23,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 joules. That’s the amount of heat the oceans absorbed in 2025. A number so huge it’s almost meaningless…until you realise it’s roughly 40× humanity’s annual energy use. The ocean is buying us time. We’re running out of it. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

World’s oceans absorbed record heat equal to 40 times annual global energy use

The injection of thermal energy comes amid an increasing rise in sea levels and continuing acidification

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Thank you @jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eufor convening today’s #MSFD roundtable and enabling an open exchange. Our @verampcoelho.bsky.social called for any changes to the law to be action-oriented, focused on results, & equipped with the tools needed for implementation and enforcement. #EUOceanAct

“We must listen to the ocean, and we must protect it much, much more”, says @ec.europa.eu President von der Leyen at #OceanEye pledging event at #UNGA week. Couldn’t agree more. Ocean observation must underpin: 🪸 Effective MPAs 🐟Rebuilding of fish stocks 🥵Climate resilience 🌊Ocean governance

Great start to #OOC11 in Mombasa, Kenya, where Oceana Board member Christina Chemtai Hicks is giving a keynote address to the pre-conference Science & Research Symposium. Diversity of life, of fishing methods, and of fishing communities is essential to sustainability and human nutrition.

The European Commission's much-awaited evaluation of the #CFP is finally out. It couldn't be clearer: 'in most cases, the main challenge is not the CFP's rules themselves, but inconsistent implementation and enforcement across EU Member States.' #CFPreality ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

Commission evaluation shows slow progress in fishing sustainability and ongoing challenges for EU fishers

The European Commission today published its evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) Regulation, covering the decade from 2014 to 2024.

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Thousands of tonnes of fish are illegally turned into fishmeal & oil off the coast of Guinea-Bissau, reveal @theguardian.com & @desmog.com. Later exported, these products "can enter the EU without documentation on species or origin", says @verampcoelho.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

How the ‘Galápagos of west Africa’ is plundered by floating fish factories

A Guardian investigation with DeSmog reveals thousands of tonnes of fish are illegally turned into fishmeal and oil off the coast of Guinea-Bissau

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At #EUOceanDays @verampcoelho.bsky.social says the EU must: ✔️Ensure level playing field for EU and imported fish products ✔️Demand Member States to trace opaque ownership of fishing vessels abroad ✔️Better consumer information for all seafood products, including processed and in restaurants

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

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”.

🌊Join us for a special screening of Women from the Sea, hosted by MEP Paulo do Nascimento Cabral with the support of Oceana, followed by a debate with @verampcoelho.bsky.social. 📅 14 January 2026 🕒 17:30 - 19:30 📍 European Parliament, Brussels ✅ Register here: forms.gle/jdvren3KS6ef...

Just copy-pasting the EU’s existing targets into the new #OceanAct would be fairly meaningless. Ambitions like protecting 30% of the ocean by 2030—agreed by the EU but not yet in law—must be added. Read @verampcoelho.bsky.social’s interview with @endseurope.com: www.endseurope.com/article/1937...

I am thrilled to start this new challenge, and honoured to lead @oceana.bsky.social's incredible team in Europe. We’ll keep pushing to make the continent a global leader in #ocean conservation and restoration, leading to abundant fisheries and climate resilient, prosperous communities.

Oceana in Europe@oceanaeurope.bsky.social · 12mo ago

We're happy to announce that @verampcoelho.bsky.social has been appointed as Oceana in Europe's Vice President & Executive Director!👏 She has been key in securing 20+ policy wins for our ocean and will now lead our campaigns to protect & restore European seas. ➡️ europe.oceana.org/press-releas...

Coinciding with #UNOC3, Julia Ochs & Klaudyna Brzostowska have released a trailer on their upcoming documentary on bottom trawling. 'The Net' "explores the ecological and human cost of an industry that is both a livelihood and a threat." Looking forward watching it! www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oEo...

THE NET | Trailer

YouTube video by Julia Ochs

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Emmanuel Macron's announcement to 'limit' bottom trawling in some of France's #MarineProtectedAreas at #UNOC3 fails to place protection where destructive fishing is happening. A missed opportunity to lead by example and #BanBottomTrawling in all #MPAs More: europe.oceana.org/press-releas...

Oceana criticizes France’s announcement on bottom trawling in marine protected areas at UNOC3

Oceana criticises France for banning bottom trawling primarily in marine protected areas where it does not occur.

