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Deep Sea Conservation Coalition
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The DSCC is campaigning to protect vulnerable deep-sea ecosystems & conserve deep-sea species. Follow us and take action to protect the incredible biodiversity of the sea. deep-sea-conservation.org
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Deep Sea Conservation Coalition @deepseaconserve.bsky.social · May 7
🆕 Today we are proud to launch the Knowledge Hub — a digital space to learn, share, and celebrate the vital role the deep ocean plays in life on Earth.

The deep sea is vital, mysterious, & vulnerable. The more we know, the better we can protect.

Dive in: wp.me/pfvfE3-XH #DeepDay
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Deep Sea Conservation Coalition @deepseaconserve.bsky.social · 21h
It’s #WorldOctopusDay!

From dumbo octopuses with ear-like fins and delicate cirrate species, to octopus nurseries around hydrothermal springs, the deep sea is full of remarkable octopus life. They thrive in darkness, cold, and crushing pressure, a reminder of the ocean’s endless surprises. #DeepSea
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Deep Sea Conservation Coalition @deepseaconserve.bsky.social · 2d
The orange roughy can live 150+ years but doesn’t reproduce until it’s at least 20 years old.
These deep-sea fish form dense schools on seamounts to spawn, making them easy targets for bottom trawling.
Their story shows why precaution and protection are essential in the deep ocean.

#DeepSeaWonders
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Deep Sea Conservation Coalition @deepseaconserve.bsky.social · 6d
Subscribe to our newsletter, the Deep Sea Digest, and receive updates on the deep sea direct to your inbox!

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Deep Sea Conservation Coalition @deepseaconserve.bsky.social · 8d
Deep-sea mining isn’t a “just transition.”

It’s justice washing.

A new study shows how the climate crisis is being weaponised to justify extractivism in the Pacific under the guise of progress.

Read the article: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959378025000901

#DefendTheDeep
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Deep Sea Conservation Coalition @deepseaconserve.bsky.social · 8d
🎉 Breaking News: The New Zealand government has announced major cuts to catch limits for orange roughy, cutting catch limits in half on the Chatham Rise.

The DSCC welcomes this news, calling for an end to bottom trawling on all seamounts. Read more: https://bit.ly/46xSogU

Image: NOAA
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Deep Sea Conservation Coalition @deepseaconserve.bsky.social · 9d
🔍 Deep-sea news alert! Our round-up brings you top stories from the ocean depths of the past few weeks.

Check the images to stay updated. #DeepSeaNews
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Deep Sea Conservation Coalition @deepseaconserve.bsky.social · 13d
💡 New on the DSCC Knowledge Hub: Charlotte Jarvis explores how #DeepSeaMining threatens underwater cultural heritage.

Her new book, Threats to Our Ocean Heritage, is out today.

👉 Read more: https://bit.ly/4nIRIL5
📖 Book: https://bit.ly/3IoIsgh

#DefendTheDeep
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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 16d
A quick and dirty non-comprehensive write-up of my comments during my congressional briefing on deep-sea mining last Friday.

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9 Quick Questions About Deep-Sea Mining from My Congressional Briefing
Last Friday, I was invited by Congressman Case to brief congressional staffers on the environmental impacts of deep-sea mining alongside former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Ocean, Fisheries and P…
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Lloyd's Register Foundation Heritage Centre @lrfheritage.bsky.social · 13d
Threats to Our Ocean Heritage: Deep Sea Mining

A new publication by The Ocean Foundation on Underwater Cultural Heritage and Deep Seabed Mining

🌊History on deep seabed mining
🌊The legal context
🌊How it fits into the new UN Convention on Law of the Sea
🌊The ecological impacts of deep seabed mining
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IPSO - International Programme on the State of the Ocean @oceanipso.bsky.social · 20d
Only 29% of the world’s seabed has been mapped with modern tools. Progress is slowest in deep-sea areas and in low-income islands.

Scientists urge coordinated global action so the @seabed2030.bsky.social vision of a fully charted ocean can still be realised. #DeepSea @deepseaconserve.bsky.social
Frontiers | Status of global seafloor mapping effort and priority areas for future mapping
Several global and regional initiatives exist to increase the proportion of seafloor mapped by direct measurements, brought together through international co...
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Deep Sea Conservation Coalition @deepseaconserve.bsky.social · 15d
The deep ocean is already suffering the impacts of climate change: warming, acidification & deoxygenation. At #ClimateWeekNYC, we defend the deep:

❌ No bottom trawling
❌ No deep-sea mining
✅ Protect our greatest ally in the climate crisis

Learn more: bit.ly/4mpPob3

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Deep Sea Conservation Coalition @deepseaconserve.bsky.social · 16d
Not all scarily-named creatures are what you expect.

Meet the vampire squid, not a hunter but a small, soft, drifting cephalopod. It lives in the deep ocean where there is very little oxygen, eating marine snow. With big eyes & a strange appearance, it’s tiny but fascinating.

#DeepSeaWonders
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Deep Sea Conservation Coalition @deepseaconserve.bsky.social · 18d
🎉 A historic win for our ocean!

The #HighSeasTreaty just passed the 60 ratifications needed to enter into force! This landmark pact brings powerful new tools to protect the deep ocean and sets binding obligations for nations to uphold strong environmental standards: https://bit.ly/46LpKsy
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Deep Sea Conservation Coalition @deepseaconserve.bsky.social · 20d
The truth? We don’t need deep-sea mining.

