Sophie Fresson 🪼
@sophiefresson.bsky.social
Nature enthusiast, ocean lover, charity comms specialist. All views my own.
🌊 Digital comms for @oceanauk.bsky.social
📍 London, UK
🌊 Digital comms for @oceanauk.bsky.social
📍 London, UK
Proud to share this launch - critical investigative work by the Oceana UK team!
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 10:29 AM
Proud to share this launch - critical investigative work by the Oceana UK team!
Utterly shocking statistics in the full report, available here: uk.oceana.org/reports/deep...
October 8, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Utterly shocking statistics in the full report, available here: uk.oceana.org/reports/deep...
Reposted by Sophie Fresson 🪼
🚨 BREAKING: Half the UK’s top 10 fish stocks are being overexploited
🐟 We’ve done one of the most comprehensive health checks of UK seas & the data is undeniable
⚠️ #Overfishing is emptying our seas, & it’s a political choice
📩 Tell PM Keir Starmer to act: act.oceana.org/page/178303/...
🐟 We’ve done one of the most comprehensive health checks of UK seas & the data is undeniable
⚠️ #Overfishing is emptying our seas, & it’s a political choice
📩 Tell PM Keir Starmer to act: act.oceana.org/page/178303/...
October 8, 2025 at 7:43 AM
🚨 BREAKING: Half the UK’s top 10 fish stocks are being overexploited
🐟 We’ve done one of the most comprehensive health checks of UK seas & the data is undeniable
⚠️ #Overfishing is emptying our seas, & it’s a political choice
📩 Tell PM Keir Starmer to act: act.oceana.org/page/178303/...
🐟 We’ve done one of the most comprehensive health checks of UK seas & the data is undeniable
⚠️ #Overfishing is emptying our seas, & it’s a political choice
📩 Tell PM Keir Starmer to act: act.oceana.org/page/178303/...
Reposted by Sophie Fresson 🪼
🚨 BREAKING: Catch limits for Northeast Atlantic mackerel must be slashed by 70% to safeguard these fish, experts have just warned
First #cod, now #mackerel: we are witnessing a DEEP DECLINE in UK seas
This can't go on. It's time to END #OVERFISHING!
www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
First #cod, now #mackerel: we are witnessing a DEEP DECLINE in UK seas
This can't go on. It's time to END #OVERFISHING!
www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
Mackerel fishing should be cut by 70% to prevent stock collapse, scientists say
Conservationists have called for urgent action to stop the collapse of stocks in the north-east Atlantic.
www.independent.co.uk
October 1, 2025 at 8:42 AM
🚨 BREAKING: Catch limits for Northeast Atlantic mackerel must be slashed by 70% to safeguard these fish, experts have just warned
First #cod, now #mackerel: we are witnessing a DEEP DECLINE in UK seas
This can't go on. It's time to END #OVERFISHING!
www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
First #cod, now #mackerel: we are witnessing a DEEP DECLINE in UK seas
This can't go on. It's time to END #OVERFISHING!
www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
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❌ 20,000+ hours of suspected bottom trawling WRECKED UK marine protected areas last year. 🚫 It’s a scandal. A ban is CRITICAL.
Our Campaigns Director @alyxcampaigns.bsky.social explains why there’s hope, but only if we act now.
👉 Email govt to demand a ban: act.for-the-ocean.org/act/protect-...
Our Campaigns Director @alyxcampaigns.bsky.social explains why there’s hope, but only if we act now.
👉 Email govt to demand a ban: act.for-the-ocean.org/act/protect-...
May 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
❌ 20,000+ hours of suspected bottom trawling WRECKED UK marine protected areas last year. 🚫 It’s a scandal. A ban is CRITICAL.
Our Campaigns Director @alyxcampaigns.bsky.social explains why there’s hope, but only if we act now.
👉 Email govt to demand a ban: act.for-the-ocean.org/act/protect-...
Our Campaigns Director @alyxcampaigns.bsky.social explains why there’s hope, but only if we act now.
