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Michael Sealey

@michael-ocean.bsky.social
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Marine biologist 🦈 Senior policy advisor at Oceana in EU 🌊 UW photography my hobby 📸

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THE FAR SIDE DAILY @bot.cowtools.org · 26/03/2026
The plankton lobby
The plankton lobby
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Oceana in Europe @oceanaeurope.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
As a public consultation ends today for a new management plan for Cabrera National Park, Oceana urges the Balearic Government to avoid further delay to preserve its rich sealife. ➡️See our proposal to create the largest no-take zone in the Med: europe.oceana.org/blog/cabrera... @oapngob.bsky.social
Propuesta de zonificación del Parque Nacional de Cabrera
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Oceana in Europe @oceanaeurope.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
EU ocean diplomacy should be a race to the top, highlights @verampcoelho.bsky.social at #EUOceanDays: ✔️Same social and environmental standards for EU fleets and fish imports ✔️Strong partnerships with coastal states outside the EU ✔️More fisheries transparency to prevent illegal fishing
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Oceana in Europe @oceanaeurope.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Today we took our message straight to the EU quarter on two wheels. 🚴 As the #EUBlueEnergyTransition in fisheries & aquaculture conference took place, our banners called for keeping the #CommonFisheriesPolicy strong and not reopening it under the pretext of “energy transition”.
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Oceana in Europe @oceanaeurope.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
🌊Marine protected areas aren’t always as “protected” as they sound. Spain is still allowing destructive #BottomTrawling inside these sites, and that’s why we, together with @clienteartheur.bsky.social, are taking the Government to court. #ProtectedMeansProtected #30x30 Learn more📽️⤵️
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EFE Verde @efeverde.com · 16/02/2026
Un nuevo camino para la anguila europea. Por Juan Carlos del Olmo (secretario general de WWF España) Firma invitada en la blogosfera de #EFEverde, en #CreadoresDeOpiniónVerde 
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Un nuevo camino para la anguila europea
La anguila europea es una de las especies más enigmáticas de nuestra fauna y que pasa desapercibida para muchos de nosotros.
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Michael Sealey @michael-ocean.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
📢 We have a new blog entry, where we analyse why the National Park of #Cabrera is losing #marine #biodiversity, instead of safeguarding it: europe.oceana.org/blog/cabrera...
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Cabrera National Park: what to do when a National Park loses marine life
Cabrera National Park is often presented as the flagship of marine conservation in the western Mediterranean Sea.
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Michael Sealey @michael-ocean.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Here goes a new video explaining the legal actions we have initiated against bottom trawling #fishing in Spanish marine projected areas of the #N2000 network. 📢 #protectedmeansprotected @saraaagesen.bsky.social @miteco.gob.es
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Michael Sealey @michael-ocean.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Mañana hemos organizado un seminario online para hablar de los espacios marinos protegidos en España 🌊 Agenda y registro en el siguiente enlace: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...
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Oceana in Europe @oceanaeurope.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Mediterranean deep-sea ecosystems shelter unique species, yet a single trawl pass can wipe them out in seconds. The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean & the EU must extend deep-sea protection & end destructive fishing over these vulnerable habitats. #DefendTheDeep 🌊
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Michael Sealey @michael-ocean.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Pasar de 0,1 a 10% de protección estricta #marina es un gran reto, pero entre todas podemos lograrlo, escuchando a la ciencia e involucrando a los sectores de la #economíaazul 🌊
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Oceana in Europe @oceanaeurope.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Our Policy Advisor @michael-ocean.bsky.social presents Oceana’s work on marine protected areas in Europe at the #SeaWilding Conference in Barcelona. The event brings together marine scientists, conservation experts, and advocacy organisations to share knowledge and strengthen ocean protection.
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Michael Sealey @michael-ocean.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Celebramos la creación de estas nuevas áreas #marinas protegidas 🌊 España avanza hacia el objetivo de proteger 30% de su superficie marina para 2030, pero...: oceanographicmagazine.com/news/conserv...
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Conservation win for Spain as six marine protected areas declared - Oceanographic
The international ocean NGO, Oceana is celebrated a hard fought victory as Spain announces six new marine protected areas
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Oceana in Europe @oceanaeurope.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
We bid farewell to Jane Goodall, who taught us that science and care for wildlife must go hand in hand. From land forests to ocean forests, her profound message defending the complex tapestry of life below the surface will continue to resonate with us:
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Dr. Jane Goodall's Message for World Oceans Day 2022
YouTube video by Dr. Jane Goodall & the Jane Goodall Institute USA
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Oceana in Europe @oceanaeurope.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
🐟 Today is the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste. Despite the EU ban, millions of tonnes of fish — much of it edible — are still discarded at sea every year. Stop food loss at sea. #FLWDay
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Oceana in Europe @oceanaeurope.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
🇸🇳 In Senegal, fishing sustains communities and drives the economy. But today, local nets are coming back empty. European fleets exploit their seas, while profits can flow back to Europe, leaving Senegalese fishers no other option but to migrate. 🎧Learn more with @ftm.eu:
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Podcast | European companies are plundering Senegal’s seas
In Senegal, fishing is the backbone of the economy. But local fishermen’s nets are coming back empty. Journalists Hans Wetzels and Remy Käller discovered how European fishing companies are plundering ...
