Ghost fishing gear is the deadliest form of marine plastic pollution. It entangles marine mammals, seabirds, sea turtles, and sharks, subjecting them to a slow and painful death. Add your name to #StopGhostGear: https://t.co/ObpVltlKCE.
Good move by Tesco, Co-op et al. @karenmcveigh1 sums up nicely:
“The effort, by companies reliant on healthy fish stocks, represents a counterintuitive effort to force regulators to act, rather than the other way around”.
https://t.co/O58pQOwkFN
“MPAs are highly ineffective. They are fake, they are paper parks. There’s a massive problem here and the government needs to address it. They are misleading the public, wasting resources, protecting nothing” https://t.co/DMLMApIWEY
"The UK has a network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) covering 25% of UK waters and yet only 0.00003% of those are fully protected from dredging and trawling – the most damaging practices to marine biodiversity that exist."
@GeorgeMonbiot Makes a mockery of the whole system.
If you have the luxury of choice, #SayNoToFish & #SayNoToSeafood until we properly protect the marine environment that we all depend on.
'Not best solution' an understatement. When the recent Living Planet Report shows Earth's wildlife populations have plummeted 68% since 1970, culling seals in the mistaken belief that it will let you to catch more fish is downright irresponsible https://t.co/gzEx1F3UYk @EamonRyan
Today @BorisJohnson is making a pledge to conserve UK nature yet his new #FisheriesBill has no duty to make fishing sustainable. @GreenpeaceUK is dropping a boulder with my name on it on the Dogger Bank which will do more for marine protection than his bill. #LeadersPledge4Nature
The #balticcod can live 25 years and grow up to 1.5 m in length. But today, it’s rare to find one more than 30 cm long. This is a consequence of both #overfishing and size selectivity from the use of larger mesh in #bottomtrawling nets.
Tensions rise in Ecuador and #Peru as Chinese fishing fleet moves south from Galapagos
According to a new Oceana report, the Chinese fishing armada logged roughly 73000 hours of fishing off the Galapagos between July 13 & Aug 13 via @latimes: https://t.co/nOhxY2VoPZ @PressOceana
@oceana@latimes @PressOceana The destruction of the Global Ocean will affect every person on the planet. Wherever you live in the world, if you have a choice, then choose to #SayNoToFish & #SayNoToSeafood until we properly protect the marine environment and 🦑🦞🦀🐠🐬🐋🦐🦈🐟🐙from wanton destruction.
There are so many vested interests tied up in the overexploitation of our #GlobalOcean. This needs to change. If you have the luxury of choice, then #SayNoToFish, until we properly protect our marine environment & everything that lives in it. https://t.co/fPqMQ2Nthy
Alarmed by #ExtinctionTheFacts?
Then take action.
You could choose not to eat wildlife from the #GlobalOcean and instead #SayNoToFish and #SayNoToSeafood (at least until we find a way to protect the marine environment we all depend on).
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@drpickerell @MSCecolabel@WWF Until we adequately protect our Global Ocean, everyone with a choice should #SayNoToFish & #SayNoToSeafood. Leave wildlife in the sea where it belongs. 🦈🐡🐠🐟🐙🦑🐬🐋🦐🦀
Sharks 'functionally extinct' in 20% of world's reefs
“destructive and unsustainable" fishing techniques to blame for problems across 58 different countries
"Reef sharks were almost completely absent from reefs”
We must #RethinkFish@ciwf
https://t.co/1camAkoeQv
Many of us are choosing to reduce waste and the use of plastics to help save the oceans. 🐬🐢🦈
These are great first steps, but what do you think the impact would be if EVERYONE left sea life off of our plates altogether? 🤔
The impact would be HUGE! Let's #RethinkFish ✊