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Dutch supermarkets halt Atlantic mackerel sales amid overfishing concerns Albert Heijn, Lidl, and Jumbo, the Netherlands’ largest supermarket chains, are halting sales of Atlantic mackerel due to overfishing concerns, NOS reports.Current stock will still be sold, but Lidl p...

Dutch supermarkets to stop selling Atlantic mackerel due to overfishing concerns 🚨

Northeast Atlantic mackerel is on the brink & experts have warned catch limits must be slashed by 70% to save them

This is serious. If we don't respect the science, our seas will suffer.
nltimes.nl/2025/10/06/d...

Jem Cresswell’s striking whale images – in pictures The photographer spent five years documenting humpback whales in the waters surrounding the Tonga Trench

🐋📸 If you love humpback whales, look no further. Captured over a five-year period, these stunning pictures offer an intimate glimpse into the lives of these ocean giants, whilst on their annual migration across our seas 🌊
https://bit.ly/4345FLJ

Jem Cresswell’s striking whale images – in pictures The photographer spent five years documenting humpback whales in the waters surrounding the Tonga Trench

🐋📸 If you love humpback whales, look no further. Captured over a five-year period, these stunning pictures offer an intimate glimpse into the lives of these ocean giants, whilst on their annual migration across our seas 🌊
https://bit.ly/4345FLJ

Climate change is threatening all of the ocean's migratory species - Oceanographic A report from the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species warns that all migratory species are being impacted by climate change.

🌍 Climate change is threatening migratory species across the board, warns a new report

🐋 Migratory ocean wildlife (like humpback whales and some turtle, shark, and fish species) face shrinking habitats and shifting ranges due to warming seas

https://bit.ly/3IGHCM6

Reef concerns after dredgers filmed in protected seas Scottish government says it's investigating but concerned locals fear enormous damage has been caused

Awful! Vessels were filmed allegedly scallop dredging in a Scottish marine protected area - home to millions of flame shells & the largest known habitat of the species

This destructive fishing is supposed to be banned here?! 😡

Our ocean sanctuaries deserve better.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Turning our backs on the Climate Change Act is turning our backs on the future.

Scrapping it would be a reckless retreat from climate leadership, threatening both our seas and the UK’s green economy 🌍🌊🔽
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Mackerel fishing should be cut by 70% to prevent stock collapse, scientists say Conservationists have called for urgent action to stop the collapse of stocks in the north-east Atlantic.

🚨 BREAKING: Catch limits for Northeast Atlantic mackerel must be slashed by 70% to safeguard these fish, experts have just warned

First #cod, now #mackerel: we are witnessing a DEEP DECLINE in UK seas

This can't go on. It's time to END #OVERFISHING!
www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

🌊 Huge shoutout to our incredible ocean community who stood up and told the UK Government: Ban bottom trawling in our marine protected areas. All 10,000+ of you! YOU did it! ✊

Now, we wait for the outcome. Stay tuned.

As soon as we hear back, you’ll be the first to know 🤞💙

🚨⏲️ Only a few hours before the UK Govt closes its consultation to ban #bottomtrawling in marine protected areas. This is our LAST CHANCE to protect our marine life from trawlers 🪸🦐🌊

ACT NOW - it takes less than 1 min!
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🚨 LAST CHANCE TO SAVE OUR SEAS ⏲️

🌊The UK Govt closes its consultation TODAY on whether to ban destructive bottom-trawl fishing in marine protected areas

RUN don't walk to take action 🪸 Time is running out 🚫
👉 https://only.one/act/uk-mpa-consultation ✊

🌊 UK seas are home to some of the most precious wildlife on Earth. Marine protected areas are supposed to be safe havens for them! 🦐🦈

We need FULL bottom trawling bans in protected waters, so our wildlife can thrive 🦑

Only one day left to make our voices heard. Act now.
👉 https://bit.ly/42b3BBj

ONE DAY LEFT TO ACT!

🌊 UK seas are under attack – at least 20,000 hours of suspected #BottomTrawling took place in UK offshore marine protected areas last year alone! 🚫

Time is running out to stop this. ACT NOW ✊🪸
👉 https://bit.ly/42b3BBj

🚨 Time's running out to tell gov you want bottom trawling OUT of protected waters. We need a wave of ocean warriors to take a stand & take action. Otherwise, gov will only hear the deafening calls of Big Industry, angling for a quick profit at the expense of our seas.

ACT: https://bit.ly/42b3BBj

🚨 Only 2 DAYS until the UK Govt closes its consultation on whether to ban destructive bottom trawling in 41 marine protected areas.

This is our last chance to tell them we want FULL bans in ALL protected areas. 🌊

Help us save these precious habitats from trawling! 🪸

👉 https://bit.ly/42b3BBj

Bottom trawling BULLDOZES our ocean floor, decimating marine life. The UK Government must take action and ban this destruction in all offshore marine protected areas. Have your say via the link below, before it's too late.