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Michael Sealey @michael-ocean.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
👉🏼 A cuatro estados de activar el tratado internacional para salvar alta mar: "Hasta ahora ha sido el salvaje oeste" 🌊 www.eldiario.es/1_c06c59?utm...
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A cuatro estados de activar el tratado internacional para salvar alta mar: "Hasta ahora ha sido el salvaje oeste"
Mientras la ola antiecologista avanza, el acuerdo vinculante para poder proteger áreas marinas en aguas internacionales está a punto de activarse al llegar a la ratificación número 60: los pronósticos...
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Michael Sealey @michael-ocean.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
⚠️ #Spain must recover its #marine ecosystems to stop depending on food coming from abusive and illegal #fishing activities theobjective.com/actualidad/2...
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EJF revela que España es la puerta de entrada del calamar importado de la Milla 201
España es el segundo mayor importador de calamar y sepia del mundo de la zona conocida como la Milla 201 y el principal punto de entrada en la Unión
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Oceana in Europe @oceanaeurope.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
During the #OceanCitizen expedition with the Ranger, ROV surveys off SW Tenerife 🇮🇨 found Caulerpa prolifera at 25–83 m — the 1st record at such depths in the Canary Islands. As ocean temperatures rise, this seaweed may be shifting deeper, a sign of #ClimateChange impacts.⤵️
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First record of Caulerpa prolifera (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta) beyond 60mdepth in the SW Tenerife Island, Spain
The genus Caulerpa J. V. Lamouroux, 1809 (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta) includes more than 100 species worldwide and, due to its morphological
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Exeter Marine @exetermarine.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
NEW RESEARCH Application of spatially robust stereo-BRUV sampling for quantifying fish assemblages in UK marine protected areas Watch the video to learn more, and find the paper here - esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @owenexeter.bsky.social @kristianmetcalfe.bsky.social 🦑🧪🌍🐟
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Michael Sealey @michael-ocean.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
"Las proyecciones apuntan a una posible reducción de los stocks pesqueros de entre un 30% y un 40% en los escenarios más pesimistas, lo que supondría un duro golpe para la seguridad alimentaria y la economía" www.levante-emv.com/tendencias21...
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El colapso del Mediterráneo ya es un riesgo tangible y presente
El calentamiento y la subida del nivel del agua desencadenan una crisis sin precedentes desde la costa hasta el fondo marino
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Michael Sealey @michael-ocean.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
El Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación debe aceptar la evidencia científica y prohibir la #pesca de arrastre en las áreas marinas protegidas designadas para proteger hábitats bentónicos 🪸 para beneficio de la biodiversidad y la pesca 🐟 @miteco.gob.es link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Recovery and expansion of rhodoliths beds and Laminaria rodriguezii forests after bottom trawl ban - Biodiversity and Conservation
Rhodolith beds and Laminaria rodriguezii forests constitute marine habitats of high conservation value. In the Menorca Channel (Balearic Islands, Western Mediterranean) rhodolith beds predominate in t...
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Michael Sealey @michael-ocean.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Acaba el evento sobre el #pactodeestado frente a la emergencia climática, con la ausencia de cualquier mención al #océano. No se puede luchar contra los impactos del #cambioclimático sin tener en cuenta el medio que regula el clima y de la cual depende nuestra economía. @saraaagesen.bsky.social
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EL PAÍS @elpais.com · 29/08/2025
El jefe de la UNRWA: “Gaza se está convirtiendo en el cementerio del derecho internacional humanitario”. Philippe Lazzarini denuncia el nivel de inacción de la comunidad internacional ante la impunidad de Israel social.elpais.com/anfsk9
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El jefe de la UNRWA: “Gaza se está convirtiendo en el cementerio del derecho internacional humanitario”
Philippe Lazzarini denuncia el nivel de inacción de la comunidad internacional ante la impunidad de Israel, con una hambruna declarada y casi 63.000 muertos en la Franja en menos de dos años
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Oceana in Europe @oceanaeurope.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
The blue dragon, a pelagic sea slug that feeds on hydrozoans like the Portuguese man o'war, is washing up upon Spanish beaches in record numbers. As the Mediterranean warms at record pace, climate change is pushing exotic species north: www.infobae.com/espana/2025/...
