Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Flora McMorrin @floramcm.bsky.social · Jun 14

The Ocean needs more than a moment - it needs consistency www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Is the ocean ‘having a moment’? This was the UN summit where the world woke up to the decline of the seas

A slew of global leaders met in the south of France to discuss the future of the oceans. There was ‘momentum’ and ‘enthusiasm’, but there were critical voices too

www.theguardian.com

4

Flora McMorrin @floramcm.bsky.social · Jun 12

🎣Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Republic of Ghana. Honourable Emilia Arthur announces imminent extension of Preferential Acceas area to 12 nautical miles, Co-managed with SSF 👏@riseup4theocean.bsky.social @blueventures.bsky.social and Canoe and Fishing Gear Owners Association of Ghana #UNOC3

2

Flora McMorrin @floramcm.bsky.social · Jun 12

To achieve #30x30 governments need to first protect those who depend on the ocean for their livelihoods. Implementation has to centre equity with small scale fishers for marine protection to be fair and effective. @riseup4theocean.bsky.social #UNOC3

3

Flora McMorrin @floramcm.bsky.social · Jun 11

Watch new bottom trawling short here bit.ly/3SO2L8v

Stephen Fry UK’s dirty fishing secret - Google Search

www.google.com

Flora McMorrin @floramcm.bsky.social · Jun 10

Vera Augustini - UN FAO - “there is no conservation without people”

Flora McMorrin @floramcm.bsky.social · Jun 10

sites.google.com/view/the-mar...

The Marine OECM Guide

As the global community races to protect 30% of the ocean by 2030, we need to know not just how much is conserved but how well, and for whom. While marine protected areas (MPAs) are well established, ...

sites.google.com

Flora McMorrin @floramcm.bsky.social · Jun 10

Event on the launch of OECM guide - co-authored by @riseup4theocean.bsky.social Programme Manager - Sivaja Nair.

Onel Maasardule From IIFB “Firstly it’s important to recognise the work of IPLCs for conservation … they must be consulted in every decision” #Community voices.

2 1 1

Flora McMorrin @floramcm.bsky.social · Jun 9

Great event with @blueventures.bsky.social and The Low Impact fishers of Europe. Hard hitting documentary on SSF: SeaChange

“Having mega boats in the same coastal waters as small-scale fishers is nonsensical” #UNOC3 #RiseUp4theOcean

1

Flora McMorrin @floramcm.bsky.social · Jun 9

@riseup4theocean.bsky.social bringing civil society together in Nice, ahead of #UNOC3 . Heading into a week of advocating together for their priorities for the ocean.

1 1

Reposted by Flora McMorrin

Deep Sea Conservation Coalition @deepseaconserve.bsky.social · Apr 30

Good news from #OurOcean2025! The Republic of Korea🇰🇷 committed to enhancing #HighSeas protections, including supporting #MPAs in the Emperor Seamount Chain & Salas y Gómez and Nazca Ridge. A great step forward to #ProtectSeamounts!

Media Release: Korean Government announces protection commitments to seamounts on the high seas, laying the foundation for an effective High Seas Treaty - DSCC

At the 10th Our Ocean Conference, the Korean Government announces protection commitments to seamounts on the high seas

deep-sea-conservation.org

1 7

Flora McMorrin @floramcm.bsky.social · Apr 29

Join the deep debate
Date: 7 May 2025
Time: 3:00 PM CEST
Online via Zoom
Interpretation in Spanish, French & Portuguese
Register here: shorturl.at/zWUdG

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: The Deep Debate: Protecting the Ocean with Knowledge and Purpose . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

As deep-sea mining (DSM) gains traction on the global agenda, your voice in the conversation about its ecological, cultural, and economic impacts is more important than ever. The deep ocean is not ju...

shorturl.at

1 1

Reposted by Flora McMorrin

Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · Apr 2

There is something horribly sobering about this.

The deep sea abyssal plains of the Pacific have existed basically unchanged for roughly 80 million years. Over a period of just a couple of weeks in 1979, we changed it during an experimental mining operation.
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...

Evidence of deep-sea mining still visible over four decades later | Natural History Museum

The impact it has had on the life living down there has been more mixed.

www.nhm.ac.uk

2 19 66

Flora McMorrin @floramcm.bsky.social · Apr 2

🚨 Deep-Sea Mining: A Risky Frontier? 🚨
The rush to extract deep-sea minerals for the energy transition must be stopped. 31 countries and major companies are calling for a moratorium or ban, warning of risks to climate, biodiversity, and ocean health.
Read more from Carbon Brief 👉 bit.ly/3DQXadR

Q&A: What does deep-sea mining mean for climate change and biodiversity loss?

The deep sea has emerged as a new mining frontier in the global race towards energy security, with countries vying to explore and exploit its reserves of metals, such as nickel, copper, cobalt and man...

bit.ly

5

Flora McMorrin @floramcm.bsky.social · Mar 25

www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...

