Blue whales are going quiet and scientists say it’s a warning sign.
Ocean heat waves and noise pollution are silencing the ocean’s largest singers. Does saving the ocean start with hearing it?
Be the voice for the voiceless, share this post.
Blue whales are going quiet and scientists say it’s a warning sign.
Ocean heat waves and noise pollution are silencing the ocean’s largest singers. Does saving the ocean start with hearing it?
Be the voice for the voiceless, share this post.
Diplomats and climate advocates warn that efforts by the European Union and small island states to cap virgin plastic production are under threat from petrochemical-producing countries and Washington. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/08/05/sustainability/oil-trump-treaty-plastics-pollution/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #sustainability #oil #plastic #pollution #us #donaldtrump #republicans #environment #oceans
Amid Trump's cuts, European governments are taking steps to break their dependence on critical scientific data from the United States in order to monitor climate change and extreme weather. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/02/world/europe-data-collection-us-reliance/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #eu #europe #donaldtrump #universities #oceans #climatechange
Ten years ago, Greece's Lesbos became the first stop for half of the million asylum-seekers headed for Europe. Today, the island shows how far government responses have hardened against people seeking refuge in Europe. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/01/world/greek-migrants-hardened-frontier/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #greece #europe #refugees #immigration #oceans
Such an honour and a precious opportunity to learn everyday, working with staunch, courageous individuals like Juressa.
Read their words and join us resisting this new wave of old colonialism and extraction.
Say no to seabed mining! 🌊
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Forty years of resistance in the Pacific - Greenpeace Aotearoa
https://www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/story/forty-years-of-resistance-in-the-pacific/
This is a pretty amazing livestream from 2 and a half km of depth, an argentinean marine biologist team doing some deep research on corals and undersea life.
Great content for your second screen while you do something else!
This is a pretty amazing livestream from 2 and a half km of depth, an argentinean marine biologist team doing some deep research on corals and undersea life.
Great content for your second screen while you do something else!
After a powerful earthquake struck off the coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia, tsunami centers along the Pacific coastline warned of the potential for colossal waves, but they never transpired. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/07/31/earth-science/powerful-earthquake-weak-tsunami/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #earthscience #tsunami #oceans #earthquakes #kamchatka
Now that we're awake anyway, check out the awesome work of Heal the Hauraki.
This episode is about the amazing people doing the mahi to restore ecosystems in Tīkapa Moana Hauraki Gulf Marine Park.
AKA some of the witches with green liquid that Shane Jones is so scared of.
I think it is quite positive, inspiring and uplifting.
Heal the Hauraki - Episode 2 - "TANGATA (PEOPLE)"
https://youtube.com/watch?v=t9eppCixWfs
#Aotearoa #documentary #ProtectTheOceans #BanBottomTrawling #oceans #HaurakiGulf #TikapaMoana
And for some local #oceans #goodnews
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Great things can happen when nature is respected and given the time and space to recover.
Good example to follow elsewhere!
Marine reserve's 25-year review: 'When things aren't fished the place changes'
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/568360/marine-reserve-s-25-year-review-when-things-aren-t-fished-the-place-changes
The awesomely named "Review of sustainability measures for orange roughy (ORH 3B)" is emblematic of putting profits over ocean health. 🌊
You can tell the government to ban bottom trawling now.
Just send them an email.
(Example text in reply toot)
This is a NZ Orange roughy fishery that is in freefall. MPI is consulting what to do about it. They need to prioritise sustainability over profits. The ESCR ORH3B must be closed immediately. Even the most conservative option may fall short.
Some background:
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/07/08/study-finds-nzs-largest-orange-roughy-fishery-facing-collapse/
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/07/15/rough-times-for-a-classic-nz-fish/
Submissions are open until July 30th, 5 pm.
#ProtectTheOcean #oceans #BanBottomTrawling #fisheries #NZPol
And for some local #oceans #goodnews
🌊 🐟 🐙
Great things can happen when nature is respected and given the time and space to recover.
Good example to follow elsewhere!
Marine reserve's 25-year review: 'When things aren't fished the place changes'
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/568360/marine-reserve-s-25-year-review-when-things-aren-t-fished-the-place-changes
A climate change-drive rising of the waters of the Mediterranean are leading to coastal erosion in the ancient city of Alexandria, undermining buildings from below and causing 40 of them to collapse each year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/07/29/climate-change/rising-seas-sands-alexandria/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #egypt #climatechange #oceans #mediterranean
Unsurprisingly, it looks like Shane did not like our banner. 😅
Here he is again, ranting about it.
https://xcancel.com/mangonui08/status/1948909861930238302#m
#ProtectTheOcean#NZPol #BanBottomTrawling #oceans #fisheries#Greenpeace
The world’s oceans experienced a staggering amount of warming in 2023, as vast marine heat waves affected 96% of their surface, breaking records for intensity, longevity and scale, according to a new study. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/07/25/climate-change/oceans-tipping-point/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #oceans #climatechange #emissions
Authorities in Japan are urging the public to stay alert when enjoying outdoor water activities over the summer and to avoid dangerous areas such as places with strong currents. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/24/japan/society/water-accidents-summer/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #water #rivers #oceans
A Pacific island nation wants to mine the ocean floor. Many islanders fear this could taint their ocean forever. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/23/asia-pacific/politics/pacific-island-nation-mine-ocean/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #mining #oceans #cookislands #pacificislands
The awesomely named "Review of sustainability measures for orange roughy (ORH 3B)" is emblematic of putting profits over ocean health. 🌊
You can tell the government to ban bottom trawling now.
Just send them an email.
(Example text in reply toot)
This is a NZ Orange roughy fishery that is in freefall. MPI is consulting what to do about it. They need to prioritise sustainability over profits. The ESCR ORH3B must be closed immediately. Even the most conservative option may fall short.
Some background:
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/07/08/study-finds-nzs-largest-orange-roughy-fishery-facing-collapse/
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/07/15/rough-times-for-a-classic-nz-fish/
Submissions are open until July 30th, 5 pm.
#ProtectTheOcean #oceans #BanBottomTrawling #fisheries #NZPol
TO: FMsubmissions@mpi.govt.nz
Subject line: Submission on Orange Roughy fishery (ORH3B)
My name is [Name] and I am [Something about you]. I live in [Place].
This is my personal submission on the proposed changes for the East and South Chatham Rise (ESCR) orange roughy (ORH 3B) fishery, which is now on the brink of collapse.
Orange roughy are a unique, slow growing species of deep sea fish that have been decimated by the New Zealand fishing industry and weak regulation. Orange roughy congregate on seamounts and are caught via bottom trawling.
I know bottom trawling is highly destructive - wiping out orange roughy numbers and also destroying the deep sea habitats they depend on.
I share the concerns of marine experts who are calling for a closure of this fishery so that roughy, and the habitats like seamounts, that they depend on, can recover.
I support the strongest measures that will ensure orange roughy thrive.
I don’t think option three - “60% catch reduction and partial closure” - goes far enough. Only closing the ESCR fishery completely, alongside a ban on bottom trawling on vulnerable seamounts and similar features, will protect orange roughy for the future.
Kind regards,
[Contact details.]
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