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Michael Sealey @michael-ocean.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
La #sobrepesca en el #Mediterraneo ha llevado a que sea noticia pescar un pez de 49kg, cuando esta misma especie puede alcanzar hasta 100kg históricamente. Otra prueba de #shiftingbaseline www.noudiari.es/noticias-ibi...
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Dos pescadores de Formentera capturan una 'Xerna' de casi 49 kilos
Los pescadores profesionales Toni Formiga y Pep Xinxó, naturales de Formentera, han realizado una de las capturas más impresionantes de su carrera en las aguas profundas de su isla. Se trata de una Xe...
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Oceana in Europe @oceanaeurope.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
With years of delay, the Spanish government finally declares the Special Area of Conservation of Columbretes off the Valencian coast and approves the corresponding management plan. The result is disappointing: @saraaagesen.bsky.social @miteco.gob.es
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Michael Sealey @michael-ocean.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Muy contento de haber colaborado este estudio sobre las consecuencias del calentamiento del #océano sobre el #tiburón #angelote 🦈 www.informacion.es/medio-ambien...
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El calentamiento de los océanos altera las pautas de apareamiento de tiburones en peligro crítico de extinción
Cuando sube la temperatura del agua las hembras reaccionan permaneciendo en aguas frescas, al contrario que los machos
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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 23/07/2025
🔥 2024 was the hottest year on record. Decision makers must prioritize #ClimateAction for both people and the planet. The window to secure a livable future is rapidly closing. Report: unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/... #SDGReport #SDGs #GlobalGoals
This graphic from the SDG Report 2025 shows that 2024 was the hottest year on record, with global temperatures reaching 1.55°C above pre-industrial levels. It features a rising temperature graph from 1850 to 2024 and includes SDG 13: Climate Action.
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Michael Sealey @michael-ocean.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Here in #Vigo for the #OSPAR Ministerial meeting, where contracting parties are emphasising their commitment to fight the triple crisis affecting the North-East Atlantic. @oceanaeurope.bsky.social
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Isabel Moreno @isabel-moreno.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Demoledor este mapa del @ceamfundacion.bsky.social El agua frente a algunas de nuestras costas está alrededor de 3⁰C más caliente de la media en estas fechas. Qué barbaridad.
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Deep Sea Conservation Coalition @deepseaconserve.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
As #UNOC3 ends in Nice, momentum to #DefendTheDeep is growing: ✔️ 37 countries back a #DeepSeaMining moratorium ✔️ The European Court of Justice upholds bottom-contact fishing ban ✔️ Scientists urge action to #ProtectSeamounts Now governments must act: deep-sea-conservation.org/un-ocean-con...
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Media Release: UN Ocean Conference Shines a Light on the Deep Sea: Now, Time for Action - DSCC
NICE, FRANCE – PRESS RELEASE, 13 JUNE, 2025   The 3rd UN Ocean Conference (UNOC3) concluded today in Nice, France, with the deep sea placed firmly at the heart of international ocean governance. From ...
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Michael Sealey @michael-ocean.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Hoy mantuvimos una reunión positiva con la vicepresidenta tercera @saraaagesen.bsky.social y su equipo. Quedó claro que con ciencia y diálogo podemos proteger habitats y especies a través de áreas marinas protegidas bien gestionadas 🌊 #unoc3
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Michael Sealey @michael-ocean.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Today I was kindly invited to join this great panel at #UNOC3 to talk about innovative ways to make governments accountable for #ocean conservation and involve stakeholders in the process to achieve truly protected #MarineProtectedAreas and reach #30x30 @oceanaeurope.bsky.social
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Michael Sealey @michael-ocean.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
El #mar #Mediterráneo es uno de los más castigados del mundo, desamparado ante los efectos del cambio climático. #UNOC3 puede ser un momento decisivo para revertir su deterioro. www.elindependiente.com/futuro/medio...
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La invasión que transforma el Mediterráneo: “En algunas zonas el lecho marino parece un paisaje lunar”
Descubre cómo el Mediterráneo está cambiando rápidamente por el cambio climático y la actividad humana que lo afecta.
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Oceana in Europe @oceanaeurope.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
📰NEWS: Oceana welcomes EU ratification of the #HighSeasTreaty as a key step to reach the #30x30 goal. The announcement takes place a few days ahead of the release of the #EUOceanPact and the beginning of the UN Ocean Conference. #UNOC3 europe.oceana.org/press-releas...
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Oceana welcomes EU ratification of High Seas Treaty as a key step to reach the 30x30 goal
Oceana applauds the EU and six Member States for ratifying the High Seas Treaty, affirming their commitment to protect 30% of the ocean by 2030.
