Oceana UK
@oceanauk.bsky.social
Ocean conservation charity fighting for UK seas to get the protection they deserve ✊️
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🚢 Hidden vessels are threatening marine life in Scotland's protected waters 🚨
Nearly 2/3 of ships entering Scottish marine havens go undetected as they don’t use AIS, an identification system ❌
@whalesorg.bsky.social
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oceanographicmagazine.com/news/hidden-...
Nearly 2/3 of ships entering Scottish marine havens go undetected as they don’t use AIS, an identification system ❌
@whalesorg.bsky.social
@heriotwattuni.bsky.social
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/hidden-...
Hidden vessel traffic threatens life in Scotland’s MPAs - Oceanographic
A study finds two-thirds of vessels in Scotland’s MPAs aren’t using tracking system, exposing major gaps in protection for marine species.
oceanographicmagazine.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:45 PM
🚢 Hidden vessels are threatening marine life in Scotland's protected waters 🚨
Nearly 2/3 of ships entering Scottish marine havens go undetected as they don’t use AIS, an identification system ❌
@whalesorg.bsky.social
@heriotwattuni.bsky.social
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/hidden-...
Nearly 2/3 of ships entering Scottish marine havens go undetected as they don’t use AIS, an identification system ❌
@whalesorg.bsky.social
@heriotwattuni.bsky.social
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/hidden-...
No mention of fossil fuels in the final #COP30 agreement 🌍❌… hugely disappointing. A weak text won’t save our seas from the climate crisis 🌊
There's now more urgency needed than ever to do all we can in home waters ⚠️🔽
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
There's now more urgency needed than ever to do all we can in home waters ⚠️🔽
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
COP30: UN climate talks fail to secure new fossil fuel promises
Nearly 200 countries attended COP30, which aimed to commit the world to take more action on climate change.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 9:54 AM
No mention of fossil fuels in the final #COP30 agreement 🌍❌… hugely disappointing. A weak text won’t save our seas from the climate crisis 🌊
There's now more urgency needed than ever to do all we can in home waters ⚠️🔽
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
There's now more urgency needed than ever to do all we can in home waters ⚠️🔽
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
149 species at risk 🐬
900 MILLION tonnes of CO2 🔥
1 email from you 📩
Which number matters most? → https://act.oceana.org/page/171529/action/1?ea.tracking.id=bluesky
#OilFieldFiles
900 MILLION tonnes of CO2 🔥
1 email from you 📩
Which number matters most? → https://act.oceana.org/page/171529/action/1?ea.tracking.id=bluesky
#OilFieldFiles
November 23, 2025 at 12:05 PM
149 species at risk 🐬
900 MILLION tonnes of CO2 🔥
1 email from you 📩
Which number matters most? → https://act.oceana.org/page/171529/action/1?ea.tracking.id=bluesky
#OilFieldFiles
900 MILLION tonnes of CO2 🔥
1 email from you 📩
Which number matters most? → https://act.oceana.org/page/171529/action/1?ea.tracking.id=bluesky
#OilFieldFiles
This isn't a game. It's a guaranteed environmental disaster.
But every field stopped is a victory. And we're going to win.
Join us → https://bit.ly/490ZLPq
#OilFieldFiles
But every field stopped is a victory. And we're going to win.
Join us → https://bit.ly/490ZLPq
#OilFieldFiles
November 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
This isn't a game. It's a guaranteed environmental disaster.
But every field stopped is a victory. And we're going to win.
Join us → https://bit.ly/490ZLPq
#OilFieldFiles
But every field stopped is a victory. And we're going to win.
Join us → https://bit.ly/490ZLPq
#OilFieldFiles
🚨 Half the UK’s top 10 fish stocks are being overexploited. Overfishing is emptying our seas, & it’s a political choice ⚠️
📩Today on #WorldFisheriesDay, tell the Prime Minister to act: https://bit.ly/3LUP1Zk
📩Today on #WorldFisheriesDay, tell the Prime Minister to act: https://bit.ly/3LUP1Zk
November 21, 2025 at 10:05 PM
🚨 Half the UK’s top 10 fish stocks are being overexploited. Overfishing is emptying our seas, & it’s a political choice ⚠️
📩Today on #WorldFisheriesDay, tell the Prime Minister to act: https://bit.ly/3LUP1Zk
📩Today on #WorldFisheriesDay, tell the Prime Minister to act: https://bit.ly/3LUP1Zk
🚨 The UK has REFUSED to back a plan to save collapsing mackerel stocks 🐟
By ignoring scientific advice, the UK is fuelling overfishing.
