Regina Lam

Concrete ocean pledges lacking in countries’ climate plans, say experts Ocean-based goals in submitted Nationally Determined Contributions overlook tougher targets including fossil fuel phase-out

What happened for the ocean for COP30? My colleague @reginalam.bsky.social has been diving deep into NDCs, and I've been talking to people who were in Belem for @dialogueearth.bsky.social

Here are some takeaways...

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Inside the battle over trawling a 200-year-old deep-sea fish New Zealand's chequered history of trawling for valuable orange roughy has set conservationists against fishers for years

Before the end of the month, the Minister for Oceans and Fisheries Shane Jones will sign off on a new catch limit for orange roughy in the area ORH 3B. It is the largest orange roughy fishery in the world, covering the Chatham Rise and southern NZ. dialogue.earth/en/ocean/ins...

The history of the Nice Midday Cannon If you've visited Nice you will no doubt remember the midday bang that signals lunch time. Read the fascinating history of the Nice midday cannon...

One more takeaway from #UNOC :
Why there is a daily canon sound in Nice?
(Not to sound an alarm of the time we have to save the ocean)
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Seven things we learned at the UN Ocean Conference (and one we didn’t) Presidents and Indigenous leaders, fishers and financiers were all on the Mediterranean coast for the UN’s big ocean meeting. These items were the talk of the town

Things that @dpcressey.bsky.social and I learned (and didn't) at UN Ocean Conference
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Seven things we learned at the UN Ocean Conference (and one we didn’t) Presidents and Indigenous leaders, fishers and financiers were all on the Mediterranean coast for the UN’s big ocean meeting. These items were the talk of the town

My colleague @reginalam.bsky.social and I went to Nice for the UN Ocean Conference. This is (some of) what we talked about and heard talked about there.

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Q&A: Can Trump really approve mining in international waters? Environmental lawyer Duncan Currie discusses fears deep sea miners could bypass a UN agreement and apply to mine under US law

“I wouldn’t want to go down the lane of thinking about what will happen, because it could be quite severe”

Duncan Currie of @deepseaconserve.bsky.social on fears deep sea miners could try to mine under US law with @reginalam.bsky.social for @dialogueearth.bsky.social

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Understanding China’s huge fisheries law overhaul From sustainability to fishers’ rights, we unpick the biggest legal change to China’s fishing industry since 2000

Have you heard about China's plan to reform its fisheries law? If you care about ocean issues, you should care about this.

@reginalam.bsky.social sets out what you need to know on @dialogueearth.bsky.social.

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