Oceana UK
@oceanauk
Ocean charity fighting to protect UK seas ✊🌊 We campaign to: 🪸 Ban bottom trawling in ocean havens 🐟 Stop overfishing ❌ End new oil & gas 🌊 Learn more: linktr.ee/oceana_uk 🪸 Repost ≠ endorsement
🚨 Oil company Equinor just made ~£8.6 BILLION profit in 3 months All whilst the world burns in heatwave after heatwave 😡 Big Oil has plundered our seas for profit for too long! It’s time for a just transition to renewables 🔽 ✊ ACT NOW to end new oil & gas: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Out of 113 marine protected areas for ocean wildlife like puffins & porpoises, only 2 have full protection from destructive bottom-trawling fishing, our new research shows 🚫 Protected in name only isn’t protection at all. Our seas deserve more 🌊 https://bit.ly/4wMTsHK #BanBottomTrawling in MPAs
🌊 HIRING: We’re excited to be recruiting for an Executive Assistant! ✨ If you're someone who loves our seas and has experience in supporting executive roles, we'd love to hear from you. ⏰ Apply by Sunday 19 July www.charityjob.co.uk/jobs/oceana-...
🌡️🌊 UK seas are in the grip of a MASSIVE marine heatwave 🚨 This is the legacy of the fossil fuel era. It's time to leave planet-heating oil & gas behind, so we can power our future with clean, renewable energy ACT NOW ➡️ you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
🦈 Catsharks are beautiful sharks found in UK seas. They're also commonly caught as bycatch by bottom trawlers 💔 We're fighting to end bottom trawling in UK marine protected areas. Save our sharks by taking action with us today on #SharkAwarenessDay 👉 bit.ly/oceanauk 📸 Colin Munro
🎉 OCEAN WIN: The UK has finally ratified the High Seas Treaty 🌊 Once implemented, this treaty will allow us to create marine protected areas within them for the first time - critical to meeting the commitment to protect 30% of the world's ocean by 2030 💪
Dear UK Govt, A reminder that 30x30 means protecting 30% of land AND sea 🌊 We're still waiting on the protections from bottom trawling for 41 marine protected areas proposed last year! 🚫 It's time to deliver for our ocean! www.gov.uk/government/n...
🌊 Marine protected areas are supposed to safeguard our iconic wildlife, yet one porpoise sanctuary was subjected to 30,000+ hrs of apparent bottom trawling last year alone It must end. ✊Act now to protect ocean wildlife: bit.ly/oceanauk 📢 Ban #BottomTrawling in MPAs
📍 We chose Botany Bay in Kent to project our message because it looks out onto one of the UK's many marine protected areas where bottom trawling is STILL allowed Time for change! ✊Act now to protect our ocean wildlife: bit.ly/oceanauk 📢 Ban #BottomTrawling in MPAs
Our call to ban bottom trawling in marine protected areas is making waves! 🌊 📺 Our cliff projection was featured on @itvnews.bsky.social, with our campaigner Izzy outlining why allowing bottom trawling in protected areas simply doesn’t make sense. ✊ Act now to stop it: bit.ly/oceanauk
🌊 The ocean can’t speak for itself, so we projected its message onto the biggest cliff we could find This is the reality behind ‘protected’ UK seas... bottom-trawl fishing bulldozing the seafloor & killing ocean wildlife ✊Time for change. Act now: bit.ly/oceanauk 📢 Ban #BottomTrawling in MPAs
🚨 Out of 113 marine protected areas for wildlife like puffins & porpoises… only 2 have full protection from destructive bottom trawling, our new research shows Protected in name only isn’t protection at all 📢 Ban #BottomTrawling in MPAs 🌊 Act now: bit.ly/oceanauk
🌊 This is the reality behind ‘protected’ UK seas Industrial bottom trawling bulldozing the seafloor & killing ocean wildlife We can’t protect nature while leaving it open to such destruction 🚫 ✊ Act now: bit.ly/oceanauk 📢 Ban #BottomTrawling in MPAs
‼️As old oil wells corrode, they can release toxic metals and radioactive materials. These pollutants can affect marine habitats for DECADES. The fossil fuel industry’s mess shouldn’t be left to rot in our seas 🌊 ✊ Act now: https://bit.ly/3SyzfXo #NoNewOil
