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Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation.org · 3h

On Tuesday, the EJF EU team co-organised two #OceanWeek events at the European Parliament, and the rooms were full 🌊 One message ran through both: Europe does not need new ocean promises. It needs to deliver the ones it has made 🧵

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Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation.org · 8h

Plastic has embedded itself in every aspect of our lives, with no signs of stopping. The chemicals inside commonly used plastic items, from toys to coffee cups, are silently poisoning us. We must end this threat to human health. It's time to reduce plastic production and consumption. 🗞️ @cnn.com:

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Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation.org · 10h

⚠️ The plastic we live with every day is quietly poisoning us ⚠️ Today, we’ve released our shocking research: 92.8% of the everyday items we assessed contain chemicals linked to cancer, infertility and heart disease. Almost none are controlled.

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Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation.org · 29/09/2026

🔴 LIVE today: Europe’s bycatch crisis A decade after the EU banned discards, fish are still thrown back. Join EJF’s Sean Parramore at the Oceanographic Roundtable on our landing obligation report with Oceana. Ask your questions live 💬 🕓 16:00 BST / 17:00 CEST 👉 my.demio.com/ref/vblUgyzIIEpTt3IG

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Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation.org · 26/09/2026

🌊 #OceanWeek starts in 2️⃣ days - our EU team will be in Brussels. Europe's ocean rules exist. Now they need to be delivered. We're co-organising a few events: 📍 Tue 29/09: “Protection that pays” on Marine Protected Areas + the Blue NGOs’ Ocean Act reception Check the programme for full details 👉

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WEEK SCHEDULE -- Ocean Week

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Oceana in Europe @oceanaeurope.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Europe's fish populations are in crisis. The Landing Obligation was supposed to end wasteful discarding, yet seven years on, scientific evidence shows it's not working. @ejfoundation.org and Oceana have analysed what's needed to make it work. Read our briefing: europe.oceana.org/reports/maki...

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Making the landing obligation work: tackling Europe's bycatch crisis through fisheries transparency

The EU’s landing obligation (LO) is intended to reduce waste, encourage selective fishing and improve the catch information used to...

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Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation.org · 22/09/2026

🚨 We’re #Hiring a Global Programme Coordinator - Environmental Defenders We are looking for an experienced coordinator to strengthen and expand our programme to train, equip and support frontline campaigners and investigative journalists in the Global South. Apply by 6pm (UK) 9 October:

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Global Programme Coordinator, Environmental Defenders

Global Programme Coordinator, Environmental Defenders Position: Global Programme Coordinator, Environmental Defenders Location : London (minimum of 3 days…

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Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation.org · 22/09/2026

Europe's fish populations are in crisis. The Landing Obligation must be fully implemented to stop it. Nearly 50% of Irish Sea haddock and 80% of eastern English Channel plaice discarded. 7️⃣ years after entering into force, it is still unfulfilled. Our new analysis with @oceanaeurope.bsky.social:

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Making the Landing Obligation Work: Tackling Europe’s Bycatch Crisis…

This briefing from EJF and Oceana provides a roadmap for ensuring the EU Landing Obligation’s full implementation.

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Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation.org · 20/09/2026

International cooperation works when leaders show up. Whether they can deliver a strong, binding Global Plastics Treaty is a test of whether countries can still act together. On September 22, ministers are gathering at the UN General Assembly to discuss. Watch at 6:15 EDT: bit.ly/4cSjiTh

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Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation.org · 17/09/2026

🚨 The wrong signal was sent today: Going against the evidence, the European Parliament has voted to revise the Common Fisheries Policy #CFP. Fishers don't need years of uncertainty; they need the rules that already exist to be delivered, so fish populations their livelihoods depend on can recover.

“The European Parliament's call today to revise the Common Fisheries Policy sends the wrong signal, and it runs against the evidence...The problem was never the law, it is the failure to implement and enforce it.”

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CEO and Founder
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Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation.org · 17/09/2026

📣 A call to all MEPs: Vote to implement the Common Fisheries Policy, not reopen it. Reject the Joint Motion Resolution! Europe’s fisheries need effective implementation of the rules already in place, not a step backwards. 🎣 Find out what’s at stake: seas-at-risk.org/publications...

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Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation.org · 16/09/2026

🦑 Unregulated squid fishing on the high seas is out of control - #COFI37 was an important opportunity to fix this blind spot. Progress was made to address illegal, unreported and unregulated #IUU fishing.

Unregulated squid fishing on the high seas is out of sight, out of control.
It's time for the FAO to close the gap.

