Oceana UK
@oceanauk.bsky.social
Ocean charity fighting to protect UK seas ✊🌊 We campaign to: 🪸 Ban bottom trawling in ocean havens 🐟 Stop overfishing ❌ End new oil & gas 🌊 Learn more: linktr.ee/oceana_uk 🪸 Repost ≠ endorsement
🎉 OCEAN WIN: A seabird hunt in Scotland will not go ahead for the first time in 400 years 🪶 up to 2,000 gannet chicks are killed in the hunt each year, but major public pressure has helped stop this year's hunt going ahead. What a huge victory for marine life! 👏 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Scottish gannet chick hunt blocked for first time in 400 years
NatureScot refuses licence for hunt on Hebridean island of Sula Sgeir in which up to 2,000 seabirds are killed
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🚨 BP has announced it's selling its North Sea business, but #DYK Big Oil started a retreat from these waters long ago? In 2003, BP sold off its largest oil field. Since then the North Sea has gone from making up 40% of its production to just 4% 📉 1/3 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BP puts North Sea business up for sale
The decision follows a review of BP's operations and is set to end 60 years of production in the region by the oil giant.
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🔥 As 34,000 wildfires burn around the world & marine heatwaves rip through UK seas, Shell has raked in £7 BILLION profit in just 3 months. We can't keep doubling down on the very fuels driving these extremes 🚨 Help us end new oil & gas! ➡️ you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
🌊 It’s Marine Protected Area Day. But what does the “protected” part really mean if bottom trawling is still allowed in them? It's time to kick industrial trawling OUT of places that are supposed to be sanctuaries for wildlife 🐬 Take action today ✊ https://bit.ly/4ce5x0G #MarineProtectedAreaDay
💙 The incredible story of two friends who won a ban on bottom trawling in the marine haven near their home in Scotland. Without the threat of trawling, there has been a threefold increase in marine life in the area 🪸🎉 www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
🚨 The impacts of bottom trawling can persist for decades, new research shows More than 25 years after destructive bottom trawling ended in an area off Chile, scientists are still finding lower coral cover & reduced biodiversity 🪸 @oceanachile.bsky.social oceanographicmagazine.com/news/chiles-... 🔽
Chile's seamounts are still damaged, decades after trawling ended - Oceanographic
Study of Juan Fernández seamounts finds bottom trawling's damage to deep-sea coral ecosystems persists more than 25 years after fishing ends.
oceanographicmagazine.com
🌊 A healthy society relies on a healthy ocean. Help protect our seas this #NatureConservationDay ✊ 🪸Call for a ban on bottom trawling in marine protected areas ▶️ banbottomtrawling.oceanauk.justpost.cards?utm_source=b... 🛢️Demand an end to new oil & gas ▶️ you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
🚨 The UK is being hit by a FOURTH heatwave in just a year, amidst a continuing severe marine heatwave in our waters 🌊 Our seas and climate can't take much more. We must cut emissions by ending our reliance on oil & gas & transitioning to renewables. www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
UK weather: Fourth heatwave of the year under way
A fourth heatwave of the year is now under way for parts of the UK, with temperatures expected to climb into the mid-30s Celsius later this week.
bbc.co.uk
🌊 We're proud to be working with Boardmasters & Falmouth Uni to bang the drum for ocean protection at this year's festival. Together, we're amplifying the call to ban bottom trawling in UK protected areas through original protest art around the site ✊🔽 https://bit.ly/4gV4EO6
Boardmasters festival backs Oceana's call for better protection for ocean sanctuaries - Inside Ecology
Boardmasters joins forces with Oceana and Falmouth University students to campaign for a ban on destructive bottom trawling in UK marine protected areasOceana is the official environmental partner of ...
