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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 22h

🚨 We're calling on the UK Govt to urgently action a properly funded & enforced strategy to end overfishing and give life back to our seas 🐟🎣

Our seas need us to take a stand and raise our voices. Will you?

Send a message. Make it count. ✊ https://bit.ly/3Wxi2MI

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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 1d

🌡️🌊 Marine heatwaves will become more frequent off UK coasts, similar in intensity to the ‘unheard of’ temps in 2023, which put ocean life at risk of death - experts say

“This is [...] likely to worsen unless we make significant strides to cut emissions”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Marine heatwaves to become more frequent off UK and Irish coasts, experts say

Scientists find 10% chance that similar events to the ‘unheard of’ temperatures in 2023 could occur each year

www.theguardian.com

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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 1/6 of all UK commercial fish stocks are in an overfished state and STILL being overexploited ❌🐟

How can anyone justify overfishing these struggling stocks? It can only lead to empty seas, devoid of life 📉

Join us in calling on PM Keir Starmer to end overfishing: act.oceana.org/page/178303/...

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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 3d

“Overfishing is not an unavoidable tragedy – it is a political choice. Ministers ignore the science [...] & our seas are paying the price. Five years after becoming an independent coastal state, the UK seems to have accepted a state of relentless decline.”
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/a-polit...

"A political failure": Half of UK's critical fish stocks face depletion - Oceanographic

Oceana UK has accused UK government of abject failure when it comes to sustainably managing critical fish stocks, now facing collapse

oceanographicmagazine.com

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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you for standing with us to save our seas 🌊🙏

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Ken Roberts @tafodyddraig.bsky.social · 3d

🚨 Half the UK’s top 10 fish stocks are being overexploited, new research shows! Overfishing is emptying our seas of life, and it's a political choice 🐟 So I’m joining @oceanauk.bsky.social in calling on the Prime Minister to end overfishing in UK waters. Join us! 📩
act.oceana.org/page/178303/...