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Oceana UK

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Oceana UK

@OceanaUK

Ocean charity fighting to protect UK seas 🌊 We campaign to: 🪸 Ban bottom trawling in ocean havens 🐟 Stop overfishing ❌ End new oil & gas Repost≠endorsement

Joined May 2023

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Oceana UK
@OceanaUK
Jul 7
🌊 This is the reality behind ‘protected’ UK seas Industrial bottom trawling bulldozing the seafloor & killing ocean wildlife We can’t protect nature while leaving it open to such destruction 🚫 ✊ Act now: bit.ly/oceanaukx 📢 Ban #BottomTrawling in MPAs
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Oceana UK
@OceanaUK
May 9, 2025
🚨 EXPOSED: Unseen footage reveals the DEVASTATING impact of bottom-trawl fishing. David Attenborough’s new film #OCEAN is a call to arms to end this heartbreaking destruction of our marine protected areas. Will you heed his call? TAKE ACTION with us now👉act.for-the-ocean.org/act/protect-uk…
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Oceana UK
@OceanaUK
May 20, 2025
🚨 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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Oceana UK
@OceanaUK
Jun 5, 2025
BREAKING 📢 The Government's own MPs and many others across parties call for a BAN on destructive bottom-trawl fishing in offshore marine protected areas🪸 This intervention from the Environmental Audit Committee shows that pressure is building 💥💥💥
UK MPs call for ban on bottom trawling in protected marine areas
From theguardian.com
Oceana UK
@OceanaUK
Nov 12, 2024
🎉 SUCCESS! 🎉 The court agrees the decision to grant new oil & gas licences in protected areas needs more scrutiny. We’ve been given permission to proceed our case! Next year we’ll be back in court to argue why the licences were granted unlawfully. Big Oil, we're coming for you.
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Oceana UK
@OceanaUK
May 22, 2025
🎉 HUGE NEWS: The EU Court has confirmed marine protected areas must be PROPERLY protected from bottom trawling! Countries must act to fulfil their legal duty to safeguard these areas from destruction. This is an absolute WIN for our ocean. 🙌 1/2 clientearth.org/latest/press-o…
Oceana UK
@OceanaUK
Jun 22, 2024
🌍🌊 Proudly marching in London today to show all political parties how much we care about nature. Our ocean is in crisis and needs us now more than ever. But a sea change is coming. Can you feel it? 📢 #RestoreNatureNow
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Oceana UK
@OceanaUK
Jun 8, 2025
🚨 BREAKING: Govt is proposing bottom trawling bans in English offshore marine protected areas at #UNOC2025 🌊 Many would be FULL bans across the WHOLE site! If implemented this could protect 30,000km² of seabed🪸DOUBLE the size of all England’s national parks put together! 🧵🔽
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Oceana UK
@OceanaUK
May 20, 2025
🚨 #DYK 90% of the UK's marine protected areas are open to destructive bottom-trawl fishing?? British diver, Gio, shows us what’s at stake. ⚠️ 📢 We need a ban NOW. ✊ YOU can help. 📩 Email UK Govt to demand a bottom trawling ban in protected areas: act.for-the-ocean.org/act/protect-uk…
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Oceana UK
@OceanaUK
Aug 30, 2024
🚨 Scottish Govt is consulting on banning destructive bottom-trawl fishing in 20 marine protected areas. We need YOU to help us demand a bottom trawling ban in these MPAs. This is our chance to restore Scotland’s seas! ACT NOW 🐟🌊 👉act.oceana.org/page/155477/da…
Oceana UK
@OceanaUK
Sep 13, 2023
BREAKING: Our study has exposed the alarming state of the UK's fish populations 🚨 🐟 34% are overfished 🐟 25% are in a critical state Government sanctioned #FishingBeyondLimits must end. We demand science-backed catch limits. Read 👇
Taking Stock: The State of UK Fish Populations 2023
From uk.oceana.org
Oceana UK
@OceanaUK
May 2, 2024
📢BREAKING: @Shell made £6 BLN in profit in the last 3 months. Whilst ocean warming reaches unprecedented levels & climate records break at inconceivable speed 🔥 Big Oil is plundering our planet & we're letting it happen. This must stop. 🌊🌍 Act now👉bit.ly/3SubqfV
Oceana UK
@OceanaUK
Jun 10, 2025
🚨JUST IN: Ocean Minister Emma Hardy has officially announced the UK Govt’s proposal to extend bottom trawling bans in English protected areas. If total bans go ahead this is a HUGE WIN 🎉 Our Campaigns Director Alyx delves into what we need to do to make sure this happens✊🌊
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Oceana UK
@OceanaUK
Mar 20, 2024
📢BREAKING NEWS! UK 'protected' waters are being destroyed by bottom trawling A whopping 33,000 hours of suspected bottom trawling took place in our marine protected areas last year alone. How is this allowed?! Story by @karenmcveigh1 👇
‘Hoovered’ up from the deep: 33,000 hours of seabed trawling revealed in protected UK waters
From theguardian.com