✅ Smarter recycling
✅ Circular economy solutions
✅ Existing terrestrial sources

DSM would destroy fragile ecosystems & deliver little in return. We need a moratorium to #DefendTheDeep

Stay up to date: https://bit.ly/3K5Q1Jg

#StopTheMachines
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Deep Sea Conservation Coalition @deepseaconserve.bsky.social · 21d
Every night, billions of tiny fish rise from the deep in Earth’s largest migration. A new @jexpbiol.bsky.social study confirms what scientists long suspected: mesopelagic fish help lock carbon in the deep sea for centuries. Small fish, big climate impact.

🔎 More: https://bit.ly/4goVkiW
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Deep Sea Conservation Coalition @deepseaconserve.bsky.social · 26d
Must-watch: The trillion-dollar race to mine the ocean floor exposes the political deals, corporate greed & environmental destruction at the heart of deep-sea mining.

We need a #DeepSeaMining moratorium before it's too late.

Watch now: https://bit.ly/461XAt9
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MBARI @mbarinews.bsky.social · Sep 8
Meet the newest (and cutest) addition to the snailfish family 🐟

MBARI collaborators @sunygeneseo.bsky.social have described three new deep-sea snailfishes, including one first discovered using MBARI’s remotely operated vehicle Doc Ricketts.

Learn more: www.mbari.org/news/mbaris-...
MBARI's advanced underwater technology reveals a new species of deep-sea snailfish • MBARI
The bumpy snailfish is one of three new species of deep-sea snailfish described by MBARI collaborators at SUNY Geneseo.
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Dr Lauren Smith @saltwaterlifeuk.bsky.social · 28d
Researchers exploring some of the deepest parts of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California have discovered three new species of deep-sea snailfish.
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Three new species of deep-sea snailfish discovered off California coast
Researchers have discovered three new species of deep-sea snailfish off the coast of California, including the bumpy snailfish, dark snailfish, and sleek snailfish.
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Simon Holmström @simonholmstrom.bsky.social · 29d
Just dropped: ABC News' "Race to the Bottom" - a #DeepDive into #DeepSeaMining that’s anything but soothing. The new pirates are going for the #DeepSea.🌊🤿 #DeepSeaMining #DefendTheDeep #KeepItInTheSeabed
Race to the Bottom
Four Corners is the home of Australian investigative journalism.
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Deep Sea Conservation Coalition @deepseaconserve.bsky.social · 29d
Our Executive Director, Sian Owen, explains how dragging nets across the seafloor wipes out habitats that took millennia to form.

While there’s progress in some places, many countries still allow trawling on vulnerable seamounts, ignoring science & UN commitments. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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Deep Sea Conservation Coalition @deepseaconserve.bsky.social · Sep 8
Read the latest issue of the Deep Sea Digest, our exclusive newsletter.

Stay informed, engaged & ready to #DefendTheDeep
👉 https://mailchi.mp/cef4beb5008f/deep-sea-digest-everything-on-the-deep-sea

Subscribe here to receive the next issues directly into your inbox
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IPSO - International Programme on the State of the Ocean @oceanipso.bsky.social · Sep 5
⚠️ Climate models predict rising temperatures, falling pH, and contrasting changes in oxygen and nutrients across two Pacific #seamount chains, the Nazca and Salas & Gómez ridges.

These shifts could disrupt biodiversity hotspots and challenge conservation strategies. buff.ly/eDt30h3
Frontiers | Future changes in environmental stressors for the seamount chains of the Southeast Pacific
The submarine seamount chains of Nazca and Salas & Gómez in the Southeast Pacific are areas of high levels of both biodiversity and endemism. The intersectio...
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National Ocean Protection Coalition (NOPC) @usoceanprotection.bsky.social · Sep 5
“Our waters are not isolated. We live here.” Deep sea mining companies think it’s better to mine the “remote” Pacific seabed than mining on land. But American Samoans say NO to deep-sea mining. Read more from @grist.org : tinyurl.com/4snr2u6t
#DefendTheDeep #ProtectOurOcean
American Samoa says no to deep-sea mining. The Trump administration might do it anyway.
The CEO of a seabed mining startup says the decision about mining leases will be made in Washington, D.C.
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Science News @scinews.bsky.social · Sep 7
Mining for renewable tech inflicts huge damage. Is there a solution?

"Collecting the materials needed for renewable technologies is causing enormous environmental damage and could soon extend to the deep sea and even asteroids."

www.newscientist.com/article/2491...
Mining for renewable tech inflicts huge damage. Is there a solution?
Collecting the materials needed for renewable technologies is causing enormous environmental damage and could soon extend to the deep sea and even asteroids. Innovative solutions are poised to turn th...
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Deep Sea Conservation Coalition @deepseaconserve.bsky.social · Sep 6
Found from the surface to thousands of meters below, jellyfish are gelatinous drifters that thrive where few other animals can.

In the deep sea, many glow with bioluminescence, hunt with stinging tentacles, and even carry carbon to the depths when they die and sink.

#DeepSeaWonders #jellyfish
Promotional poster by the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition featuring a jellyfish with elongated tentacles, set against a dark ocean background. The poster includes the hashtag #deepseawonders and the logo of the Schmidt Ocean Institute.
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