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Oceana in Europe @oceanaeurope.bsky.social · 23h

What if something we thought was new had actually been forgotten for over 100 years? 🌊

Thanks to the Ranger expeditions, we’re not only discovering new species — we’re finding them again!

Dive in and explore these unique treasures the ocean has given back.

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Oceana in Europe @oceanaeurope.bsky.social · 1d

Consumers have the right to know what they eat.
In the EU, restaurants, hotels & processed fish, such as tuna cans, don’t have to show:
❌ Species
❌ Where it was caught
❌ How it was caught

We call on the EU for full transparency & traceability on all seafood. #FollowTheFish

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Oceana in Europe @oceanaeurope.bsky.social · 1d

👏 We applaud @miteco.gob.es @saraaagesen.bsky.social for adding 1.7 million hectares to Spain’s protected areas –now covering 22.45% of national waters!
Once management plans are in place, these sites will safeguard vulnerable species like cetaceans, corals & deep-sea sharks.
🔗 bit.ly/4nB2hQR

Oceana Ranger's reflection on a long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas). Seco de Palos seamount, Murcia, Spain. Photo: © OCEANA / Pitu Rovirosa.
Official journal> https://boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-2025-19903

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Oceana in Europe @oceanaeurope.bsky.social · 2d

🌊Big win for ocean conservation! Spain has just approved 5 new marine protected areas and 1 special protection area for birds—covering 17,000 km².
🇪🇸 This brings protected waters to 22.45%
Next step: ensuring effective management!
Oceana contributed data from our at-sea expeditions: bit.ly/4mTzohE

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Oceana in Europe @oceanaeurope.bsky.social · 3d

A few highlights from our Illegal Fishing campaign director @vanyalovesfish.bsky.social intervention at PECH Committee 2 weeks ago. She urged the EU to:

🎣 Strengthen fisheries management
🗣️ Improve consumer information for all seafood products
🔍 Increase fishing transparency

#FightIllegalFishing

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Oceana in Europe @oceanaeurope.bsky.social · 6d

It’s #WorldAnimalDay! 🐠💙

Celebrate marine life by finding out where you belong in the ocean food chain. 🌊🦈

Take our quiz and discover your sea creature match!
➡️ europe.oceana.org/where-do-you...

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Oceana in Europe @oceanaeurope.bsky.social · 6d

The world needs a just food system, and the ocean can play a vital role if we:

🐟rebuild fish populations
🎣catch fish to feed people (not other fish)
🌊safeguard the ocean, so it can continue to produce food

Oceana reaction to #EATLancet report: oceana.org/press-releas...

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Oceana in Europe @oceanaeurope.bsky.social · 6d

Just 10 days to go until #OceanWeek! 🌊

A full week of debates, exhibitions & events to celebrate Europe’s seas and discuss how to restore their abundance.

📍 Brussels, 13–19 October 2025
👉 Find out more: www.oceanweek.eu

Ocean Week 2025

Ocean Week 2025 - seven days of events, discussions and activities in Brussels and beyond

www.oceanweek.eu

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Oceana in Europe @oceanaeurope.bsky.social · 7d

After nearly 25 years of talks, the @wto.org Fisheries Subsidies Agreement has entered into force🌍🐟

A first step to curb harmful subsidies that fuel overfishing & hurt coastal communities.

Read more in this piece by @drdanielskerritt.bsky.social (@oceana.bsky.social) & Dr. Rashid Sumaila:

What the WTO’s deal to curb fisheries subsidies means and what it could achieve

For decades, government subsidies have helped industrial fishing fleets to expand, often with little regard for sustainability.

theconversation.com

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Oceana in Europe @oceanaeurope.bsky.social · 8d

We bid farewell to Jane Goodall, who taught us that science and care for wildlife must go hand in hand.

From land forests to ocean forests, her profound message defending the complex tapestry of life below the surface will continue to resonate with us:

Dr. Jane Goodall's Message for World Oceans Day 2022

YouTube video by Dr. Jane Goodall & the Jane Goodall Institute USA

youtu.be

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Oceana in Europe @oceanaeurope.bsky.social · 9d

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Oceana in Europe @oceanaeurope.bsky.social · 9d

📢 New report: 94% of fishing vessels analysed by Oceana in the Spanish Mediterranean operate with allegedly fraudulent engines.

Consequences: overfishing, unfair competition among fishers, and ecosystem damage.

We urge the Spanish government to act.

🔗Read more: europe.oceana.org/press-releas...

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Oceana in Europe @oceanaeurope.bsky.social · 9d

🌊 Nestled between Menorca & Mallorca, the Menorca Channel hosts coralligenous beds, rhodolith beds, kelp forests & rich wildlife.

This biodiversity was under threat, so Oceana launched a campaign to protect it. A recent @ieo.es study shows it worked!

Learn more⤵️
europe.oceana.org/blog/life-co...

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Oceana in Europe @oceanaeurope.bsky.social · 9d

After limiting the power of their boats' engines, Palamós fishers (Spain) have experienced multiple benefits:

✅ More and bigger catches
✅ Lower fuel costs
✅ Healthier seas

The fishing sector is part of the solution to more sustainable fisheries🎥

Engines Under Control

YouTube video by Oceana Europe

www.youtube.com

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Oceana in Europe @oceanaeurope.bsky.social · 10d

🐟 Today is the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste.

Despite the EU ban, millions of tonnes of fish — much of it edible — are still discarded at sea every year.

Stop food loss at sea.

#FLWDay

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Oceana in Europe @oceanaeurope.bsky.social · 10d

🆕 @eea.europa.eu report warns: Europe can’t have long-lasting security without a resilient environment.🌍

At sea, climate change, bottom trawling & overfishing are pushing ecosystems to the brink—only 28% of fish stocks are healthy & sustainably fished: www.eea.europa.eu/en/europe-en...

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