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“Ocean with David Attenborough” - beautiful, terrifying, and hopeful. The footage of destructive fishing is a gut punch - and it beggars belief that we still allow ocean bulldozers to destroy our #MPAs. Will #UNOC offer action, or just more hopeful words? #ProtectedMeansProtected

Commissioner @CostasKadis stresses that ocean pressures are large, and growing, and that urgent action is needed. He announces that the #EUOceanPact will set ambitious goals and priorities. This would be a welcome and substantial improvement to the draft that was recently leaked

At the opening of the European Maritime Day on Cork, Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin reiterates Ireland’s commitment to protecting 30% of its maritime area by 2030, and the importance of a healthy ocean for people’s wellbeing and for the prosperity of coastal communities

Today small-scale fishers, scientists, citizens & civil society organisations handed a petition signed by 250,000 Europeans to Costas Kadis, urging him to #BanBottomTrawling in #MarineProtectedAreas, through an #OceanPact where #Protectedmeansprotected. ➡️ europe.oceana.org/press-releas...

Interesting: North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission 1st ever RFMO to report OECM in high seas aiming to protect Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems from bottom trawling. Plenty of detailed info here ➡️ www.neafc.org/oecm

READ: Bottom trawling is devastating ocean ecosystems, like 'marine deforestation.' Oceana and our allies are calling on governments in the UK, France, and across Europe to ban this destructive practice in marine protected areas! bit.ly/3RnCkWl @hugotagholm.bsky.social @the-independent.com

🆕📄 #EPlenary: The #EUOceanPact and #MarineProtectedAreas. How can MPAs help rebuild fish stocks, protect biodiversity & strengthen coastal economies? Read our latest briefing to find out! ➡️ europe.oceana.org/wp-content/u...

The plastic pollution crisis in our ocean is set to get worse. A new @oceana.bsky.social report reveals the shocking statistics behind the world’s most prolific plastic polluter Coca-Cola. It estimate Coke will drive 600 million kilos of plastic pollution to our seas annually by 2030‼️🌍⚠️

Great to see that the fair allocation of fishing opportunities to those who provide the most benefits to society is becoming an increasingly discussed topic at EU level. Time to implement the CFP’s provisions and to #MakeFishingFair! #CFPreality #OceanPact

We’re calling for the #EUOceanPact to: 📌 Legally protect 30% of EU seas, with 10% under strict protection 📌 Ensure a just transition to low-impact fisheries 📌 Improve consumer information on processed and imported seafood europe.oceana.org/reports/blue... #BlueManifesto #OceanPact

"Unsustainable fishing practices [..] like trawling [..] deplete fish stocks and destroy habitats." Good to hear that this has landed with Charlina Vitcheva, director general at DG MARE. Let's implement the #MarineActionPlan and ban bottom trawling in MPAs!

Vera Coelho@verampcoelho.bsky.social · 2y ago

DG @CharlinaVitcheva opens the Fisheries & Ocean dialogue by highlighting the importance of the #ocean for the EU and its citizens, as well as the negative impacts we have on it. Question for today: how will the #OceanPact tackle these pressures in a coherent way? #BlueManifesto

Monica Verbeek, director of @seasatrisk.bsky.social, highlights the #BlueManifesto call for new legislation to ban destructive activities (such as #bottomtrawling) from #MPAs in one go, with a whole-site approach rather than just looking at piecemeal features in very limited sites. #OceanPact

Bottom trawling is a highly destructive & non-selective fishing method happening in Marine Protected Areas - yet 🇪🇺 countries fail to regulate it effectively. This is why the #OceanPact must enforce new, binding rules to ensure that #ProtectedMeansProtected! 🌊✊#EUBlueFuture

Louise Guillot@l-guillot.bsky.social · 2y ago

As Brussels gears up for the European Ocean Days this week, join me this afternoon for an interview w/ Commissioner Costas Kadis on EU ocean governance. Tune in here from 2pm CET: www.politico.eu/event/walkin...

I really appreciated @humbertodrosa.bsky.social's description of sustainability - not as a three-pillar concept, but as a layered concept (similar to a wedding cake 🍰). It reminded me of this graph, which I always found a much more helpful depiction of sustainability than the three-legged stool...

Humberto Rosa of @EU_ENV heeds MEP Clergeau’s call: let’s be disruptive and implement existing legislation. If the #CFP, Nature Directives etc were heeded, we would be in a much better position. Yet, calls for implementation such as the Marine Action Plan are met with resistance

MEP Christophe Clergeau highlights that the real challenge for the #OceanPact is NOT to reconcile human activities with ocean protection. The challenge is to recognise that ocean health is the pillar upon which a sustainable blue economy is possible. #BlueManifesto