👉 Email govt to demand a ban: act.for-the-ocean.org/act/protect-...
Reposted by Sophie Fresson 🪼
Enough is enough. It’s time for a ban - starting yesterday.
Take action with us, @bluemarinef.bsky.social & Only One to save UK seas. Email the Environment Secretary, Steve Reed, telling him to BAN bottom trawling in marine protected areas. 🚫✊
💥 ACT: act.for-the-ocean.org/act/protect-... 👈👈
Take action with us, @bluemarinef.bsky.social & Only One to save UK seas. Email the Environment Secretary, Steve Reed, telling him to BAN bottom trawling in marine protected areas. 🚫✊
💥 ACT: act.for-the-ocean.org/act/protect-... 👈👈
Tell the UK Government to End the Destruction of Our Marine Havens
Bottom trawling is one of the world’s most destructive fishing practices. By dragging weighted nets along the ocean floor — some up to 240 meters wide — bottom trawling devastates coastal habitats, ki...
act.for-the-ocean.org
May 20, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Enough is enough. It’s time for a ban - starting yesterday.
Take action with us, @bluemarinef.bsky.social & Only One to save UK seas. Email the Environment Secretary, Steve Reed, telling him to BAN bottom trawling in marine protected areas. 🚫✊
💥 ACT: act.for-the-ocean.org/act/protect-... 👈👈
Take action with us, @bluemarinef.bsky.social & Only One to save UK seas. Email the Environment Secretary, Steve Reed, telling him to BAN bottom trawling in marine protected areas. 🚫✊
💥 ACT: act.for-the-ocean.org/act/protect-... 👈👈
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❌ Promise made. Promise broken?
The UK Environment Secretary, Steve Reed, VOWED to end bottom trawling.
A year on, and we are STILL waiting. 3/4 🔽
The UK Environment Secretary, Steve Reed, VOWED to end bottom trawling.
A year on, and we are STILL waiting. 3/4 🔽
May 20, 2025 at 7:36 AM
❌ Promise made. Promise broken?
The UK Environment Secretary, Steve Reed, VOWED to end bottom trawling.
A year on, and we are STILL waiting. 3/4 🔽
The UK Environment Secretary, Steve Reed, VOWED to end bottom trawling.
A year on, and we are STILL waiting. 3/4 🔽
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Ancient ocean habitats. Magnificent wildlife. Bottom trawling destroys it ALL. 🪸 So it's all the more SHOCKING that 90% of UK marine protected areas remain open to this destruction.
It makes a mockery of the entire meaning of "marine PROTECTED"?! 2/4 🔽
Full report 👉 uk.oceana.org/reports/the-...
It makes a mockery of the entire meaning of "marine PROTECTED"?! 2/4 🔽
Full report 👉 uk.oceana.org/reports/the-...
May 20, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Ancient ocean habitats. Magnificent wildlife. Bottom trawling destroys it ALL. 🪸 So it's all the more SHOCKING that 90% of UK marine protected areas remain open to this destruction.
It makes a mockery of the entire meaning of "marine PROTECTED"?! 2/4 🔽
Full report 👉 uk.oceana.org/reports/the-...
It makes a mockery of the entire meaning of "marine PROTECTED"?! 2/4 🔽
Full report 👉 uk.oceana.org/reports/the-...
Reposted by Sophie Fresson 🪼
🚨 BREAKING: 20,000+ HOURS of suspected bottom trawling WRECKED the UK’s offshore marine “protected” areas last year, our research shows! 🌊 That would score tracks on the seabed that would stretch EIGHT TIMES around the UK. All with the government's permission! 1/4 🔽
www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
UK's marine protected areas face over 20,000 hours of bottom trawling
Bottom trawling is a fishing method where large, weighted nets are dragged across the seafloor by one or two boats to catch fish and other marine life that live on or near the bottom.
www.express.co.uk
May 20, 2025 at 7:36 AM
🚨 BREAKING: 20,000+ HOURS of suspected bottom trawling WRECKED the UK’s offshore marine “protected” areas last year, our research shows! 🌊 That would score tracks on the seabed that would stretch EIGHT TIMES around the UK. All with the government's permission! 1/4 🔽
www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
Some good ocean news for this sunny Friday!