This isn’t complicated. It’s a political choice.
📩 This #WorldFisheriesDay, tell the PM to stop overfishing: act.oceana.org/page/178303/...
By ignoring scientific advice, the UK is fuelling overfishing.
This isn’t complicated. It’s a political choice.
📩 This #WorldFisheriesDay, tell the PM to stop overfishing: act.oceana.org/page/178303/...
November 21, 2025 at 9:36 AM
🚨 The UK has REFUSED to back a plan to save collapsing mackerel stocks 🐟
By ignoring scientific advice, the UK is fuelling overfishing.
This isn’t complicated. It’s a political choice.
📩 This #WorldFisheriesDay, tell the PM to stop overfishing: act.oceana.org/page/178303/...
By ignoring scientific advice, the UK is fuelling overfishing.
This isn’t complicated. It’s a political choice.
📩 This #WorldFisheriesDay, tell the PM to stop overfishing: act.oceana.org/page/178303/...
This is where we make our stand. On the beach.
Learn more about our Oil Field Files and inform you MP of the Oil Field Files - 22 new oil and gas fields awaiting approval with huge environmental impact.
Take Action → https://bit.ly/490ZLPq
#OilFieldFiles
Learn more about our Oil Field Files and inform you MP of the Oil Field Files - 22 new oil and gas fields awaiting approval with huge environmental impact.
Take Action → https://bit.ly/490ZLPq
#OilFieldFiles
November 20, 2025 at 11:13 AM
This is where we make our stand. On the beach.
Learn more about our Oil Field Files and inform you MP of the Oil Field Files - 22 new oil and gas fields awaiting approval with huge environmental impact.
Take Action → https://bit.ly/490ZLPq
#OilFieldFiles
Learn more about our Oil Field Files and inform you MP of the Oil Field Files - 22 new oil and gas fields awaiting approval with huge environmental impact.
Take Action → https://bit.ly/490ZLPq
#OilFieldFiles
November 19, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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#OilFieldFiles #StopRosebank
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#OilFieldFiles #StopRosebank
November 17, 2025 at 11:14 PM
This card = protected area destroyed
Your email = protection restored → act.oceana.org/page/171529/...
#OilFieldFiles #StopRosebank
Your email = protection restored → act.oceana.org/page/171529/...
#OilFieldFiles #StopRosebank
🎉 Incredible ocean win from our friends at @sussexwildlife.bsky.social in a battle to stop dredging taking place in a conservation zone. Plans involved one million tonnes of sediment being dumped over 10 years on "important, internationally rare habitat"
https://bbc.in/4p4bOQG
https://bbc.in/4p4bOQG
Sussex Wildlife Trust claims victory in Brighton dredging battle
The Trust challenged the plan to dredge a million tonnes and dump it on a marine conservation area.
bbc.in
November 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
🎉 Incredible ocean win from our friends at @sussexwildlife.bsky.social in a battle to stop dredging taking place in a conservation zone. Plans involved one million tonnes of sediment being dumped over 10 years on "important, internationally rare habitat"
https://bbc.in/4p4bOQG
https://bbc.in/4p4bOQG
🎉 Puffins spotted on Ireland’s Isle of Muck for the first time in years, after major conservation efforts to remove invasive rats. With most seabird species at risk, this is huge - proof that restoration works!
🤞 Here’s hoping for pufflings next year! #OceanWin
https://bbc.in/48fF6pW
🤞 Here’s hoping for pufflings next year! #OceanWin
https://bbc.in/48fF6pW
Puffins: Isle of Muck comeback 'proves restoration works'
Puffins have been seen on the Isle of Muck off Antrim for the first time in at least 25 years
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
🎉 Puffins spotted on Ireland’s Isle of Muck for the first time in years, after major conservation efforts to remove invasive rats. With most seabird species at risk, this is huge - proof that restoration works!
