𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 High Seas Alliance & partners are looking for expressions of interest to demonstrate, explain, and discuss a prototype of specific functions of the future BBNJ Clearing-House Mechanism. 🗓️ Submission by 𝟐𝟖 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 More details 👉🏼 https://bit.ly/callforEOI

EU Member States were due to submit their draft 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘀 to the @ec.europa.eu, the first real test of the Nature Restoration Regulation. For the ocean, the priority must be passive restoration: letting degraded ecosystems recover naturally by removing human pressures. 🌊 1/3

🐋 >100 fin whales have been sighted off the coast of Alicante this season, migrating south along the shoreline towards the Atlantic. Their deadliest threat? Collisions with ships. OceanCare is pushing for mandatory speed limits of 10 knots to reduce the risk. 📹 #lasexta #spain #whales

1/3 33.02°C off Mallorca on 5 August, three metres down. The highest sea temperature ever measured in Spanish waters. July brought record ocean temperatures across the western Mediterranean and beyond. And the Mediterranean doesn't usually peak until September. 🧵

🚬 Wer bestimmt, wie das Problem Zigarettenstummel gelöst wird? 👉 Ausgerechnet jene Industrie, die es verursacht. 🎧 In der neuen Podcast-Folge zeigt Dr. Ewoud Lauwerier mit Moderator Marco Scherrer auf, wie die Tabak-Lobby die Verwaltung infiltriert & warum dies gegen WHO-Grundsätze verstösst. 1/2

Days after a national poll showed that its own citizens oppose commercial #whaling, Antigua & Barbuda and co-sponsors tabled a draft resolution that risks lifting the global whaling moratorium by the International Whaling Commission (IWC). It will be debated at #IWC70 in Hobart this autumn. 1/3

Three weeks of negotiations at the International Seabed Authority have ended without delivering the action needed to protect the deep ocean, reinforcing why a moratorium on deep-sea mining is vital. Read our reaction in full ⬇️ deep-sea-conservation.org/governments-... #DeepSeaMining #DefendTheDeep

Governments fail to protect the global commons as ISA meeting ends without action, while calls for a deep-sea mining moratorium grow - DSCC

Media Release Governments concluded three weeks of negotiations at the International Seabed Authority (ISA) with the only substantive decision being to expand the rights of mining contractors, highlig...

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🇨🇬 The Republic of the Congo has joined the call for a moratorium on deep-sea mining, another vital step for the growing global movement calling for precaution, sound science, international law and protection of the common heritage of humankind. Momentum is building 👏 #DefendTheDeep

Antigua and Barbuda's government has dismissed its own citizens on #whaling. After a poll which showed most oppose commercial whaling, its #IWC Commissioner questioned the survey and defended the pro-whaling stance. 1/3

Antigua and Barbuda has never been engaged in commercial whaling itself. Yet at at least 2 #IWC Meetings, it has made proposals to lift the moratorium that has protected whales from commercial whaling since 1986. The State is known for supporting commercial whaling interests, especially Japan’s. 1/3

👉 In der 10. Folge von «Plastic Matters» spricht Marco Scherrer mit Dr. Ewoud Lauwerier, OceanCare's Plastic Policy Specialist, darüber, warum Zigarettenstummel kein Littering-, sondern ein Plastikproblem sind & warum dieser Unterschied vieles verändert. 🎙️Hier reinhören: www.oceancare.org/podcast/

Orcas sharing their food, like humans carving a roast at a shared meal? A video showing orcas tearing apart a dead sunfish – possibly just for fun – is going viral worldwide. Our Science Director Mark Simmonds helped @afp.com put the behaviour into context. www.france24.com/en/live-news...

Killer whales: orcas blow fish to bits 'for fun', study finds

A group of killer whales have been documented blowing a sunfish to bits in an unusual underwater escapade offering never-before-seen insights into orca behaviour, according to research released Thursd...

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What does it mean when a whale offers you a fish? 🐟 Off Gibraltar, the orca matriach "Estrella" did just that, then waited. She's not the first. Perhaps she's asking: are you friendly? Are you like us? 🔗 Read more in our blog: www.oceancare.org/en/stories_a... 📹 Footage by: WeWhale Association

What does it mean when a whale offers you a fish? - OceanCare

Recent video footage taken off the Strait of Gibraltar by the WeWhale Association shows an orca offering the head of a tuna to the people on board a vessel.

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👉Norway, Iceland, Japan, the Faroes: none of these wealthy nations needs whale meat for food. So why does #whaling continue? 🔗 OceanCare's Mark Simmonds reflects on the political motivations that keep whaling alive in these nations: www.oceancare.org/en/stories_a... #IWC

Why whaling continues - Mark Simmonds - OceanCare

This is an opinion piece from Mark Simmonds, Director of Science, who has closely followed whaling issues around the world for more than three decades.