Act now! 🛑🌊
👉👉👉 https://bit.ly/42b3BBj

🌊 INCREDIBLE! 10,000 of you have called for full bottom trawling bans in ocean havens 🙌

But it’s not over yet! We need thousands more to speak up before the consultation closes on Monday ⏳

📣 Share this far & wide, & if you haven’t sent your email yet, now’s the time.
👉 https://bit.ly/42b3BBj

⏳ There are only THREE DAYS LEFT to save our ocean sanctuaries!

Bottom trawling in marine protected areas makes a mockery of the word 'protected' ❌

📣 Tell govt you want a full bottom trawling ban in protected waters here: only.one/act/uk-mpa-c...

📢 Because the ocean can recover, if we let it! 🌊

Bottom trawling is heart-wrenchingly wasteful. It devastates the seafloor & decimates marine life 🛑

Time's running out to stop bottom trawling from bulldozing marine protected areas 🌊 Will you help us call for a ban?

HAVE YOUR SAY BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!
👉 only.one/act/uk-mpa-c...

Mission Regeneration: A Roadmap to End Overfishing & Restore Life to UK Seas

“If we continue to empty our seas, stock after stock will follow cod, & once collapsed these populations could take decades to recover [...] We need a clear strategy to end overfishing once & for all, built on justice, & backed by fact.” Read our report for more info 🔽
uk.oceana.org/reports/call...

Warnings over collapsing fish stocks as experts advise ‘zero catch’ for cod Conservationists call for action to follow scientific advice and end overfishing in the North Sea and west of Scotland.

“Our warnings [...] were ignored, & since then we've had to watch helplessly as the UK Govt sold out our seas & communities, allowing fishing pressure to build relentlessly as [...] industrial vessels squeezed out the small local boats" @hugotagholm.bsky.social
www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

🚨 UK Govt is considering whether to ban destructive bottom-trawl fishing in 41 marine protected areas. We need YOU to help us demand a complete ban in these ocean havens, before it's too late. Hurry, we only have 5 days left to respond! 🐟🌊

ACT NOW: only.one/act/uk-mpa-c...

Former trawlerman, Clive, knows first-hand the devastation bottom trawling inflicts on the seafloor. Now, he's calling for urgent protection of our marine havens 🪸

Recovery IS possible but only if we ACT NOW!

The deadline to respond is in JUST 5 DAYS. Have your say today 👉 only.one/act/uk-mpa-c...

How to save over £3 billion? Save our seas The new Secretary of State for Environment Emma Reynolds MP must be congratulated: she is taking on a pivotal role, at a pivotal time in history.

🚨 MUST-READ! Powerful piece on the urgent need to ban #BottomTrawling in protected waters, by @greenjennyjones.bsky.social & @hugotagholm.bsky.social: www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti... @politicshome.bsky.social

This destruction has NO PLACE in ocean havens ✊

👉 ACT NOW: only.one/act/uk-mpa-c...

Tell UK Leaders: Ban Bottom Trawling in Marine Protected Areas The UK government has finally announced a plan to ban destructive bottom trawling in 41 offshore MPAs. The catch? It’s not a done deal. A public consultation is open NOW before anything is finalised —...

What we know is this: bottom trawling is tearing apart marine protected areas. It must stop.

Time's running out to have your say. The govt is only accepting public responses on this for another SIX DAYS. ⌛️

👉 TAKE ACTION FOR OUR SEAS AND DEMAND A BAN:
only.one/act/uk-mpa-c...

Behind the headlines: Does the UK need protecting from trawling? Following a rejection from the UK government to implement a blanket ban on bottom-trawling across its MPAs, Oceana poses the question

🪸 Our seas have been scraped & scarred by bottom trawlers for centuries, making it difficult to establish a baseline of ocean health 🌊

There are, however, clues...🦪

Professors Emma Sheehan & Martin Attrill delve into this in Oceanographic Magazine 🔽
oceanographicmagazine.com/features/beh...

🚨 URGENT: ONLY 1 WEEK LEFT to tell UK Govt to safeguard marine protected areas from bottom-trawl fishing 🪸

We need YOU to help us demand a ban and protect our precious ocean habitats! 🌊

Take action today! The countdown is on ⌛️🔽

only.one/act/uk-mpa-c...

📢 The ocean can recover, if we let it! 🌊

Bottom trawling in marine protected areas makes a mockery of the word protected.

⏳ Time’s running out to save our ocean sanctuaries

📣 Tell the govt you want a full ban in protected waters: https://only.one/act/uk-mpa-consultation

🐬 Dolphins & whales depend on sound to survive, but industrial noise is drowning them out 🔊

🐋 @whalesorg.bsky.social's new report 'Towards Quieter Seas' shows how noise pollution from industries like oil & gas disrupt vital behaviours

#EndOffshoreDrilling

👉 https://bit.ly/4nlxlUo

"We must make 2030 a beacon of hope and testament to action, and the indefatigable spirit of the ocean movement. We must create a wave of political will." 💪

Our director @HugoSAS's latest column for oceanographic 🌊

🌊 Scientist, adventurer & wildlife filmmaker Lizzie Daly calls out the devastation bottom-trawl fishing is inflicting on UK marine protected areas 🚨

Please help put a stop to this! Time is running out to have your say. ⌛

Take action with us here: only.one/act/uk-mpa-c... ✊