🤞 Here’s hoping for pufflings next year! #OceanWin
https://bbc.in/48fF6pW
🤞 Here’s hoping for pufflings next year! #OceanWin
https://bbc.in/48fF6pW
🐋 SPOTTED! Humpback whale off the Norfolk coast 🎉
"It made me feel so emotional. When you see these creatures it's usually on TV watching David Attenborough. It was just magical," said Andrew, who spotted the ocean giant from his boat. Watch below 🔽
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cvg7mn0359ro
"It made me feel so emotional. When you see these creatures it's usually on TV watching David Attenborough. It was just magical," said Andrew, who spotted the ocean giant from his boat. Watch below 🔽
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cvg7mn0359ro
Fisherman films 'magical' humpback whale off Norfolk coast
The fisherman is surprised by the size of the whale as it swims near his boat.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 4:54 PM
🐋 SPOTTED! Humpback whale off the Norfolk coast 🎉
"It made me feel so emotional. When you see these creatures it's usually on TV watching David Attenborough. It was just magical," said Andrew, who spotted the ocean giant from his boat. Watch below 🔽
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cvg7mn0359ro
"It made me feel so emotional. When you see these creatures it's usually on TV watching David Attenborough. It was just magical," said Andrew, who spotted the ocean giant from his boat. Watch below 🔽
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cvg7mn0359ro
This is where we make our stand. On the beach.
Learn more about our Oil Field Files and inform you MP of the Oil Field Files - 22 new oil and gas fields awaiting approval with huge environmental impact.
Take Action → https://bit.ly/490ZLPq
#OilFieldFiles
Learn more about our Oil Field Files and inform you MP of the Oil Field Files - 22 new oil and gas fields awaiting approval with huge environmental impact.
Take Action → https://bit.ly/490ZLPq
#OilFieldFiles
November 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
This is where we make our stand. On the beach.
Learn more about our Oil Field Files and inform you MP of the Oil Field Files - 22 new oil and gas fields awaiting approval with huge environmental impact.
Take Action → https://bit.ly/490ZLPq
#OilFieldFiles
Learn more about our Oil Field Files and inform you MP of the Oil Field Files - 22 new oil and gas fields awaiting approval with huge environmental impact.
Take Action → https://bit.ly/490ZLPq
#OilFieldFiles
🚨 1,600+ fossil fuel lobbyists have been granted access to the #COP30 climate summit in Brazil, outnumbering every single country’s delegation except Brazil, new analysis shows 🔽
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says
One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:58 AM
🚨 1,600+ fossil fuel lobbyists have been granted access to the #COP30 climate summit in Brazil, outnumbering every single country’s delegation except Brazil, new analysis shows 🔽
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Bottom trawling isn’t just an ocean issue, it’s a climate one too. It destroys carbon-rich seabeds & weakens the ocean's resilience. Banning it in marine protected areas is vital for our seas & in the fight against climate breakdown ✊🌎 #COP30
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www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-...
@euractiv.com
www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-...
The hidden deforestation beneath the waves | Euractiv
Tackling the carbon emissions of bottom trawling is a fast and effective way to forestall climate change while protecting our precious marine ecosystems. But despite the minimal returns, governments across Europe keep subsidising the practice
www.euractiv.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Bottom trawling isn’t just an ocean issue, it’s a climate one too. It destroys carbon-rich seabeds & weakens the ocean's resilience. Banning it in marine protected areas is vital for our seas & in the fight against climate breakdown ✊🌎 #COP30
@euractiv.com
www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-...
@euractiv.com
www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-...
Reposted by Oceana UK
Even when all the oil has been extracted, abandoned pipelines may continue to release neurotoxic mercury - which can bioaccumulate in sea creatures including fish, shellfish + marine mammals.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Abandoned pipelines could release poisons into North Sea, scientists warn
Researchers say toxic chemicals pose a pollution risk as oil and gas companies are allowed to leave pipelines to rot
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Even when all the oil has been extracted, abandoned pipelines may continue to release neurotoxic mercury - which can bioaccumulate in sea creatures including fish, shellfish + marine mammals.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
🌍 The UN’s climate summit #COP30 may be in full swing, but did you know 5,000+ fossil fuel lobbyists have been given access to these climate summits over the years? 🤯👇🧵
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then kept drilling
Exclusive: Research shows oil, gas and coal firms’ unprecedented access to Cop26-29, blocking urgent climate action
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
🌍 The UN’s climate summit #COP30 may be in full swing, but did you know 5,000+ fossil fuel lobbyists have been given access to these climate summits over the years? 🤯👇🧵
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This is Naomi, our campaign lead.
