Happy #WorldOceanDay 🐳 Let's celebrate some good news from the #NorthSea 💙 Every step toward protection and restoration is worth highlighting. Want to stay part of the journey? Sign up for the Rewilding Dogger Bank newsletter via doggerland.earth #ProtectedMeansProtected #DoggerBank #Rewilding
June 8, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Happy #WorldOceanDay 🐳 Let's celebrate some good news from the #NorthSea 💙 Every step toward protection and restoration is worth highlighting. Want to stay part of the journey? Sign up for the Rewilding Dogger Bank newsletter via doggerland.earth #ProtectedMeansProtected #DoggerBank #Rewilding
A year ago, before #UNOC3, marine NGOs filed complaints for ongoing destructive fishing in EU marine #Natura2000 areas. Time to stop violating EU laws & endangering the ocean.
📢NGOs call on @jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu to start infringement action & ensure #ProtectedMeansProtected.
#30x30
📢NGOs call on @jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu to start infringement action & ensure #ProtectedMeansProtected.
#30x30
June 3, 2026 at 9:32 AM
A year ago, before #UNOC3, marine NGOs filed complaints for ongoing destructive fishing in EU marine #Natura2000 areas. Time to stop violating EU laws & endangering the ocean.
📢NGOs call on @jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu to start infringement action & ensure #ProtectedMeansProtected.
#30x30
📢NGOs call on @jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu to start infringement action & ensure #ProtectedMeansProtected.
#30x30
🌊 One year after NGOs' complaint, the @ec.europa.eu still hasn't acted on #BottomTrawling in #MarineProtectedAreas.
⚖️ Courts are increasingly clear: protected areas must be genuinely protected. #ProtectedMeansProtected!
seas-at-risk.org/general-news...
#EUBiodiversity
⚖️ Courts are increasingly clear: protected areas must be genuinely protected. #ProtectedMeansProtected!
seas-at-risk.org/general-news...
#EUBiodiversity
Seas At Risk on X: "🌊 One year after NGOs' complaint, the @EU_Commission still hasn't acted on #BottomTrawling in #MarineProtectedAreas. ⚖️ Courts are increasingly clear: protected areas must be genuinely protected. @CostasKadis, #ProtectedMeansProtected! https://t.co/dzox5jqmJ4 #EUBiodiversity https://t.co/6UOlRRLEDx" / X
🌊 One year after NGOs' complaint, the @EU_Commission still hasn't acted on #BottomTrawling in #MarineProtectedAreas. ⚖️ Courts are increasingly clear: protected areas must be genuinely protected. @CostasKadis, #ProtectedMeansProtected! https://t.co/dzox5jqmJ4 #EUBiodiversity https://t.co/6UOlRRLEDx
x.com
June 2, 2026 at 7:16 AM
🌊 One year after NGOs' complaint, the @ec.europa.eu still hasn't acted on #BottomTrawling in #MarineProtectedAreas.
⚖️ Courts are increasingly clear: protected areas must be genuinely protected. #ProtectedMeansProtected!
seas-at-risk.org/general-news...
#EUBiodiversity
⚖️ Courts are increasingly clear: protected areas must be genuinely protected. #ProtectedMeansProtected!
seas-at-risk.org/general-news...
#EUBiodiversity
Thanks telling this important story! And let's make sure that #ProtectedMeansProtected not only in the Dogger Bank, but also in the many other European Marine Protected Areas! 1 remark from our side: the ruling was on May 11th, not on the 13th as you wrote in the article 👋
May 21, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Thanks telling this important story! And let's make sure that #ProtectedMeansProtected not only in the Dogger Bank, but also in the many other European Marine Protected Areas! 1 remark from our side: the ruling was on May 11th, not on the 13th as you wrote in the article 👋
📢New study reveals that #BottomTrawling catches ~3000 species, incl threatened ones.🐡Yet it continues in #MPAs. This must end. #MPAs are meant to safeguard marine species, #BottomTrawling does the exact opposite.