Economic cost of bottom trawling outweighs benefits, study finds

Ocean experts found that the economic costs mostly come from carbon emissions caused by churning up the seabed.

www.euronews.com

3

Flora McMorrin @floramcm.bsky.social · Mar 21

Badenoch’s attack on net zero is ridiculous. But so were the right’s Brexit claims, and look where they left us | Zoe Williams

Flora McMorrin @floramcm.bsky.social · Mar 5

Say no to deepsea mining : youtube.com/watch?v=J0Vr...
#RiseUp4theOcean

Say NO to deep-sea mining

YouTube video by Deep Sea Conservation Coalition

youtube.com

1 1

Flora McMorrin @floramcm.bsky.social · Mar 4

🌊 Come on, UK! It's time to stand up for our ocean and ratify the High Seas Treaty! #RaceforRatification #RiseUp4theOcean 🌍💙 www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/global-...

Global Ocean Treaty two years on: UK at risk of missing deadline to sign historic treaty into law - Greenpeace UK

Tuesday 4 March will mark the second anniversary of the Global Ocean Treaty being agreed, a triumph for multilateralism and the greatest conservation victory in history. Bringing it to life as soon as...

www.greenpeace.org.uk

3

Reposted by Flora McMorrin

Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · Feb 1

#ClimateEmergency and #NatureCrisis are intimately interlinked

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Britain’s favourite fish at risk of wipeout within decades, predicts report

Brown trout unlikely to survive in most rivers at height of summer by 2080, says Environment Agency

www.theguardian.com

1 24 84

Flora McMorrin @floramcm.bsky.social · Jan 30

Spanish Fishers in Galicia Say Shellfish Stocks Are Collapsing Due to Climate Change www.ecowatch.com/spain-shellf...

Spanish Fishers in Galicia Say Shellfish Stocks Are Collapsing Due to Climate Change - EcoWatch

Spanish fishers in Galicia are reporting a “catastrophic” collapse in shellfish populations due to the climate crisis.

www.ecowatch.com

1 3

Flora McMorrin @floramcm.bsky.social · Jan 30

Civil society in the Philippines call on the public to support them in protecting the livelihood, fishing grounds, and rights of small-scale fishers after a Supreme court ruling allowed industrial boats into preferential access areas- dailyguardian.com.ph/fisherfolk-g...

Fisherfolk Group Denounces SC Ruling on Municipal Waters

The progressive fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (PAMALAKAYA)-Panay has denounced the recent Supreme Court ruling that allows commercial fishing in municipal wat...

dailyguardian.com.ph

1 4

Reposted by Flora McMorrin

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Jan 23

Bottom trawling, dragging a heavy net across the seafloor, has been compared to burning down a forest to catch rabbits.

Sweden starting to ban this in sensitive habitats is my #EarthOptimism #OceanOptimism for today.

🦑🧪🌎🐠

(I’m not anti-trawl but there are some places we shouldn’t do it)

Sweden sets an example for EU countries with first steps to ban bottom trawling in marine protected areas

Swedish government proposal to amend legislation, paving the way for a future ban on bottom trawling in Swedish marine protected areas.

europe.oceana.org

46 210 1.9K

Flora McMorrin @floramcm.bsky.social · Jan 23

It’s becoming increasingly apparent that industrial marine activities, such as bottom fishing, deep sea mining, marine energy development processes, oil and gas extraction, and marine construction can disrupt the carbon found in seabed sediments 👇 oceanographicmagazine.com/news/does-se...

oceanographicmagazine.com

1 2 5

Flora McMorrin @floramcm.bsky.social · Jan 23

The implementation of this Bill is a matter of common sense for the small fisheries of this country, for the wildlife in our marine protected areas, and for all of us who depend on a healthy planet 👏https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/friends-of-the-earth-labour-mps-david-goliath-b1206180.html

MP calls for ban on ‘bottom trawling’ of seabeds in marine protected areas

Katie White compared bottom trawling, which is the act of dragging heavy nets across the seabed, with ‘ripping up an orchard to pick an apple’.

www.standard.co.uk

1 1

Reposted by Flora McMorrin

Blue Planet Society @blueplanetsociety.bsky.social · Jan 16

Whaling causes increased stress in whale populations. 🐋

Sadly whales are more stressed than ever due to human-driven issues such as climate change, pollution, decreasing prey availability and underwater noise pollution.

www.biographic.com/how-whales-f...

How Whales Found Peace in War - bioGraphic

A forgotten museum collection reveals how a pause in industrial whaling during World War II changed whales at the molecular level.

www.biographic.com

1 4 6

Flora McMorrin @floramcm.bsky.social · Jan 14

RISE UP is on the way - only delayed by our fab new Comms Lead getting up to speed with all things Rise Up 💙

1 1