🚨 BREAKING: The UK's sandeel ban will stay in place in a VICTORY for the ocean & science! 🌊🎉
🐟 #Sandeels are vital food for puffins, porpoises & cod. Although the EU won its challenge to the ban on paper, the court confirms it was backed by science & is VITAL to healthy seas. 1/2 ⏬
🐟 #Sandeels are vital food for puffins, porpoises & cod. Although the EU won its challenge to the ban on paper, the court confirms it was backed by science & is VITAL to healthy seas. 1/2 ⏬
May 2, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Some good ocean news for this sunny Friday!
Reposted by Sophie Fresson 🪼
It might seem like a loss on paper, but it’s a win in the water. 🌊 This news should empower the UK Govt to go even further for our #ocean.
🪸 Kicking destructive #bottomtrawling out of marine protected areas MUST be next. ✊
Take action here👉 act.for-the-ocean.org/act/protect-...
🪸 Kicking destructive #bottomtrawling out of marine protected areas MUST be next. ✊
Take action here👉 act.for-the-ocean.org/act/protect-...
Tell the UK Government to End the Destruction of Our Marine Havens
Bottom trawling is one of the world’s most destructive fishing practices. By dragging weighted nets along the ocean floor — some up to 240 meters wide — bottom trawling devastates coastal habitats, ki...
act.for-the-ocean.org
May 2, 2025 at 12:10 PM
It might seem like a loss on paper, but it’s a win in the water. 🌊 This news should empower the UK Govt to go even further for our #ocean.
🪸 Kicking destructive #bottomtrawling out of marine protected areas MUST be next. ✊
Take action here👉 act.for-the-ocean.org/act/protect-...
🪸 Kicking destructive #bottomtrawling out of marine protected areas MUST be next. ✊
Take action here👉 act.for-the-ocean.org/act/protect-...
Reposted by Sophie Fresson 🪼
🚨 BREAKING: The UK's sandeel ban will stay in place in a VICTORY for the ocean & science! 🌊🎉
🐟 #Sandeels are vital food for puffins, porpoises & cod. Although the EU won its challenge to the ban on paper, the court confirms it was backed by science & is VITAL to healthy seas. 1/2 ⏬
🐟 #Sandeels are vital food for puffins, porpoises & cod. Although the EU won its challenge to the ban on paper, the court confirms it was backed by science & is VITAL to healthy seas. 1/2 ⏬
May 2, 2025 at 12:10 PM
🚨 BREAKING: The UK's sandeel ban will stay in place in a VICTORY for the ocean & science! 🌊🎉
🐟 #Sandeels are vital food for puffins, porpoises & cod. Although the EU won its challenge to the ban on paper, the court confirms it was backed by science & is VITAL to healthy seas. 1/2 ⏬
🐟 #Sandeels are vital food for puffins, porpoises & cod. Although the EU won its challenge to the ban on paper, the court confirms it was backed by science & is VITAL to healthy seas. 1/2 ⏬
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We’re done letting them hide the damage. #BigOil, your time is up.
Take a look. Take a breath. Then #TakeAction.
ACT 👉 act.oceana.org/page/165588/...
🗺️ MAP 👉 stopoffshoredrilling.org.uk/map
SHARE NOW TO STOP THIS BEING BURIED.
9/9 @hugotagholm.bsky.social
Take a look. Take a breath. Then #TakeAction.
ACT 👉 act.oceana.org/page/165588/...
🗺️ MAP 👉 stopoffshoredrilling.org.uk/map
SHARE NOW TO STOP THIS BEING BURIED.
9/9 @hugotagholm.bsky.social
February 19, 2025 at 9:24 AM
We’re done letting them hide the damage. #BigOil, your time is up.
Take a look. Take a breath. Then #TakeAction.
ACT 👉 act.oceana.org/page/165588/...