#ProtectedMeansProtected news.mongabay.com/short-articl... #EUFisheries #EUBiodiversity
#ProtectedMeansProtected news.mongabay.com/short-articl... #EUFisheries #EUBiodiversity
Study finds bottom trawling nets 3,000 marine fish species, including threatened ones
How many marine fish species do bottom trawls catch? Researchers now have a list, and it’s long, running to some 3,000 species, according to a recent study. Bottom trawling is a commercially popular, ...
news.mongabay.com
May 5, 2026 at 8:40 AM
📢New study reveals that #BottomTrawling catches ~3000 species, incl threatened ones.🐡Yet it continues in #MPAs. This must end. #MPAs are meant to safeguard marine species, #BottomTrawling does the exact opposite.
#ProtectedMeansProtected news.mongabay.com/short-articl... #EUFisheries #EUBiodiversity
#ProtectedMeansProtected news.mongabay.com/short-articl... #EUFisheries #EUBiodiversity
NEWS: NGOs, including @clienteartheur.bsky.social and
@bluemarinef.bsky.social, are taking the Dutch government to court over #BottomTrawling in Dogger Bank #MarineProtectedArea, which goes against EU law.
➡️ oceanographicmagazine.com/news/ngos-ta...
#ProtectedMeansProtected
@bluemarinef.bsky.social, are taking the Dutch government to court over #BottomTrawling in Dogger Bank #MarineProtectedArea, which goes against EU law.
➡️ oceanographicmagazine.com/news/ngos-ta...
#ProtectedMeansProtected
March 12, 2026 at 9:07 AM
NEWS: NGOs, including @clienteartheur.bsky.social and
@bluemarinef.bsky.social, are taking the Dutch government to court over #BottomTrawling in Dogger Bank #MarineProtectedArea, which goes against EU law.
➡️ oceanographicmagazine.com/news/ngos-ta...
#ProtectedMeansProtected
@bluemarinef.bsky.social, are taking the Dutch government to court over #BottomTrawling in Dogger Bank #MarineProtectedArea, which goes against EU law.
➡️ oceanographicmagazine.com/news/ngos-ta...
#ProtectedMeansProtected
🌊Marine protected areas aren’t always as “protected” as they sound.
Spain is still allowing destructive #BottomTrawling inside these sites, and that’s why we, together with @clienteartheur.bsky.social, are taking the Government to court.
#ProtectedMeansProtected #30x30
Learn more📽️⤵️
Spain is still allowing destructive #BottomTrawling inside these sites, and that’s why we, together with @clienteartheur.bsky.social, are taking the Government to court.
#ProtectedMeansProtected #30x30
Learn more📽️⤵️
February 16, 2026 at 4:11 PM
🌊Marine protected areas aren’t always as “protected” as they sound.
Spain is still allowing destructive #BottomTrawling inside these sites, and that’s why we, together with @clienteartheur.bsky.social, are taking the Government to court.
#ProtectedMeansProtected #30x30
Learn more📽️⤵️
Spain is still allowing destructive #BottomTrawling inside these sites, and that’s why we, together with @clienteartheur.bsky.social, are taking the Government to court.
#ProtectedMeansProtected #30x30
Learn more📽️⤵️
🐳 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗧 𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗡! Judge rules that harmful activities in Marine Protected Areas must stop. "This is fantastic news for the North Sea. With this ruling, protection of the three largest Dutch Marine Protected Areas is immediately strengthened." Read more 👉 www.doggerland.earth #protectedmeansprotected
December 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
🐳 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗧 𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗡! Judge rules that harmful activities in Marine Protected Areas must stop. "This is fantastic news for the North Sea. With this ruling, protection of the three largest Dutch Marine Protected Areas is immediately strengthened." Read more 👉 www.doggerland.earth #protectedmeansprotected
📽️A new video highlights EU citizens’ concerns over weak #MPA protection🐬. We urge Commissioner Costas Kadis
to enforce the law and use the Ocean Act to end destructive #BottomTrawling in MPAs. #ProtectedMeansProtected #OurOcean #EUOceanPact #POLITICOSustainableSummit 👉https://tinyurl.com/24b94upn
to enforce the law and use the Ocean Act to end destructive #BottomTrawling in MPAs. #ProtectedMeansProtected #OurOcean #EUOceanPact #POLITICOSustainableSummit 👉https://tinyurl.com/24b94upn
December 2, 2025 at 7:16 AM
📽️A new video highlights EU citizens’ concerns over weak #MPA protection🐬. We urge Commissioner Costas Kadis
to enforce the law and use the Ocean Act to end destructive #BottomTrawling in MPAs. #ProtectedMeansProtected #OurOcean #EUOceanPact #POLITICOSustainableSummit 👉https://tinyurl.com/24b94upn
to enforce the law and use the Ocean Act to end destructive #BottomTrawling in MPAs. #ProtectedMeansProtected #OurOcean #EUOceanPact #POLITICOSustainableSummit 👉https://tinyurl.com/24b94upn
Here goes a new video explaining the legal actions we have initiated against bottom trawling #fishing in Spanish marine projected areas of the #N2000 network.