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🎉 PUFFLING ALERT! A baby puffin spotted in Dorset is the first one seen there in 30 years 🪶🌊 There were fears the colony was headed to extinction, as numbers dropped from 80 in the 50s to just 6. The confirmed presence of a chick is an exciting sign 💙 https://bit.ly/4gVe2RM
‘A great thrill’: baby puffin is first one seen on Dorset coast in three decades
Puffling excites volunteers trying to save the last known regular nesting site on mainland of southern England
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🎉 OCEAN WIN: Scientists have been given £1 million to protect endangered UK sharks! 🦈 The blue shark, porbeagle & tope shark will be monitored as part of the programme to help build up "the most complete picture yet" of UK shark distribution 🙌 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly9yyj829ro
Shark scientists gets £1m to help protect them
Natural England's Species Recovery Programme will focus on the blue shark, porbeagle and tope.
bbc.co.uk
🌊 UK seas are in their THIRD major marine heatwave in just 4 years 🌡️ putting ocean life like kelp, seabirds & whales at huge risk. We must tackle the root of the issue by cutting emissions. That means ending our reliance on oil & gas 1/2 theconversation.com/in-hot-water...
In hot water: what happens to marine life during heatwaves
The full picture of potential consequences of the UK’s marine heatwaves is only just starting to emerge.
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🎉 OCEAN WIN: The UK's largest ever seagrass restoration project has launched! 🌊 This £1.8m project comes just in time, as the UK's historic seagrass cover has dropped by 92% due to climate change & destructive activities, like trawling 🌱 oceanographicmagazine.com/news/uk-s-la...
UK’s largest seagrass restoration project underway
The £1.8 million project will restore seagrass and native oyster habitats in Cornwall, to support marine life like seahorses and sharks
oceanographicmagazine.com
🚨 Oil company Equinor just made ~£8.6 BILLION profit in 3 months All whilst the world burns in heatwave after heatwave 😡 Big Oil has plundered our seas for profit for too long! It’s time for a just transition to renewables 🔽 ✊ ACT NOW to end new oil & gas: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
'He began to hear the question: “What would the ocean think of this?”' 🌊 In a bold move to ensure nature has a say, the Scottish Association for Marine Science has made the ocean a trustee 👏 Could this be common practice in a decade or so? @samsocean.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Giving nature a say: why Scottish marine scientists appointed the ocean to their board
As the rights of nature are increasingly being recognised, the Scottish Association for Marine Science is the latest organisation to make the ocean a trustee
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🪸 “Even the government knows that the vast majority of these marine protected areas are threatened by the harms of bottom trawling. They should be listening to their own data.” Our Campaign Manager Izzy in Oceanographic's latest roundtable 🔽 oceanographicmagazine.com/news/roundta...
Roundtable catchup: “Our habitats need the chance to recover” - Oceanographic
Oceanographic dives into Oceana's latest report - Trawled and Mauled - in this week's Roundtable, asking what our habitats need to recover.
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🚨 "Bottom trawling ravages habitats, removes prey & generates intense underwater noise. Seabirds & cetaceans sit near the top of marine food webs. Their survival depends on healthy ocean ecosystems." Dr Emma Sheehan commenting on our latest research 🔽 theecologist.org/2026/jul/16/...
Porpoises and puffins impacted by bottom trawlers
Bottom trawling bans needed to protect porpoises and puffins as well as seabed: new report.
theecologist.org
Out of 113 marine protected areas for ocean wildlife like puffins & porpoises, only 2 have full protection from destructive bottom-trawling fishing, our new research shows 🚫 Protected in name only isn’t protection at all. Our seas deserve more 🌊 https://bit.ly/4wMTsHK #BanBottomTrawling in MPAs
💬 "The just transition [..] is about real people’s lives and everyone’s collective future on this planet." Iona was an oil and gas worker for 25 years. She's now calling for a just transition towards renewables, for the good of both workers and our seas. https://bit.ly/4ytCJLj
Good, bad or ugly: Let’s make the right choice for the oil and gas transition
By Iona Macdonald, a former oil and gas worker with 25 years’ experience in both onshore and offshore operations. As the scrum of the Aberdeen South byelection subsides, a clear victor has emerged: th...