She's holding 22 reasons why our seas are in danger ⚠️
Each card = an oil field disaster waiting to happen.
Thread below shows you exactly what Big Oil's planning 🧵
#OilFieldFiles
She's holding 22 reasons why our seas are in danger ⚠️
Each card = an oil field disaster waiting to happen.
Thread below shows you exactly what Big Oil's planning 🧵
#OilFieldFiles
November 11, 2025 at 3:44 PM
This is Naomi, our campaign lead.
She's holding 22 reasons why our seas are in danger ⚠️
Each card = an oil field disaster waiting to happen.
Thread below shows you exactly what Big Oil's planning 🧵
#OilFieldFiles
She's holding 22 reasons why our seas are in danger ⚠️
Each card = an oil field disaster waiting to happen.
Thread below shows you exactly what Big Oil's planning 🧵
#OilFieldFiles
"It's just 22 more oil fields"
No.
It's 900 million tonnes of CO2 🌍
It's 149+ species at risk 🦈
It's 95% of them drilling through wildlife nurseries 🐟
It's our entire ocean ecosystem 🌊
This game's rigged. Time to change the rules. ✊
📧 Email your MP → https://bit.ly/490ZLPq
No.
It's 900 million tonnes of CO2 🌍
It's 149+ species at risk 🦈
It's 95% of them drilling through wildlife nurseries 🐟
It's our entire ocean ecosystem 🌊
This game's rigged. Time to change the rules. ✊
📧 Email your MP → https://bit.ly/490ZLPq
November 6, 2025 at 9:53 AM
"It's just 22 more oil fields"
No.
It's 900 million tonnes of CO2 🌍
It's 149+ species at risk 🦈
It's 95% of them drilling through wildlife nurseries 🐟
It's our entire ocean ecosystem 🌊
This game's rigged. Time to change the rules. ✊
📧 Email your MP → https://bit.ly/490ZLPq
No.
It's 900 million tonnes of CO2 🌍
It's 149+ species at risk 🦈
It's 95% of them drilling through wildlife nurseries 🐟
It's our entire ocean ecosystem 🌊
This game's rigged. Time to change the rules. ✊
📧 Email your MP → https://bit.ly/490ZLPq
Reposted by Oceana UK
Oceana UK made a Top Trumps of planned oil sites. The numbers are shocking:
🦭 149 wildlife species at risk (likely an underestimate)
🐟 36 commercially important fish species also threatened
🛢️ over 900 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent projected to be released
Email your MP: link in this post ⬇️
🦭 149 wildlife species at risk (likely an underestimate)
🐟 36 commercially important fish species also threatened
🛢️ over 900 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent projected to be released
Email your MP: link in this post ⬇️
500 govt meetings with oil lobbyists last year ✓
22 new oil fields pending ✓
8 fields in or next to marine PROTECTED areas ✓
Our govt considering the true ocean impact ❌
Game over. The #OilFieldFiles are public.
📧 Email your MP to stop this → act.oceana.org/page/171529/...
22 new oil fields pending ✓
8 fields in or next to marine PROTECTED areas ✓
Our govt considering the true ocean impact ❌
Game over. The #OilFieldFiles are public.
📧 Email your MP to stop this → act.oceana.org/page/171529/...
November 5, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Oceana UK made a Top Trumps of planned oil sites. The numbers are shocking:
🦭 149 wildlife species at risk (likely an underestimate)
🐟 36 commercially important fish species also threatened
🛢️ over 900 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent projected to be released
Email your MP: link in this post ⬇️
🦭 149 wildlife species at risk (likely an underestimate)
🐟 36 commercially important fish species also threatened
🛢️ over 900 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent projected to be released
Email your MP: link in this post ⬇️
Big Oil is pushing through 22 new oil fields in but we've exposed the true ocean impact of each one 🌊⚠️
Big Oil is playing games with our seas & "allowing any of these fields to proceed makes losers of us all" ❌
@oceanographicmag.bsky.social 🔽
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/marine-...