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Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation.org · 15/09/2026

🌊 A regatta for change Culture and conservation met on the beaches of Gomoa Fetteh and Cape Coast in Ghana’s Central Region. Fishers rowed in shirts carrying powerful messages, while their canoes bear inscriptions calling for ethical, legal, and transparent fishing.

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Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation.org · 09/09/2026

🦑 Argentine shortfin squid is one of the largest unregulated fisheries left on the high seas. But what does "unregulated" look like? It means no independent observers, no verified catch reporting, no flag state answering for what happens on board.

High seas. Low oversight.

Major squid fisheries remain exposed to illicit activity.

At COFI, member states should work to close governance gaps and help improve collaboration, transparency and accountability.

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Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation.org · 08/09/2026

⏰ Only a few days left to apply for Senior Communications Manager! If you are an experienced communications professional and manager who is proactive, highly organised, and passionate about environmental justice, this could be the role for you. Apply by 6pm BST, 11 September ⬇️

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Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation.org · 07/09/2026

👏 Taiwan's four major public funds commit to cease new investments in fossil fuels starting in 2030 The climate crisis, fuelled by fossil fuels, poses a serious threat to the stability of public finance. We welcome this important commitment and progress towards net zero.

"The climate crisis is threatening global economic and social stability. The Taiwanese government's action to cease new investments in fossil fuels sets an example for government funds and public capital."

Steve Trent
CEO and Founder
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Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation.org · 04/09/2026

“We anchored [in the sea] in the middle of the night and a boat came and hit us. While our boat was sinking, I succeeded to grip onto the arms of the boat. Both my hands have scars.” Samba, a migrant and former fisher, spoke about his devastating experience taking the route from Senegal to Spain.

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Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation.org · 03/09/2026

🇪🇺 We’re hiring an Executive Assistant to the Brussels Chief Representative! They will provide high-quality organisational, administrative, and coordination support, helping ensure that EJF’s EU advocacy is effective, well-coordinated, and impactful. Apply by 22 September, 18:00 CEST:

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Executive Assistant to the Brussels Chief Representative

Executive Assistant to the Brussels Chief Representative Position: Executive Assistant to the Brussels Chief Representative Location: Brussels, Belgium,…

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Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation.org · 03/09/2026

🛍️ Our shop has had a refresh, same mission, fresh look. Every purchase directly supports EJF’s work, from stopping illegal fishing, to reducing ocean plastic, to protecting environmental defenders. It’s a great way you can support us, while buying something you’ll love!

Two people in EJF's sustainable t-shirts

Our EJF Shop has had a refresh.
Same mission. Fresh look.

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Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation.org · 02/09/2026

⚠️ Plastics are polluting both our environment and our bodies. The UK must do more to address it. We contributed to a new report on microplastic pollution in the UK, published by the APPG on Microplastics, The Women’s Institute, and the Global Plastics Policy Centre at the University of Portsmouth ⬇️

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APPG on Microplastics launches new report, recommends national plan on microplastics

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Land and Climate Review @landclimate.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

After five and a half years, The Land and Climate Podcast has launched a new segment. ‘In Review’ revisits topics from previous interviews and looks at new developments. Listen now: landclimate.org/in-review-pl... Featuring @mrmattsimon.bsky.social @policyrelevant.bsky.social & @ejfoundation.org

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In Review: Plastics - Land and Climate Review

Alasdair and Bertie listen to highlights from past interviews on plastic pollution.

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Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation.org · 27/08/2026

🚨 35,000 excess deaths have been recorded in Europe this summer. This is staggering, but it is not even the final number - the estimates are likely far higher. Read more in @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The climate alarm is blaring.
Our leaders must not ignore it.

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Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation.org · 26/08/2026

🪝 Transparency - knowing who is catching what, where, when and how, so we can make progress for a safe, sustainable ocean. As fish populations decline in many regions, unscrupulous fishing fleet operators have turned to illegal fishing, human trafficking, slavery and other abuses to cut costs.