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🎣 Overfishing is emptying our seas of fish, leaving ocean wildlife to go hungry 🚨 Bottlenose dolphins have learnt to follow trawlers & scavenge on their discarded bycatch as natural prey is hard to find, new research shows 🔽 geographical.co.uk/news/bottlen...
Bottlenose dolphins are relying on fishing trawlers in Adriatic Sea, study finds
New study shows how bottlenose dolphins are struggling to hunt normally and forage close to trawl nets when fishing boats are nearby
geographical.co.uk
🌡️ "At sea, a marine heatwave is ripping through our waters like wildfire through a forest. And just like on land, death stalks our seas, with scientists warning that high ocean temps could result in mass die-offs for wildlife." @hugotagholm.bsky.social for @lbc.co.uk 🔽 www.lbc.co.uk/article/oil-...
Don't allow oil companies to make our overheated oceans worse - and destroy people's livelihoods | LBC
Oil companies should be held to account to pay up and clean up, writes campaigner Hugo Tagholm
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🌊 HIRING: We’re excited to be recruiting for an Executive Assistant! ✨ If you're someone who loves our seas and has experience in supporting executive roles, we'd love to hear from you. ⏰ Apply by Sunday 19 July www.charityjob.co.uk/jobs/oceana-...
🌡️🌊 UK seas are in the grip of a MASSIVE marine heatwave 🚨 This is the legacy of the fossil fuel era. It's time to leave planet-heating oil & gas behind, so we can power our future with clean, renewable energy ACT NOW ➡️ you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
🌊 "He was the first to spot this incredible dorsal fin. It's about 2m tall – huge. This tip comes out from the sea and it just keeps going and going. And then there’s a breath, guttural and deep." Filmmaker George on the magnificent orca pod off Scotland 🔽 #WorldOrcaDay https://bit.ly/4vwHilr
“Then there's a breath – guttural and deep”
George Morris is a documentary filmmaker who has worked across a diverse range of subjects, from crime and miscarriages of justice, to wildlife and the people that work to protect our natural world. On...
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🦈 Catsharks are beautiful sharks found in UK seas. They're also commonly caught as bycatch by bottom trawlers 💔 We're fighting to end bottom trawling in UK marine protected areas. Save our sharks by taking action with us today on #SharkAwarenessDay 👉 bit.ly/oceanauk 📸 Colin Munro
🎉 OCEAN WIN: The UK has finally ratified the High Seas Treaty 🌊 Once implemented, this treaty will allow us to create marine protected areas within them for the first time - critical to meeting the commitment to protect 30% of the world's ocean by 2030 💪
Dear UK Govt, A reminder that 30x30 means protecting 30% of land AND sea 🌊 We're still waiting on the protections from bottom trawling for 41 marine protected areas proposed last year! 🚫 It's time to deliver for our ocean! www.gov.uk/government/n...
🌊 Marine protected areas are supposed to safeguard our iconic wildlife, yet one porpoise sanctuary was subjected to 30,000+ hrs of apparent bottom trawling last year alone It must end. ✊Act now to protect ocean wildlife: bit.ly/oceanauk 📢 Ban #BottomTrawling in MPAs
📍 We chose Botany Bay in Kent to project our message because it looks out onto one of the UK's many marine protected areas where bottom trawling is STILL allowed Time for change! ✊Act now to protect our ocean wildlife: bit.ly/oceanauk 📢 Ban #BottomTrawling in MPAs
Our call to ban bottom trawling in marine protected areas is making waves! 🌊 📺 Our cliff projection was featured on @itvnews.bsky.social, with our campaigner Izzy outlining why allowing bottom trawling in protected areas simply doesn’t make sense. ✊ Act now to stop it: bit.ly/oceanauk