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Right now, the @UN General Assembly is convening. 5 ways #UNGA can work to improve our ocean’s health: 📜 Advance the #HighSeas treaty ♻️ Tackle plastic pollution ⏸ Pause on seabed mining 🐟 Reduce harmful fisheries subsidies 🚫 Combat illegal fishing pew.org/47AAOHY

Protecting large ocean areas helps biodiversity — and doesn’t harm fisheries, study finds weforum.org/agenda/2023/06… via @wef

‘My bay is dying’: Clammers worry about Inland Bays’ future spotlightdelaware.org/2024/08/21/inl…

🔨🦈They really hit the nail on the head when they named the Sphyrna mokarran—or hammerhead shark. This apex predator spends much of it's life in the high seas—and is one more species that could benefit from a treaty to protect these waters. #SharkWeek

@minnieprickle Maybe 50% pure???😂

A day after his Conservation Minister @Tamapotaka calls #CBD 30x30 targets to protect biodiversity ‘aspirational’ & as his Govt dismantles environmental protections, @chrisluxonmp is ‘hustling’ 💯 Pure NZ in Japan. No shame. @BrookingRachel @WWFNewZealand @_chloeswarbrick

@yannguichard @DonaBertarelli Very exciting. I will be following the events on line.

Looking forward to sail alongside my stepson and continuing the legacy started with my wife @donabertarelli

marine-conservation.org/publication-oc… Main Findings: * 1/3 area designated within these MPAs provides a level of protection that is likely to yield meaningful conservation benefits. * 1/4 of the MPAs are not yet implemented.

U.S. Plan to Protect Oceans Has a Problem, Some Say: Too Much Fishing nytimes.com/2024/04/30/cli…

Multiple threats are disrupting the #harmony of the #SouthernOcean ecosystem, but it can be restored through scientifically backed conservation actions including #MPAs coupled with #EBFM @OceaNikk_1 @kirkham_nic @pewenvironment pew.org/44otM7e

“It is disingenuous to pit the vitality of the ocean against #AmericaSamoa’s livelihood,” writes a former WESPAC member and a Native Hawaiian fisherman in @StarAdvertiser American Samoa deserves better, and the Pacific Remote Islands need protection. bit.ly/4bfKMPn

Woohoo!!! Some exciting #BBNJ news coming from the EU 🇪🇺 this morning!!

On #WorldPenguinDay, @cassandrafish: I returned home reinvigorated by the hope that humanity can, and will, come together to protect #Antarctica. We did it already in the #RossSea, and we can do it again. The future of Antarctica depends on it. pew.org/4b5j60d

@HighSeasAllianc Important explainer: “With the EU ratification process [effectively] wrapped up, all eyes are now firmly on the member states to move their national ratification processes along swiftly. For each country, this process can be slightly different.” highseasalliance.org/2024/04/24/eus…

BREAKING: 🇪🇺@EUparliament adopts recommendation for EU to ratify the @UN #BBNJTreaty. 🙏 to all involved.

🎣 Illegal, unreported & unregulated fishing is devastating global seafood stocks, harming coastal communities & hindering marine conservation efforts. Join the Tuna Transparency Pledge today and help us get #EyesOnTuna pew.org/3UcKfbi

Congratulations to the Dominican Republic and our partners on this momentous ocean conservation win! @Bluemarinef @MissionBlue #FondoMarena #CaribbeanCetaceanSociety

The South Coast Fjords hold the heartbeat of the Miawpukek First Nation. Greg Jeddore of @MFNGov shares the significance of this sacred land, its history, and why protection is crucial. pew.org/3U5Woie