Rob Walsh

BSc (Hons), MSc | Sea Champion | Northern Ireland Marine Task Force Officer | Marine Ecologist | Views are my own.

[Laura Anderson (Young) @LessWasteLaura]

✨ Last night was truly unforgettable. I’m honoured (and a little bit embarrassed!) to have received a Pride Of Scotland Award for Special Recognition, for my campaigning work around disposable vapes.

[NI Marine Task Force @NIMTF]

🗣 Honored to speak @sascampaigns #paddleoutprotest2025 in #Portrush on joint work tackling the #waterquality crisis across Northern Ireland.

❗️What do we need?

- Nutrient controls into water bodies 🌊
- #Naturebasedsolutions
- Long-term funding for sustainable infrastructure

[Surfers Against Sewage @sascampaigns]

🚨 Northern Ireland’s dirty secret... exposed. In 2024, Northern Ireland Water spilt sewage 2,967 times, but that's only from 4.3% of their sewage overflows. That means the real number of discharges could be over 61,000.

💩 In Belfast Lough alone, there were 1,148 sewage spills, but 70% of overflows there aren’t even tracked. Meanwhile, the Northern Irish Government just scrapped the plan to fix it.

No real-time alerts. No accountability. Just broken promises. This is a scandal of epic proportions.
💥 We demand full monitoring.
💥 We demand real-time alerts.
💥 We demand action to #EndSewagePollution.

Sick of sewage? 🪧 Join us on the 17th May for the Paddle-Out Protest: https://t.co/qV3P22EqAU
📸: Paddle-Out Protest in Portrush by Gavin Wallace

#EndSewagePollution #SickOfSewage #WaterQualityReport #NorthernIreland

[NI Marine Task Force @NIMTF]

🗣Did you know policy does podcasts?

Check out Across Divides: Shifting Tides to about Carlingford Lough's marine conservation efforts, society, impacts and culture!

🤫I can't tell you just to listen to Episode 6 (Save Our Seas), but we are featured...
https://t.co/9EkRf56I9b

[NI Marine Task Force @NIMTF]

🗣️NIMTF are calling on @deptinfra and @daera_ni to work with stakeholders to tackle NI's #Waterquality crisis, ensuring NI's marine environment is healthy and thriving.🌊

[NI Marine Task Force @NIMTF]

🗣️We responded to the Draft Programme for Government 2024 - 2027! #PfGNI2024

❗️We highlight urgent needs for our #marine environment and how important it is to create links across all departments for society, together. 🌊

👇Check out our response below:
https://t.co/EdBWqhe3kO

[NI Marine Task Force @NIMTF]

🗣Thank you to @GreenPartyNI for having us to raise awareness of the importance of the #marine environment. Some excellent discussions with @oharamal, @Lesleyveronica, @5ft_Green, @Barry_ndgreen, and @Briansmyth99 around #seabirds, #elasmobranchs and recovery of our seas. 🌊

[NI Marine Task Force @NIMTF]

🧵🗣 Thank you to everyone who came along to the Elasmobranch Conservation Strategy Event today at The Pavilion, Stormont.

We would strongly encourage members of the public to respond to both #Seabird 🪿and #Elasmobranch 🦈 Conservation Strategies on the @daera_ni website. (1/5)

[Wild Belfast @WildBelfast]

It's #SeaSlugDay so here are some of the nudibranchs seen this year by Wild Belfast!
Photo credits @BajkoRebekah

[NI Marine Task Force @NIMTF]

🗣️ NIMTF are running an Elasmobranch Conservation Strategy Event 🦈at the Stormont Pavilion on Tuesday 12th November, 10am - 1pm. 🌊

- Talks and key asks from across stakeholders
- Panel discussion
- Networking
- Community #WishFish

Register below! 👇https://t.co/kUCSOCgaSN

[Ruby Free @RubyFree8]

UPCOMING FREE EVENT ✍🏻

Join me at @HodgesFiggis this Wednesday at 6pm to celebrate the launch of Rathlin, A Wild Life. Grab a book and a drink, sit back and enjoy this special reading, Q&A and signing in the literary heart of Dublin. ✨

See you there!🍁

[Vulpesartifex @Vulpesartifex]

Heeey, it's #PortfolioDay and I have some things I wanna share!

I'm Toni, an artist based in Northern Ireland 😊
I mostly do character and animal portraits!

🎨 ~ https://t.co/6Cm4JxUPqX
☕️ ~ https://t.co/zMepQlBxFf

[Laura 🦋 @Hungaroring 🇭🇺 HOME RACE BABY! @formuLau16]

THE F1 ACCOUNT PUT A TIMING ON THE LIZARD 😭😭😭😭

[Annika Clements @annika_clements]

#PhD opportunity with Mark & myself, please share!

[NI Marine Task Force @NIMTF]

🗣️Our #Marine Life Talks Friday 30th at Oakfield Community Centre, Carrickfergus 1:30pm - 3:30pm!

Register below or drop in, take a seat and renew your ocean connection with us.

Blue carbon, native oysters, cetaceans, seabirds, sharks, citizen science, MPAs and what you can do!

[🪶Hawkeyyee go grr @hawkeyyee_art]

✨ Art Raffle! ✨
In celebration of making 5000 followers its raffle time! One random winner will receive a halfbody of chosen character!

Follow + RT + Like + Comment your character below!

Ends August 26th! Thank you all for your support! 🧡

[NI Marine Task Force @NIMTF]

🗣️Still time to book on for next week's talks! 🦪🐬🪿

Get your free tickets here to learn more about our Ocean Connection! 👇https://t.co/ZTYa0MdM7X

We'll also have some engaging activities such as an underwater #VR 🎮experience and #WishFish 🐟board to show your connection too

[NI Marine Task Force @NIMTF]

🧵🗣️Join us on in support of @isupportlhlh's for talks discussing "Our Ocean Connection" with fellow NIMTF Members.

Friday 30th August
Oakfield Community Development Centre, Carrickfergus
1:30 - 3:30
#marinemammals, #nativeoyster, #MPA, #seabirds

https://t.co/5id6LLgNBL (1/2)

[NI Marine Task Force @NIMTF]

Are you at @QueensMarineLab for their #OpenDay? Come til 3 and hear about #marineprotectedareas 🛡 and #bluecarbon 🌱 to improve protections and management for our different #species and #habitats. 🦭🪿🐋🦀

Wish on a fish to help us achieve #OceanRecovery for all our seas 💪🌊