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Oceana @oceana.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
#BREAKING: New Oceana analysis reveals over 17,000 hours of destructive fishing took place last year in France’s "protected" Marine Nature Parks. With the UN Ocean Conference approaching, France must ban bottom trawling in these areas — now. oceana.ly/3Heral6
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🌊Markus Knigge🐟 @oceanknigge.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Excellent and right on time for #UNOC3 oceans-and-fisheries.ec.europa.eu/news/eu-lead...
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EU leads global efforts to protect high seas biodiversity with landmark Treaty ratification
Today, the EU ratified the landmark Treaty of the High Seas to protect the ocean, tackle environmental degradation, fight climate change, and prevent biodiversity loss.
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Michael Sealey @michael-ocean.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Aprovechará España la oportunidad de la #UNOC3 para demostrar un liderazgo fuerte en conservación y restauración #marina? Nuestras comunidades costeras dependen de ello.
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Oceana in Europe @oceanaeurope.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
NEWS! 87% of Spaniards want more quotas for small-scale fishers to: 🎣 Protect local jobs 🦐 Ensure fresh, local seafood 🌊 Safeguard the ocean As Spain prepares to develop its allocation criteria, citizens are clear! #MakeFishingFair More: europe.oceana.org/press-releas...
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Michael Sealey @michael-ocean.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Hay que limitar la velocidad acorde a cada tipo de buque, no es una opción si queremos proteger a los #cetáceos. #colisiones
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MED30 @med30.org · 26/05/2025
Tenemos las evidencias. 👇 Es la hora de pasar a la acción para avanzar hacia una mayor protección del océano, con: ✅Más áreas marinas protegidas ✅Una gestión participativa y efectiva ✅Y un compromiso con la protección estricta #med30 #30x30 #10x30 www.diariodemallorca.es/medio-ambien...
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Confirmado: las áreas marinas protegidas aumentan la variedad y abundancia de peces
Estas zonas resisten incluso los efectos de las olas de calor en el mar, contrariamente a las áreas no preservadas
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Michael Sealey @michael-ocean.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
La ciencia demuestra que #Canarias ha perdido la mitad de su población de #cachalotes en la última década, la razón principal son las colisiones con los fast ferries ⛴️ Pero las #navieras no quieren hablar de reducir la velocidad. Es intolerable.
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SeaAroundUs @seaaroundus.org · 21/05/2025
As Nice gets ready to host the 2025 UN Ocean Conference, let's review Daniel Pauly's presentation on MPAs vs Paper Parks, with a focus on France. bit.ly/blog161sau
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Daniel Pauly at IMPAC5 – De facto MPAs vs. paper parks | Sea Around Us
Daniel Pauly's keynote at IMPAC5: “Marine protected areas: the pioneers, growth and prospects"
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Nicolas Fournier @nicofournier.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Sans protection de l’océan, la pêche européenne n’a pas d’avenir www.lejdd.fr/Societe/sans...
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Sans protection de l’océan, la pêche européenne n’a pas d’avenir
TRIBUNE. Opposée au chalutage de fond dans les aires marines protégées (AMP), une coalition de pêcheurs artisanaux européens* souligne l’importance de la lutte contre la pêche industrielle, à l’approc...
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Michael Sealey @michael-ocean.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
"Continuará la guerra hasta que la naturaleza nos llame y haga inevitable nuestra civilización". Se fue una persona admirable, que deja atrás una huella imborrable. #mujica
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Michael Sealey @michael-ocean.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Protecting forests isn't compatible with agricultural bulldozing 🚜 in the same way #marine protected areas aren't compatible with bottom trawling ⛔ @ec.europa.eu @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu #mpa
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Deep Sea Conservation Coalition @deepseaconserve.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
🚨 Scars from the world's first #DeepSeaMining test are still visible 50 years later! No recovery. No biodiversity. Just lifeless tracks etched in the seafloor. This is the legacy of deep-sea mining—and a warning of what’s to come. #SayNoToDSM #DefendTheDeep
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Scars from the world's first deep sea mining test 50 years on
Half a century after the world's first deep sea mining tests picked nodules from the seafloor off the US east coast, the damage has barely begun to heal.
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Oceana in Europe @oceanaeurope.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Today is #EuropeDay, a good moment to reflect on what the EU has done to protect our ocean. 🇪🇺🌊 But there’s still a long way to go. Oceana campaigns for stronger, science-based marine protection to keep driving real change in Europe. 💙
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Michael Sealey @michael-ocean.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
De adolescente solía visitar los barcos de arrastre cuando llegaban a puerto, fui testigo directo de la enorme cantidad de organismos desechados por la borda ☠️ ¿Hasta cuando EU permitirá que continúe esta #pesca destructiva en nuestras áreas marinas protegidas? #protegidosignificaprotegido
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OCEAN WITH DAVID ATTENBOROUGH | BOTTOM TRAWLING OFFICIAL CLIP | IN CINEMAS NOW | Altitude Films
YouTube video by Altitude Films
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