🗺️ MAP 👉 stopoffshoredrilling.org.uk/map
SHARE NOW TO STOP THIS BEING BURIED.
9/9 @hugotagholm.bsky.social
Take a look. Take a breath. Then #TakeAction.
ACT 👉 act.oceana.org/page/165588/...
🗺️ MAP 👉 stopoffshoredrilling.org.uk/map
SHARE NOW TO STOP THIS BEING BURIED.
9/9 @hugotagholm.bsky.social
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Reposted by Sophie Fresson 🪼
That’s right - we don’t know how much #pollution is out there, because oil companies aren’t telling us. The map shows an awful picture, but the missing data means it’s even worse. 7/9 🔽
February 19, 2025 at 9:24 AM
That’s right - we don’t know how much #pollution is out there, because oil companies aren’t telling us. The map shows an awful picture, but the missing data means it’s even worse. 7/9 🔽
Reposted by Sophie Fresson 🪼
To add insult to injury, our Sea Slick report found that when these permits were breached, and oil companies released more than they’re allowed to, roughly a third of reported incidents didn’t share the volume of oil released into the ocean. 6/9 🔽
February 19, 2025 at 9:24 AM
To add insult to injury, our Sea Slick report found that when these permits were breached, and oil companies released more than they’re allowed to, roughly a third of reported incidents didn’t share the volume of oil released into the ocean. 6/9 🔽
Reposted by Sophie Fresson 🪼
Shockingly, it’s even worse than it looks. Our map only exposes the hundreds of spills reported by the industry each year. But they also get permits to pump our #ocean with a byproduct called ‘produced water’, essentially a chemical soup laced with oil . 5/9 🔽
February 19, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Shockingly, it’s even worse than it looks. Our map only exposes the hundreds of spills reported by the industry each year. But they also get permits to pump our #ocean with a byproduct called ‘produced water’, essentially a chemical soup laced with oil . 5/9 🔽
Reposted by Sophie Fresson 🪼
Our live spill map uncovers an awful reality. In the last year alone, #BigOil were responsible for 79 spills in marine protected areas. The largest resulted in 11,170kg of chemicals spewing into a supposedly “protected” ocean haven. With each spill, Big Oil shows it can’t be trusted. 4/9 🔽
February 19, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Our live spill map uncovers an awful reality. In the last year alone, #BigOil were responsible for 79 spills in marine protected areas. The largest resulted in 11,170kg of chemicals spewing into a supposedly “protected” ocean haven. With each spill, Big Oil shows it can’t be trusted. 4/9 🔽
Reposted by Sophie Fresson 🪼
Let’s be clear: oil pollution is toxic. Not just for our #marine wildlife, but for us too. These pollutants flood our seas and can contaminate the food we eat. It’s sickening. We mean that literally. 🤮 3/9 🔽
February 19, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Let’s be clear: oil pollution is toxic. Not just for our #marine wildlife, but for us too. These pollutants flood our seas and can contaminate the food we eat. It’s sickening. We mean that literally. 🤮 3/9 🔽
Reposted by Sophie Fresson 🪼
For years, opaque reporting & weak regulation have allowed #oil giants to get away with polluting our seas. But oil spills aren’t just dirty; they’re deadly:
🛑 Lung lesions in dolphins
⚠️ Liver damage in whales
❌ Internal bleeding in seabirds 2/9 🔽
🛑 Lung lesions in dolphins
⚠️ Liver damage in whales
❌ Internal bleeding in seabirds 2/9 🔽
February 19, 2025 at 9:24 AM
For years, opaque reporting & weak regulation have allowed #oil giants to get away with polluting our seas. But oil spills aren’t just dirty; they’re deadly:
🛑 Lung lesions in dolphins
⚠️ Liver damage in whales
❌ Internal bleeding in seabirds 2/9 🔽
🛑 Lung lesions in dolphins
⚠️ Liver damage in whales
❌ Internal bleeding in seabirds 2/9 🔽
Reposted by Sophie Fresson 🪼
🚨 BREAKING: UK seas are drowning in oil pollution, and #BigOil has escaped accountability for DECADES. Until now. Our shocking new map reveals the toxic oil spills darkening our #ocean.
