NEW PAPER: Updated & expanded analysis of fuel tax concessions for UK fishing fleet
⛽ In 2022 FTCs=£121m in foregone revenue
🐟 Supporting our industry is vital—but must align w/ environmental goals & be equitable
🌍 FTCs sustain profitability but raise sustainability questions

🔗 tinyurl.com/mzy8wd39

🐟🎙️Fisheries Subsidies Agreement Explained🎙️🐟
I sat down with @andrewlewin.bsky.social on the "How to Protect the Ocean" podcast to talk about fisheries subsidies—what the new agreement means, where gaps remain, and how developing nations can be supported.
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open.spotify.com/episode/6BV7...

@wto.org Fisheries Subsidies Agreement is a major milestone, but it’s only the beginning. Here’s what it covers, why it matters and what needs to happen next...
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doi.org/10.64628/AAM...

@drrashidsumaila.bsky.social
@oceana.bsky.social
@ubcoceans.bsky.social
@fiti-global.bsky.social

The Society for Conservation Biology - Marine Global Program is excited to announce that #IMCC8 will take place in #Edinburgh, Scotland from November 13-17, 2026!
Join us to help Make Marine Science Matter!
#marinescience #conservation #conference

Today, @wto.org Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies enters into force—“While this is a rare piece of good news in the fight against harmful subsidies, the WTO is just starting this race and the clock is ticking”...
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tinyurl.com/2p2wtxuf
@oceana.bsky.social
@fiti-global.bsky.social

I had a great time chatting with @andrewlewin.bsky.social on the 'How to Protect the Ocean' podcast the other week.

We spoke about the ownership of distant-water fishing vessels, amongst other things.

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🎣 Well worth a watch. New BBC documentary shines a light on female fishers in the UK and the positive future they represent for the fishing industry.

🐟”Female Fishermen: Beyond the Buoys”

👉 Watch it on BBC iPlayer: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

🚨NEW PAPER: Globalism, Localism & Blue Food Systems – How can cross-scale tensions be reduced?

We explore how a collaborative national blue food strategy could help re-localise seafood, manage cross-scale tension, and balance global market forces with local needs.

tinyurl.com/3k6tvzck

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NGO funding opportunity for marine conservation in West Africa.
🌊 €30-40K over 12 months.
🌊 Deadline 25 August
🌊 Call for proposal by #PRCM ➡️ ogy.de/j7t3
#OceanOptimism

🚨NEW PAPER: "Unequal competition: The fate of domestic fisheries facing DWF in SW Atlantic Ocean"
🌍 DWF more efficient, encroaching EEZs
🐟 Domestic fleets effort reducing & lower tuna prices
🌐 Domestic fleets turn to subsidies
🧪 Need stronger regs to protect SSF & ensure equity
tinyurl.com/3dkm72vr

🚨 No corruption.
No scandal.
Just an excuse to shut us up.

Today, the European Parliament’s Conference of Presidents agreed to set up a special working group to scrutinise NGO funding. At the @eppgroup.bsky.social's request.

A thread 🧵

Enjoy the celebrations! Nice is warming up nicely 🐟🌊🧪

The One Ocean Science Congress starts today, in Nice 🇫🇷🐟🧪
#OOSC

🚨Who really owns the world’s LSF fleet?🚨
Our new policy brief, "Beyond the Flag", finds that 62% of LSF vessels have no ownership info available—and 1/6 are owned in a different country to their flag.

We map ownership of 7,000 vessels & provide 8 key policy fixes: oceana.org/reports/beyo...
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🚨🚨 New report alert! 🚨🚨

We have a new from Oceana and its partners on the mapping of the world's large scale fishing fleets. We've got it all here - flagging in, beneficial ownership, opaque corporate ownership chains, State level recommendations and so much more.

oceana.org/reports/beyo...

⭐Liberia joins FiTI⭐
Having spent quite a few months in Liberia, I'm particularly pleased to see them join @fiti-global.bsky.social A wonderful country with some amazingly rich fisheries, both at sea and inland... Welcome!

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tinyurl.com/2s4x8jwa

🚨Who really owns the world’s LSF fleet?🚨
Our new policy brief, "Beyond the Flag", finds that 62% of LSF vessels have no ownership info available—and 1/6 are owned in a different country to their flag.

We map ownership of 7,000 vessels & provide 8 key policy fixes: oceana.org/reports/beyo...
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Sad I won't be there, but excited I joined FiTI as we enter the next decade🎉🎂🎉
A key challenge w/ fisheries transparency is it's often discussed vaguely. FiTI works w/ stakeholders to understand exactly what should be made public, by whom, why... and (importantly) HOW!
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@fiti-global.bsky.social

Approaching 1 year as Associate Editor & Editorial Board Member w/ Marine Policy. I've made decisions on 24 papers after review, rejected 9, accepted 15, and 28 in progress...
For sure the hardest thing is finding reviewers 🥲
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@elsevierconnect.bsky.social @sebasvillasante.bsky.social

Most Africans place primary responsibility for climate action on their own government.

Our new paper in @natureportfolio.nature.com shows a further third see ordinary citizens as most responsible, while very few place responsibility on historical emitters that caused the climate crisis.

Seeking someone who knows something about #satellite data of #methane emissions over water. Yes we've talked to #CarbonMapper & others. Wondering about quantitative map-making using other systems. This might lead to some contract work. DM me! Maybe there are some ex- #NOAA or #NASA folks out there.

Proud to be Visiting Fellow w/ the Modelling, Evidence & Policy Unit in the School of Natural & Environmental Sciences @newcastleuni.bsky.social.

Back after more than a decade away! As well as research, I'm excited for some occasional teaching & research supervision 🤓🦞🐟🧪🌊⚫⚪
#TOONARMY

A friend included this anti-acknowledgement section on her PhD thesis. She also added the proposition: “Systematic bullying and undermining of girls and women in STEM starts early on and is the reason why they do not stay in science and related fields.”
Absurd we still need to go through this
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