New Zealand government currently doing less to protect Māui dolphins than... checks notes the United States of America.
😓🐬
US court gives Māui dolphin charity hope in fight over seafood ban
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/08/29/us-court-gives-maui-dolphin-charity-hope-in-fight-over-seafood-ban/
There is ample and growing evidence of the harm #bottomTrawling causes in the ocean. Primarily to biodiversity but also to the oceans capacity to regulate climate. It is absolutely indefensible to continue this destructive, reckless practice in the middle of an ecological crisis. 🌊
"Bottom trawling is a fishing practice that is notoriously destructive to seafloor ecosystems. Now there’s growing evidence that it might unleash planet-warming carbon"
A Controversial Fishing Method May Dredge Up a Climate Time Bomb
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bottom-trawling-could-unleash-carbon-dioxide-worsening-global-warming/
Featured in the local Nelson newsletter too.
Unfortunately a Substack link, apologies.
https://open.substack.com/pub/climatemattersnz/p/climate-matters-138
Watch our video! 🌊🌏
Greenpeace activists occupy Talley's bottom trawler
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Eh2SpVN3uFg
Here we can see Talley’s employees being very concerned and cautious about the Health and Safety™ of the activists this morning. /s
Featured in the local Nelson newsletter too.
Unfortunately a Substack link, apologies.
https://open.substack.com/pub/climatemattersnz/p/climate-matters-138
Please stand by.
Greenpeace activists stop Talley’s trawler from leaving Nelson port, branding it an ‘ocean killer'
https://www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/press-release/greenpeace-activists-stop-talleys-trawler-from-leaving-nelson-port-branding-it-an-ocean-killer/
#greenpeace #directAction #BanBottomTrawling #ProtectTheOcean #Oceans #fisheries
A shadowy contract in Egypt between an unnamed government entity and an investment company to build a resort on one of the country's last undisturbed Red Sea beaches has drawn criticism and public action. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/08/21/tourism-deal-egypt-wild-shores/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #egypt #wildlife #turtles #environment #oceans #pollution #redsea
Les relevés satellitaires et les mesures terrain indiquent que la perte de masse glaciaire en Antarctique a connu une accélération record mettant en péril l’équilibre global des #océans
#climathttps://africanova.info/alerte-ongs-sur-la-fonte-acceleree-des-glaciers-en-antarctique-consequences-sur-locean-mondial/
The calls for protection of the collapsing Orange Roughy fishery keep coming.
Despite the minister and his industry influence, the people really want the ocean to be better protected and allowed to thrive. 🐟 🌊
Orange roughy must be taken off the menu
https://www.odt.co.nz/lifestyle/magazine/orange-roughy-must-be-taken-menu
The collapse of a sixth round of U.N. talks aimed at curbing plastic output has left many advocates of restrictions pessimistic about a global deal in the near future. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/08/16/us-plastics-pollution-analysis/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #plastics #pollution #oceans #us #donaldtrump
Encouraged by increasingly warm waters, hundreds of species native to the Red Sea have moved through the Suez Canal and into the eastern Mediterranean, disrupting ecosystems, scientists say. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/08/15/wildlife/mediterranean-tropicalization-warming-waters/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #wildlife #oceans #climatechange #turkey
A shark and dolphin walk into a fishing industry conference…
We went to the annual Seafood NZ Conference last week to deliver a strong message to the fishing industry and the government - we need more ocean protection.
With the help of Sharon the Shark and Hāna Hector, the dolphin who came along with our friends from Dolphin Defenders, we met attendees from the fishing industry at the Seafood NZ Conference.
The response was mixed. Hāna even got kicked out of the conference!
🐬🦈
#ProtectTheOcean #BanBottomTrawling #oceans#NZPol #fisheries#CamerasOnBoats
A shark and dolphin walk into a fishing industry conference…
We went to the annual Seafood NZ Conference last week to deliver a strong message to the fishing industry and the government - we need more ocean protection.
With the help of Sharon the Shark and Hāna Hector, the dolphin who came along with our friends from Dolphin Defenders, we met attendees from the fishing industry at the Seafood NZ Conference.
The response was mixed. Hāna even got kicked out of the conference!
🐬🦈
#ProtectTheOcean #BanBottomTrawling #oceans#NZPol #fisheries#CamerasOnBoats
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.
No one but Jones, his captured regulator, and industrial interests support these proposed changes. 🌊 The author clearly states "If there are no more fish, there's no longer a fishing industry."
"All of these proposals have the very real potential to nullify decades of efforts to restore our fisheries for everyone’s benefit — including for the commercial fishing industry."
Fishing changes threaten ocean and industry
https://e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-analysis/fishing-changes-threaten-ocean-and-industry/
Hōiho are at breaking point. The fishing industry is killing the ocean and it needs to stop. 🐧
She was the last: Penguin starvation crisis sparks call for emergency fishing ban | The Post
https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360780478/she-was-last-penguin-starvation-crisis-sparks-call-emergency-fishing-ban
#ProtectTheOcean #BanBottomTrawling #oceans #fisheries#NZPol
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
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