Warning: it’s horrific. 😡👇
stopoffshoredrilling.org.uk/map 🧵1/9
Warning: it’s horrific. 😡👇
stopoffshoredrilling.org.uk/map 🧵1/9
February 19, 2025 at 9:24 AM
🚨 BREAKING: UK seas are drowning in oil pollution, and #BigOil has escaped accountability for DECADES. Until now. Our shocking new map reveals the toxic oil spills darkening our #ocean.
Warning: it’s horrific. 😡👇
stopoffshoredrilling.org.uk/map 🧵1/9
Warning: it’s horrific. 😡👇
stopoffshoredrilling.org.uk/map 🧵1/9
Reposted by Sophie Fresson 🪼
🚨 EXPOSED: Big Oil is using our seas as a dumping ground. Decades of toxic pollution is laid bare in the new map, created for the Ocean Alliance Against Offshore Drilling. Enough is enough.
SEE IT 👉 stopoffshoredrilling.org.uk/map
DEMAND CHANGE 👉 act.oceana.org/page/165588/...
SEE IT 👉 stopoffshoredrilling.org.uk/map
DEMAND CHANGE 👉 act.oceana.org/page/165588/...
February 19, 2025 at 9:05 AM
🚨 EXPOSED: Big Oil is using our seas as a dumping ground. Decades of toxic pollution is laid bare in the new map, created for the Ocean Alliance Against Offshore Drilling. Enough is enough.
SEE IT 👉 stopoffshoredrilling.org.uk/map
DEMAND CHANGE 👉 act.oceana.org/page/165588/...
SEE IT 👉 stopoffshoredrilling.org.uk/map
DEMAND CHANGE 👉 act.oceana.org/page/165588/...
Reposted by Sophie Fresson 🪼
🚨 BREAKING: #Rosebank has been ruled unlawful and its approval has been overturned! This is a historic moment in the fight for our #ocean, our climate, and our futures. So thrilled for our friends at @stopcambo.bsky.social on this tremendous news. 🎉
BREAKING 🚨: WE WON OUR CASE AGAINST ROSEBANK.
The court has ruled the oil field UNLAWFUL and Rosebank’s approval has been overturned.
This is a monumental victory in the fight for a liveable future for all.
The court has ruled the oil field UNLAWFUL and Rosebank’s approval has been overturned.
This is a monumental victory in the fight for a liveable future for all.
January 30, 2025 at 10:06 AM
🚨 BREAKING: #Rosebank has been ruled unlawful and its approval has been overturned! This is a historic moment in the fight for our #ocean, our climate, and our futures. So thrilled for our friends at @stopcambo.bsky.social on this tremendous news. 🎉
Reposted by Sophie Fresson 🪼
This is just the start of Big Oil's downfall. The #Rosebank win marks a HUGE turning point.
Our Head of Comms, Daisy, reacts from Cornwall - this is only the beginning. We’re ready to take on more of these destructive decisions. Join us ✊👇
stopoffshoredrilling.org.uk
📣 BIG OIL, YOUR TIME IS UP.
Our Head of Comms, Daisy, reacts from Cornwall - this is only the beginning. We’re ready to take on more of these destructive decisions. Join us ✊👇
stopoffshoredrilling.org.uk
📣 BIG OIL, YOUR TIME IS UP.
January 30, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is just the start of Big Oil's downfall. The #Rosebank win marks a HUGE turning point.
Our Head of Comms, Daisy, reacts from Cornwall - this is only the beginning. We’re ready to take on more of these destructive decisions. Join us ✊👇
stopoffshoredrilling.org.uk
📣 BIG OIL, YOUR TIME IS UP.
Our Head of Comms, Daisy, reacts from Cornwall - this is only the beginning. We’re ready to take on more of these destructive decisions. Join us ✊👇
stopoffshoredrilling.org.uk
📣 BIG OIL, YOUR TIME IS UP.