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🌊The deep sea covers two-thirds of our planet. Yet #DeepSeaMining risks profound, irreversible harm. As the #ISA Council meets (13–24 July), governments face a clear choice: support a precautionary pause or moratorium. 43 countries now back a halt on DSM-activities. @deepseaconserve.bsky.social

‼️ Der US-Ölkonzern ExxonMobil will mit Schallkanonen CO2-Lager in der Nordsee suchen – derselben schädlichen Methode, mit der auch nach Öl und Gas gesucht wird – und verkauft es als Klimaschutz. Das ist kein Klimaschutz, sondern ein Geschäftsmodell und eine Scheinlösung. 1/2

🌎 We're honoured: "Because Our Planet Is Blue" won recognition at the BoB Award 2025 (Social & Sustainability Impact)! This honour belongs to the 114,559 people who raised their voices for the ocean. The work continues. 🌊 www.oceancare.org/stories_and_...

BoB Award für OceanCares "Because Our Planet Is Blue"

OceanCares internationale Kampagne "Because Our Planet Is Blue" wurde am 2. Juli 2026 in Berlin mit dem BoB Award 2025 ausgezeichnet.

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👉New study by Dolphin Biology and Conservation shows: bottlenose dolphins in the Adriatic rely on fishing trawlers for food, as their natural prey is depleted. ⚠️ 1/3

🚨 🐋 After a 2-years pause, Iceland’s fin whaling fleet made its first kills of the season. 2 fin whales already lost their lives. OceanCare continues to call on the Icelandic policy makers to outlaw this cruelty. More: www.oceancare.org/en/stories_a... #InternationalWhalingCommission #Whaling

Iceland Resumes Whaling After A Two Year Break

On Sunday night, Iceland's fin whaling fleet made its first kills of the season, ending hopes for a permanent end to whaling after a two-year pause.

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Momentum is building across Africa! In just a few days, Malawi🇲🇼 Kenya🇰🇪 and Madagascar🇲🇬 have all supported a pause on deep-sea mining. A landlocked, coastal, and island nation united in recognizing the need to protect the deep sea. Who's next? #DefendTheDeep #DeepSeaMining #OurOceanKenya #OOC11

🌊 At the #OurOceanConference (OOC11), African & global civil society organisations have published a call on governments & banks to stop offshore oil and gas exploration & exploitation in African waters. 1/2

For yesterday's World Oceans Day, OceanCare's Carlos Bravo wrote an op-ed in @elpais.com about why the @imohq.bsky.social must step up to implement the High Seas Treaty (BBNJ) into its regulations to really protect the ocean from the ecological impacts of shipping. 👉 elpais.com/opinion/2026...

This #WorldOceansDay, the UN asks us to REIMAGINE our relationship with the ocean. We believe that is exactly the right question. The #BBNJ shows what becomes possible when States act together.That same commitment must now be carried forward to address every threat our blue planet continues to face.

🚨On Wednesday, 27th May the sea turned red again: Nearly 700 pilot whales & other dolphins were killed in 3 separate drive hunts at the #FaroeIslands, just hours after the Parliament voted unanimously to remove whale & dolphin hunting from the protection of its Animal Welfare Act. 1/2

A @ifawglobal.bsky.social survey shows: 98% of Europeans want to protect marine wildlife. Only 14% know #underwaternoise is one of its biggest threats. Once informed, 89% demand urgent action. 👉 The solution: mandatory vessel speed limits. Read more: www.oceancare.org/en/stories_a...

New IFAW survey: Europeans want the ocean to be protected

A new IFAW poll shows, that Europeans want the ocean to be protected but have hardly heard about its loudest threat – and the way to fix it!

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Malawi has become the first African country to support a precautionary pause on deep-sea mining. With this, 41 countries now stand for a moratorium or precautionary pause. deep-sea-conservation.org/malawi-becom...

#PFAS stecken in Pfannen, Regenjacken, Verpackungen & in uns. Wie gefährlich sind sie wirklich? 🤔 🎧 In der 8. Episode von «Plastic Matters» erklärt Prof. Dr. Martin Scheringer was hinter den „Ewigkeitschemikalien“ steckt. 🔗Jetzt reinhören: www.oceancare.org/stories_and_...

Plastic Matters | Der Podcast von OceanCare

Der Podcast von OceanCare nimmt das globale Plastikproblem genau unter die Lupe. Ein Podcast für Mitdenkende und Mitgestaltende.

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🚨🐟Fische aus Schweizer Seen sind stark belastet. Das Blut eines Hobby-Fischers enthielt die 77-fache Menge an PFOS, die gesundheitlich akzeptabel wäre. 👉Der Grund: PFOS ist eine Chemikalie aus der Gruppe der PFAS. Aber was ist #PFAS? 🔗 Mehr dazu hier: www.oceancare.org/stories_and_...

Hohe PFAS-Belastung bei Schweizer Fischen - OceanCare

Bei einem Hobbyfischer wurde eine PFAS-Belastung festgestellt, die den gesundheitlich akzeptablen Wert um das 77-Fache überschreitet.

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👉 A new study shows that pilot whales in the Strait of Gibraltar increase their call output level in response to shipping noise, but only partially compensate for increasing noise. Reducing ocean noise emissions is urgently needed. 🔗 Read more: www.oceancare.org/en/stories_a... #underwaternoise

Shipping noise severely impacts vocalization of pilot whales

A new study shows that pilot whales increase their call output level in response to shipping noise, but only partially compensate for increasing noise.

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Confi. Gaspar. 🐬 For many, encounters with wild dolphins like these can feel extraordinary. But when #dolphins live alone, such interactions can become a threat — to them and to the people involved. A new study finally analyses why. 1/2