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ICYMI: Cornwall has become a whale watching hotspot 🎉 Sightings of fin whales have increased over the last decade, with whales arriving in the area earlier & staying longer 🌊

C’est magnifique! #France and #Portugal just just set the course with their latest ocean declaration, reaffirming their call for a moratorium on #DeepSeaMining! 🌊 One previous host and one upcoming host for the #UNOC - UN Ocean Conferene in #Nice. That's strong! 👀 #DefendTheDeep #OceanWins #DSM

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For the second year in a row, Iceland’s largest whaling company canceled its fin whale hunt in 2025.

Japan’s whale meat market keeps shrinking. The economics no longer work.

The market doing what advocacy alone couldn’t.

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#Whaling #OceanWins #MarineLife

🐬 Greece unveiled two huge marine parks in the Ionian & Aegean, and Australia is moving to make nearly a third of its waters “highly protected” by 2030.

30x30 isn’t just a slogan anymore.

#MarineProtectedAreas #Biodiversity #ClimateAction #OceanWins

Think about it: every ocean win was powered by people who cared deeply, often in ways others found corny, uncool, or naive. Passion that looked “cringe” is what banned whaling, saved otters, and fought for MPAs. #OceanWins #EmbraceTheCringe

Why? Because good news rarely travels on its own. We give hopeful ocean work the mic because proof of progress is the best fuel for belief, and belief drives action. #OceanHoptimism #OceanWins #HopeAsFuel

So while the news scrolls by with ocean doom and the latest regulatory rollbacks, remember this:
There are still people out there building brilliant, hopeful things for the ocean. And they’re making waves from the bottom of the food web up.
#HopeScienceAction #FollowFriday #OceanWins

🌊 Weekend splash of Breaking Waves! Spain plans 5 new marine protected areas, scientists develop dissolvable plastics, global seafloor mapping hits 27%, Canada invests $9M in climate resilience, and Ocean Visions works on marine carbon removal framework. 🌊
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