A big thank you to Ben Goldsmith for inviting us on the Rewilding the World podcast.Ben and our CEO @oceansandy.bsky.social discuss our Atlantic Coast project, which aims to restore vital species & habitats like seagrass meadows, kelp forests & native oyster reefs

📢 Today the UK Government have announced plans to propose a ban on bottom trawling in 41 English Marine Protected Areas

#Ocean #ProtectOurSeas

This week we're at the UN Ocean Conference! Day 1 was packed with powerful moments 🌊

Our team met with MPs, shared policy insights on climate resilience and stood with coalition partners on key issues like banning bottom-towed fishing

www.mcsuk.org/news/united-nations-ocean-conference-day-one/

This morning at #UNOC3 we met with Minister for Water and Flooding, @emmahardymp.bsky.social, after she signed a pledge on behalf of the UK Government to 'Advance Ocean Accounts by 2030' #BlueFinance

"If we save the sea, we save our world!" After living for nearly a hundred years, David Attenborough is sharing his greatest story yet - the story of our ocean 🌊

This must-see documentary is equal parts harrowing and hopeful with a strong message - our ocean can recover

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Just 3 hours left to contribute to our #BigGive appeal to help @mcsuk.bsky.social keep forever chemicals out of the ocean. Every donation helps! 🐟🐬🐋

Forever chemicals threaten our ocean and sea life. Urgent action is needed.

You can help keep forever chemicals out of the ocean, forever. Support @mcsuk.bsky.social by donating 👉 actmcs.org/ss-big-give25

Donate by the 29th of April and it’ll be doubled through match funding!

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On this #EarthDay and in the next few days, please support the vital work of @mcsuk.bsky.social on forever chemicals by donating to #BigGive appeal.

If you donate before the 29th of April, your impact will have double the impact!

Sandeels are under threat! Last year UK Gov took a world-leading step for nature by protecting sandeels, but now a trial by the EU against the UK for last year's closure of sandeel fishing in UK waters has begun

Find out more here 👇

We are pleased to see the publication of the delayed Marine Strategy Regulations report and look forward to reviewing the measures within it. We also welcome the content of Minister Hardy's speech at Ocean and Coastal Futures 2025

@emmahardymp.bsky.social
@coastalfutures.bsky.social

Brilliant to see years of advocacy and campaigning by @mcsuk.bsky.social culminate in this law. We'll continue to make sure that the legislation is successfully implemented, together with @reloop.bsky.social @keepbritaintidy.bsky.social @aprscotland.bsky.social @sascampaigns.bsky.social

Great to hear from Nature Minister, Mary Creagh, how important our beach clean data has been in supporting the introduction of a new deposit return system and moving towards an economy based on repair, reuse, refill and recycling. Crucial for nature and climate - and the ocean, of course.

The health of our marine ecosystems depends on strong legislation that holds polluters accountable. By strengthening the Water (Special Measures) Bill, we can take meaningful steps toward cleaner, healthier seas.

Sewage pollution update: The Water (Special Measures) Bill is currently progressing through Parliament. This new bill promises to transform our water industry and restore our seas, rivers, and lakes to good health

Find out how we've been shaping the bill👇
www.mcsuk.org/news/shaping...

It’s interesting that the emojis show the earth from three angles 🌎 🌍 🌏 but not the fourth.

Though 🔵 is a fair approximation of what it would look like.

People underestimate the Pacific.

Look out for lots of #OceanOptimism and #OceanInspiration from @mcsuk.bsky.social new @bsky.app account - to learn about and support action to protect our ocean.

And of course images that make your heart melt 💙

For anyone wanting to understand more about the need for a Global Plastics Treaty and some of the key issues we are facing, including from wet wipes which we find in the 1000s and 1000s in our beaches, read this ⬇️

In which David Wallace-Wells calls @helenczerski.bsky.social’s Blue Machine a “hypnotic tribute” to the ocean. 🌊