31,000km of oil & gas pipelines criss-cross UK seas 🌊 That’s equivalent to over 3/4 the Earth’s entire circumference 🌎 These pipelines can leach toxic chemicals into marine habitats, which can poison wildlife & wrecks habitats. Act now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st... #NoNewOil
💡 Properly decommissioning ageing oil and gas infrastructure could support up to 25,000 jobs while helping protect marine wildlife 🌊 ✅ Good for wildlife. Good for workers. Good for our future. Let's clean up the past and build something better! Act now! https://bit.ly/3SyzfXo
🌊 One petition. 17,000 voices already on board. Scotland’s seas can recover and together we can make it happen! Change is coming. Add your name! 👉 https://ourseasscotland.eaction.org.uk/bring-back-the-fish @ourseas_scot
Puffins. Porpoises. Whales. 🪶🐬🐋 They all depend on healthy marine habitats But ageing oil & gas infrastructure continues to scar the seabed & threaten ocean wildlife Our seas deserve better. ✊ Act now to help us end new oil & gas for good: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
🚨 There are 1,685 active or unplugged oil wells awaiting decommissioning inside UK protected areas, our new research shows These are places that should be protecting wildlife... NOT sheltering rotting oil & gas infrastructure Act now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st... #EndNewOilAndGas
👻 Across UK seas, ageing oil & gas infrastructure is being left to rot, threatening marine life with toxic pollution & leaving a costly legacy behind. We must tell the govt - whoever its led by - to firm in its commitment to end new oil & gas. Act now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Our marine life depends on healthy fish populations 🐟 And right now, they’re under threat. Add your name to help us end overfishing! act.oceana.org/page/178303/... #EndOverfishing #MarineLife
🚨 THOUSANDS of animals are being killed as a result of getting accidentally caught in fishing gear, such as trawling nets - new research shows Each year industrial vessels in the UK are catching: 🪶 10,000+ seabirds 🐋 1,000+ porpoises, dolphins & whales 🦭 500+ seals 1/2 🔽
UK SEAS APPRECIATION POST 🌊 Tiny sea slugs. Giant sharks. Glowing jellyfish. Diving seabirds... UK waters are more diverse, vibrant and alive than most people realise. This #WorldOceanDay, let's celebrate the wildlife found right off our shores 💙
🌊 Happy #WorldOceanDay to everyone except the UK Government A full year has rolled around, and we’ve yet to hear even a whisper of when the govt is going to properly protect our ocean havens from bottom trawling, after pledging to consider it LAST World Ocean Day. What is going on?! 😡 1/2
🐟 Without healthy fish, UK seas can’t survive. Ocean advocate and vet, Cal Major, is backing Oceana UK, join her and demand the PM ends overfishing now 💙 https://bit.ly/4akboR9
INCREDIBLE! Humpback whale caught on camera breaching right next to a boat off Devon 🐋💙 "It was genuinely one of the most breathtaking wildlife encounters I've ever experienced at sea" 📽️👉 www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
💡 #DYK otters are a keystone species & the UK's largest carnivores? 💧Most of our otters are found along the coast but they also live in lakes, rivers & canals ❌They're threatened by pollution, human disturbance & overfishing of their prey sources 🐟🦪🦀 #WorldOtterDay
👏 1,121 previously unknown marine animals have been uncovered, including a worm living inside a “glass castle,” a carnivorous sponge & a ghost shark 🦈 🌊 The Ocean Census aims to discover marine life “at speed and at scale” before it's lost 🔬 https://bit.ly/4uvSejw
🐢 #DYK leatherback turtles return to the UK each summer to feed on jellyfish off our coast 🌊 Turtles have been around for millions years. But today, they’re facing unprecedented threats. It's up to us to turn this around. We need true ocean protection for our marine life. #WorldTurtleDay
🌊 From kelp forests to coral gardens, UK waters are full of truly extraordinary biodiversity. 🐋 Our seas, which are home to rich array of life, deserve true protection. Join us to help save our seas from harm: act.oceana.org/page/144742/... #InternationalDayofBiologicalDiversity