianni, WWF Mediterranean, introducing the #NETTAG solutions against #ghostgear.
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From acoustic tags to GPS tracking, #NETTAG brings tech & fishers together to recover ghost gear across the Med.
📽️ Discover how pilot actions are turning into scalable solutions:
#MarineInnovation #WWFMediterranean #GhostGear
🔥 Wildfires in Europe are growing deadlier—but they’re not inevitable.
They're driven by land neglect, poor planning & climate inaction.
We need prevention, nature-based solutions & community action.
Let’s protect people & nature.
More: www.wwf.eu?18776266/Fro...
#WWF #Megafires #WWFMediterranean
Fishers are the guardians of the sea.
In Liguria, WWF and @Enaleia work with 200 fishers to build a recycling system for dismissed nets.
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youtube.com/shorts/Ynjan... more at wwfmmi.org.
#FishingForTheFuture #GhostGear #WWF
#GhostGear is more than a project.
It’s a shared mission.
@wwfitalia.bsky.social, #Enaleia and local fishers are uniting to detect, retrieve & transform marine litter across the Med.
Learn more: wwfmmi.org
#WWFMediterranean #BlueEconomy #FishingForTheFuture
🌊 One sea. Many voices. One goal: empowering women in Mediterranean fisheries.
At the first Women Together in Fisheries retreat, 40+ women from 8 countries built trust and visibility to shift from the margins to the centre of decision-making.
#WWFMediterranean #WomenInFisheries
@wwfitalia.bsky.social is in Spadafora, Sicily, for two days of events with fishers and local communities as part of the EU NETTAG+ project. Activities include litter monitoring, clean-ups, and workshops to raise awareness on plastic pollution and ghost gear to help protect marine ecosystems.
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Sharks are disappearing from the Mediterranean.
WWF’s new site shows why that matters, and what we can still save.
🌐 wwfmmi.org
#SharkAwarenessDay
The Med has lost 96% of its big sharks.
They're not monsters—they’re guardians.
We need them for fisheries, balance, and even carbon storage.
Sharks are hope.
Learn more: www.wwfmmi.org
🦈🌊 #SharkAwarenessDay