Big Oil is playing games with our seas & "allowing any of these fields to proceed makes losers of us all" ❌
@oceanographicmag.bsky.social 🔽
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/marine-...
Marine wildlife threatened by North Sea oil fields despite pledges - Oceanographic
Oceana UK warns that allowing North Sea oil and gas plans to proceed would cause severe harm to UK seas and marine life.
oceanographicmagazine.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Big Oil is pushing through 22 new oil fields in but we've exposed the true ocean impact of each one 🌊⚠️
Big Oil is playing games with our seas & "allowing any of these fields to proceed makes losers of us all" ❌
@oceanographicmag.bsky.social 🔽
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/marine-...
Big Oil is playing games with our seas & "allowing any of these fields to proceed makes losers of us all" ❌
@oceanographicmag.bsky.social 🔽
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/marine-...
500 govt meetings with oil lobbyists last year ✓
22 new oil fields pending ✓
8 fields in or next to marine PROTECTED areas ✓
Our govt considering the true ocean impact ❌
Game over. The #OilFieldFiles are public.
📧 Email your MP to stop this → act.oceana.org/page/171529/...
22 new oil fields pending ✓
8 fields in or next to marine PROTECTED areas ✓
Our govt considering the true ocean impact ❌
Game over. The #OilFieldFiles are public.
📧 Email your MP to stop this → act.oceana.org/page/171529/...
November 4, 2025 at 10:27 AM
500 govt meetings with oil lobbyists last year ✓
22 new oil fields pending ✓
8 fields in or next to marine PROTECTED areas ✓
Our govt considering the true ocean impact ❌
Game over. The #OilFieldFiles are public.
📧 Email your MP to stop this → act.oceana.org/page/171529/...
22 new oil fields pending ✓
8 fields in or next to marine PROTECTED areas ✓
Our govt considering the true ocean impact ❌
Game over. The #OilFieldFiles are public.
📧 Email your MP to stop this → act.oceana.org/page/171529/...
Here's the truth: Overfishing is not an unavoidable tragedy. It's a political choice, & the UK Govt has the power to stop it 🎣
Help us call on PM Keir Starmer to end overfishing: https://bit.ly/3Wxi2MI
Help us call on PM Keir Starmer to end overfishing: https://bit.ly/3Wxi2MI
November 2, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Here's the truth: Overfishing is not an unavoidable tragedy. It's a political choice, & the UK Govt has the power to stop it 🎣
Help us call on PM Keir Starmer to end overfishing: https://bit.ly/3Wxi2MI
Help us call on PM Keir Starmer to end overfishing: https://bit.ly/3Wxi2MI
Imagine a world without overfishing. Sun-drenched shoals of fish, flashing silver as they swim, chased by a joyous medley of life, from puffins to porpoises, fin whales to fisherfolk 🐟🐋
This does not have to be fiction. Tell UK Govt to end overfishing: https://bit.ly/3Wxi2MI
This does not have to be fiction. Tell UK Govt to end overfishing: https://bit.ly/3Wxi2MI
November 1, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Imagine a world without overfishing. Sun-drenched shoals of fish, flashing silver as they swim, chased by a joyous medley of life, from puffins to porpoises, fin whales to fisherfolk 🐟🐋
This does not have to be fiction. Tell UK Govt to end overfishing: https://bit.ly/3Wxi2MI
This does not have to be fiction. Tell UK Govt to end overfishing: https://bit.ly/3Wxi2MI
🎣We are calling on the UK Government to urgently publish and implement a properly funded and 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
Our seas need us to take a stand and raise our voices. Will you?
Send a message. Make it count. https://bit.ly/3Wxi2MI
October 31, 2025 at 4:08 PM
🎣We are calling on the UK Government to urgently publish and implement a properly funded and 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
Our seas need us to take a stand and raise our voices. Will you?
Send a message. Make it count. https://bit.ly/3Wxi2MI