.🐟 Nicolas_Fournier🐟 says : “We would have expected the #OceansPact to have more actions to implement existing measures. “To govern” means “to anticipate”. But this #OceansPact is not anticipating anything. #UNOC3 #ProtectedMeansProtected

Great discussion at the Ocean Dialogue with Civil Society at #UNOC3. We exchanged views on the #EUOceanPact, incl. the lack of measures to effectively preserve marine protected areas, and on the future of EU's ocean protection efforts. 📷OCEANA/ Franz Mahr

Nice is dressed in blue! Just ahead of #UNOC3, the #BlueMarch has filled the streets with a powerful call for effective ocean protection. Oceana staff proudly joined the wave demanding action for our ocean. 🌊💙 #ProtectedMeansProtected #ProtectedMeansProtected

🔵 #OPINION. « #UNOC3, le moment de vérité de la France pour l'océan » À l’approche de la Conférence UN Ocean Decade à Nice, Alexandra Cousteau exhorte la France à transformer ses promesses en actions concrètes 👇 latribune.fr/idees/tribunes…

OPINION piece in La Tribune as #UNOC3 opens, in which Oceana ocean advocate Alexandra Cousteau calls on France and Emmanuel Macron to turn promises into action and #BanBottomTrawling in its #MarineProtectedAreas for real #30x30 👉 latribune.fr/idees/tribunes…

Chalutage dans les aires marines protégées : pourquoi les annonces faites par Macron sont décevantes – via Le Nouvel Obs nouvelobs.com/ecologie/20250…

French Polynesia Just Created The World’s Largest Marine Protected Area ift.tt/s6zbh7Z

As the org that discovered and studied Cabliers_Reefs in 2011, we celebrate Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación steps to protect this unique deep-sea coral reef in the Mediterranean—home to vulnerable species and key fish habitats. We urge Morocco and Algeria to follow suit #UNOC3 bit.ly/3HQdBZe

Great news 🎉 Here, at #UNOC3, Portugal has announced that it will extend the marine protected area around the Gorringe seamount, which means 100,000km² of protected waters in the Atlantic, says Vera Coelho. This step brings the country closer to achieving #30x30 protection.

#UNOC3: 🇪🇸 Minister Luis Planas Puchades has announced a fishing ban to protect Cabliers_Reefs in the Alboran Sea. Oceana, who discovered this unique deep-sea reef and later researched it with ICM-CSIC, celebrates the move & urges 🇲🇦🇩🇿 to follow suit.

🇪🇺 Member States are not paying enough attention to their citizens and companies that own fishing vessels flagged to countries outside Europe. It’s urgent that they take action to avoid the risk of illegal fishing benefits flowing back to the EU, says Ocean_Vanya #UNOC3

☀️ A marine heatwave is ongoing in the Mediterranean Sea. This data visualisation, based on Copernicus Marine data, shows sea surface temperature anomalies recorded on 22 June. Areas in dark🔴 indicate temperatures more than 5°C above the seasonal average. #ImageOfTheDay #CopernicusEU

At today's Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic ministerial meeting in Vigo, we welcomed the inclusion of the Canary Islands & Madeira in the OSPAR, but called for stronger management of its marine protected areas. #OSPARMM2025

Oceana welcomes Denmark’s 🇩🇰 new bottom trawl closures in its marine waters and #MPAs, a strong step to protect ocean life🪸! With 19% of its waters trawl-free, Denmark sets an example for the EU to build political consensus to tackle #BottomTrawling beyond protected areas.

New zoning of Ponent marine reserve (Spain): 🎣Does not include areas of strict protection because fishing will occur in all the reserve 🪸Leaves unprotected an area home to vulnerable ecosystems We support science that recommends to strictly safeguard 1/3 of every protected area

Discarding unwanted fish at sea threatens fish stocks & fishers' livelihoods. A 🆕 report shows that the Landing Obligation, the EU’s key means to tackle this, is not properly enforced. The issue isn’t the #CommonFisheriesPolicy, but the lack of political will to implement it.

We are looking for a Policy Specialist to join our Campaigns team. This role is an exciting opportunity to shape EU ocean policies and push for ambitious action on fisheries, biodiversity, and marine protection. Apply here ➡️ europe.oceana.org/employment/pol…

The protection of Cabliers_Reefs is now official, after Spanish Minister Luis Planas Puchades announced a fishing ban in the area last month at #UNOC3. Oceana, who discovered the reef, welcomes this important step forward by Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación and urges neighbouring Med countries to follow suit.

Science based management is the unique way forward to protect our seas!🪸🐟Spanish Government Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación announced to ban fishing activities on Cabliers reefs! A big step ahead towards our final bet: a definitive transboundary protection of this deep-sea oasis! ICM-CSIC

We tracked illegal fishing in marine protected areas – satellites and AI show most bans are respected, and could help enforce future ones theconversation.com/we-tracked-ill…