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By Pascal Philippe, journalist, former staffer @courrierinter(Paris)
Wilderness and Politics on the Oceans.

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Harvard has had nearly 1,000 research grants cancelled — what happens now?

[Oceana UK @OceanaUK]

🚨 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 🔽

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Trump Takes a Major Step Toward Seabed Mining in International Waters
A new executive order pits the United States against the rest of the world over the question of who can exploit mineral resources in shared waters

[Pierre-Olivier François @OPierrof]

écoutons quelqu’un qui comprend et connaît sur le bout des doigts le droit de la nationalité et ses enjeux @PatrickWeil1

[Milko Schvartzman @milkorockmar]

IUU Fishing: Peru is China’s main partner in the predation of Pacific squid.
In the last 30 days, at least 50 Chinese vessels entered its ports. The marine ecosystem and the fishermen of Peru, #Chile and #Ecuador will suffer the consequences.
#squid #ocean
(c) @GlobalFishWatch

[#StopRosebank @StopCambo]

BREAKING 🚨: @Equinor event disrupted at huge oil conference in Stavanger, Norway.

Activists are calling out Equinor's greenwashing, and demanding that Equinor immediately stop the Rosebank oil field #StopRosebank

[Deep Sea Conservation Coalition @DeepSeaConserve]

The DSCC welcomes Leticia Carvalho as the new Secretary-General of the ISA. This is a new chapter and we urge her to prioritize the precautionary principle, transparency, and science. Reforming the ISA to protect and manage the deep sea for the benefit of humankind is crucial. 🌊

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https://t.co/m8YlG6Wcvg

[Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation]

"It's wrong, it's been proven, and therefore we must abstain."

Hear French Ambassador @O_Poivre_dArvor and German Commissioner for the Ocean @OceanUnger explain why their nations oppose #DeepSeaMining, and call on others to stand up in opposition with them 📽️ #DefendTheDeep

[Deep Sea Conservation Coalition @DeepSeaConserve]

🚨The delegate for 🇦🇹Austria – who was present at the inaugural meeting of the ISA in 1994 – told the #ISA29 Assembly that his country supports a precautionary pause on #DeepSeaMining bringing the number of States who #DefendTheDeep to 32!

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CAN W. STOP THIS NOW ?

[Greenpeace International @Greenpeace]

Deep sea mining is on the cusp of causing irreversible harm to the oceans — this industry is new, highly-destructive, & not yet regulated. But The Metals Company wants to start mining as soon as possible! Let’s #StopDeepSeaMining before it starts > https://t.co/2sA4DKVZR2 #ISBA29

[Deep Sea Conservation Coalition @DeepSeaConserve]

💬“The deep ocean sustains crucial processes that make the entire planet habitable, from driving ocean currents that regulate our weather to storing carbon and buffering our planet against the impacts of #ClimateChange,” DSCC's @sofia_tse.
#DefendTheDeep #ISA29

[Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation]

Yesterday, the @EU_Commission gave Senegal a so-called 'yellow card' 🟨, a warning that improvements are needed in fisheries management to avoid a possible seafood trade ban in the future.

What does this mean for Senegal's fisheries, and what is their current state? 🧵

[Scientific American @sciam]

Vermont's “Climate Superfund Act” would use attribution science to force oil, gas and coal companies to cover damages associated with their emissions https://t.co/36WoCxwh3x

[Blue Planet Society @Seasaver]

Yellowfin tuna comprises almost 1/3 of global tuna catch.

🎣- Indian Ocean overfished for 9 YEARS!
🐟- Scientists describe Yellowfin as “in critical condition.”

The response from The Indian Ocean Tuna Commission?

NO AGREEMENT TO REDUCE CATCH‼️ 🤯

https://t.co/leNdCZKS87

[Blue Planet Society @Seasaver]

Deep-sea mining is ‘one of stupidest ideas ever’, says @SylviaEarle

'Putting unique creatures and ecosystems on the seabed at risk is absurd.' 👏

Article: https://t.co/ysqEgFCfkH

#deepseamining #deepsea, #ocean, #mining, #defendthedeep, #stopdeepseamining