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Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation.org · 21/08/2026

📣 We’re #Hiring a Global Head of Finance to join our team in Bath! This is a rare opportunity for an experienced, precise and conscientious qualified accountant to join a dynamic, high-impact team working to protect the global environment and defend human rights. 📝 Apply by 3 September:

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Global Head of Finance

Global Head of Finance Position: Global Head of Finance Location: Bath, with a minimum of 3 days per week in the office Contract type: Permanent Salary…

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Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation.org · 18/08/2026

🔥 “We are reaping what we have sown.” Fires, heatwaves and drought. This is the story of Europe’s summer, driven by our emissions. We find ourselves on a disastrous path, but a better future is within reach. Read EJF CEO and Founder @stevetrent.bsky.social's climate roadmap in @theecologist.org 🗞️

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Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation.org · 14/08/2026

🚨 Turtle rescue in Ghana With the new turtle season starting in Ghana, our EJF turtle volunteers managed to release an olive ridley that was caught as bycatch. Some fishers tried to smuggle it for food, but thanks to the quick action of our team, it made its way safely back to the sea.

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Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation.org · 12/08/2026

🌊 We’re #Hiring a Senior Oceans Campaigner! We’re seeking someone with advocacy experience and demonstrable impact, superb communication skills, and experience working on relevant issues. They will turn our evidence of illegal fishing and human rights abuses into action. Apply by September 9th:

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Senior Oceans Campaigner

As Senior Oceans Campaigner you will deliver the advocacy and campaign strategy for the Ocean programme: understanding the specific changes we are…

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Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation.org · 11/08/2026

🗞️ Journalist training to combat illegal fishing in Liberia Last week, we trained 12 Liberian journalists in practical investigative skills to report on key fisheries issues, from illegal, unreported, and unregulated (#IUU) fishing to human rights abuses at sea.

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Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation.org · 05/08/2026

It’s time to end the pile-up of plastic in our bodies and planet 🚨 Plastic shapes daily life in ways we often hardly notice. The food we eat, bottles and utensils, the air we breathe - it all contains plastic particles that make their way into our system and risk serious damage to our health.

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Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation.org · 04/08/2026

🌱 Are you a communications professional with a passion for environmental justice? We're #Hiring a Senior Communications Manager! They will manage colleagues in the communications team and oversee the implementation of EJF’s content and digital communications. Apply by 6pm BST, 11 September:

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Senior Communications Manager

Senior Communications Manager Position: Senior Communications Manager Based: London (hybrid) Contract: Full-time, permanent Salary: £50,000–£60,000,…

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Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation.org · 31/07/2026

🌱 Mangrove forests bring life to the planet. In Ghana, the rapid destruction of mangrove forests threatens the health of coastal ecosystems and community livelihoods. Mangroves shelter animal species, nurture fisheries, guard shorelines from erosion and storms and sequester vast amounts of carbon.

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Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation.org · 30/07/2026

🚨 Today is the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. The exploitation of fishers begins at recruitment. Rogue recruiting agencies promise high wages for work abroad, but end up withholding or cutting salaries. The reality of life on board is also very different from what is presented to them.

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Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation.org · 29/07/2026

We’re #Hiring an AI Innovation Lead 🚨 We’re looking for someone to lead the responsible adoption of artificial intelligence across the organisation. Candidates should have a strong technical understanding of AI and judgement on ethics, governance, and data security. Apply by August 21st:

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AI Innovation Lead

First, you will deliver a clear, actionable assessment of how AI could further EJF’s objectives, including a review of current and emerging tools and…

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Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation.org · 24/07/2026

🐢 Communities are coming together to protect Liberia’s sea turtles 🇱🇷 For generations, coastal communities in Grand Kru County have relied on the ocean for their food security and income. However, sea turtles and their eggs are routinely caught, consumed, or sold. Read our new blog:

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Supporting coastal communities to protect sea turtles in Liberia

The laws protecting sea turtles were unknown; sea turtles, and their eggs, were routinely caught, consumed, or sold in markets alongside other seafood.…

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Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation.org · 22/07/2026

🚨 We’re in the midst of a climate emergency, and climate refugees are on the frontlines. It is often those made invisible who suffer the most from the climate crisis, as the impacts hit communities in low-income countries first and worst. 📸 Resident of Dadaab Refugee Complex, Kenya

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ClientEarth - Anwälte der Erde @clientearthde.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

⚖️ Mit der neuen #MPALegalCoalition schließen wir uns mit Organisationen aus ganz Europa zusammen, um echten #Meeresschutz durchzusetzen. Wir bündeln rechtliche Expertise, koordinieren Verfahren und geben europaweit neuen Auftrieb, um Meeresschutz zu stärken: mpa-legal-coalition.org

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Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation.org · 20/07/2026

🦈 Illegal shark finning still takes place on tuna vessels in the Atlantic. Our recent investigation has exposed how the port of Dakar is used as the gateway to the global shark fin trade. Perpetrators can land the fins at port and conceal them without inspection, despite regulations.

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Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation.org · 17/07/2026

🌊 The Ocean Act is our moment to turn ocean commitments into measurable outcomes. Yesterday's exchange with Commissioner Kadis focused on what matters most: ➡️ Stronger governance frameworks with real accountability ➡️ Effective marine protected areas ➡️ Concrete support for coastal communities

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Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation.org · 16/07/2026

🦈 Cut and run: How cruel, brutal, and illegal shark finning is committed with impunity in Senegal In a shocking new investigation, we’ve linked evidence of illegal shark finning on board China and Taiwan’s distant-water tuna vessels to the port of Dakar.

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Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation.org · 15/07/2026

🚨 Heatwaves are destroying lives and the planet - how many more must die before our leaders act? Scientists have estimated that 2,700 people across England and Wales have lost their lives prematurely due to extreme heat, supercharged by the climate crisis.

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May and June heatwaves killed about 2,700 people in England and Wales, data suggests

Extreme heat led to 440 deaths a day during June peak, say scientists, with climate crisis ramping up temperatures

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Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation.org · 10/07/2026

🏆 L'EJF a remporté le Prix Impact des TrustLaw Awards 2026 pour ses recherches juridiques protégeant les mers d'Europe. Le chalutage de fond dévaste la vie marine dans les aires protégées. Nos preuves sont devenues un procès. Puis une plainte collective. Maintenant, du vrai changement.

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Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation.org · 10/07/2026

🏆 EJF has won the TrustLaw Impact Award 2026 for legal research protecting Europe's seas. Bottom trawling devastates marine life in protected areas. Our evidence became a court case, then a coalition complaint to the EU, and now, real change.

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Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation.org · 09/07/2026

🌏 We’re #Hiring a Global Programme Coordinator, Environmental Defenders! This is an exciting role for an experienced coordinator to strengthen and expand our Environmental Defenders programme training, equipping and supporting campaigners and journalists in the Global South. Apply by 31 July:

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Global Programme Coordinator, Environmental Defenders

Global Programme Coordinator, Environmental Defenders Position: Global Programme Coordinator, Environmental Defenders Location : London (minimum of 3 days…

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Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation.org · 08/07/2026

🐟 Foreign trawlers - the vast majority from China - are plundering West Africa’s seas. From encroachments into zones protected for small-scale fishing to the destruction of nets and fishing boats, the livelihoods of artisanal fishers are being stolen. 🗞️ Read more in the BBC ⬇️

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The African fishermen who blame Chinese trawlers for their woes

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Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation.org · 06/07/2026

On #WorldZoonosesDay, we must reset our relationship with nature to avoid future pandemics. Commercial wildlife markets and habitat loss bring humans into closer contact with wildlife, allowing diseases to jump the species barrier. This ongoing exploitation of nature threatens the entire planet.

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Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation.org · 06/07/2026

🪸 Europe has some of the strongest nature laws in the world. Too often, they are ignored. Today, we've joined ten other organisations to launch the MPA Legal Coalition. Through coordinated legal action and collective advocacy, we will work to ensure Europe's protected waters are truly protected.

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Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation.org · 26/06/2026

Les tribunaux 🇫🇷 viennent de l'affirmer : les protections marines actuelles sont insuffisantes. 9 mois pour les renforcer. Notre nouveau rapport montre pourquoi, 2 millions d'heures de chalutage de fond dans les aires marines protégées. La responsabilité juridique fonctionne. Agissons maintenant. 🌊

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Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation.org · 24/06/2026

At the AGRIFISH Council, Commissioner Kadis confirmed: Illegal discarding reaches 80% in some 🇪🇺 fisheries. Denmark's new minister has the answer: Electronic monitoring, including cameras, on the most discard-prone vessels. The evidence backs it. The technology exists. Now we need action.

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Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation.org · 24/06/2026

Marine protected areas aren't supposed to exist on paper alone. Today, EJF and Deutsche Umwelthilfe e.V. (DUH) are taking the Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea case to court. Bottom trawling has devastated these habitats for too long. It's time authorities enforced the law. 🌊 Read more:

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Legal action launched against bottom trawling in the German Wadden Sea

The Environmental Justice Foundation exists to protect the natural world and defend our basic human right to a secure environment.

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Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation.org · 23/06/2026

👏 Last week, 16 countries signed the Mombasa Declaration at #OOC11! This reflects a growing recognition that #transparency is essential to tackling illegal fishing, ending human rights abuses at sea, and protecting ocean ecosystems. Hear from Amélie Giardini, EJF’s Global Lead for Transparency 🎬

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