📢 #protectedmeansprotected
@saraaagesen.bsky.social @miteco.gob.es
📢 #protectedmeansprotected
@saraaagesen.bsky.social @miteco.gob.es
🌊Marine protected areas aren’t always as “protected” as they sound.
Spain is still allowing destructive #BottomTrawling inside these sites, and that’s why we, together with @clienteartheur.bsky.social, are taking the Government to court. #ProtectedMeansProtected #30x30
Learn more📽️⤵️
Spain is still allowing destructive #BottomTrawling inside these sites, and that’s why we, together with @clienteartheur.bsky.social, are taking the Government to court. #ProtectedMeansProtected #30x30
Learn more📽️⤵️
December 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Here goes a new video explaining the legal actions we have initiated against bottom trawling #fishing in Spanish marine projected areas of the #N2000 network.
📢 #protectedmeansprotected
@saraaagesen.bsky.social @miteco.gob.es
📢 #protectedmeansprotected
@saraaagesen.bsky.social @miteco.gob.es
🌊Marine protected areas aren’t always as “protected” as they sound.
Spain is still allowing destructive #BottomTrawling inside these sites, and that’s why we, together with @clienteartheur.bsky.social, are taking the Government to court. #ProtectedMeansProtected #30x30
Learn more📽️⤵️
Spain is still allowing destructive #BottomTrawling inside these sites, and that’s why we, together with @clienteartheur.bsky.social, are taking the Government to court. #ProtectedMeansProtected #30x30
Learn more📽️⤵️
December 1, 2025 at 11:25 AM
🌊Marine protected areas aren’t always as “protected” as they sound.
Spain is still allowing destructive #BottomTrawling inside these sites, and that’s why we, together with @clienteartheur.bsky.social, are taking the Government to court. #ProtectedMeansProtected #30x30
Learn more📽️⤵️
Spain is still allowing destructive #BottomTrawling inside these sites, and that’s why we, together with @clienteartheur.bsky.social, are taking the Government to court. #ProtectedMeansProtected #30x30
Learn more📽️⤵️
🌊 We’re taking action against #BottomTrawling in marine protected areas.
Last year, we joined forces with @clientearth.bsky.social to take Spain to court for failing to protect their seas, but still nothing has changed.
#ProtectedMeansProtected
@clienteartheur.bsky.social
Last year, we joined forces with @clientearth.bsky.social to take Spain to court for failing to protect their seas, but still nothing has changed.
#ProtectedMeansProtected
@clienteartheur.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 10:55 AM
🌊 We’re taking action against #BottomTrawling in marine protected areas.
Last year, we joined forces with @clientearth.bsky.social to take Spain to court for failing to protect their seas, but still nothing has changed.
#ProtectedMeansProtected
@clienteartheur.bsky.social
Last year, we joined forces with @clientearth.bsky.social to take Spain to court for failing to protect their seas, but still nothing has changed.
#ProtectedMeansProtected
@clienteartheur.bsky.social
#EUOceanWeek discussion: @anaisberthier.bsky.social explains how NGOs filed complaints with the EU on breaches of EU environmental law due to ongoing #BottomTrawling in #MPAs but enforcement by @ec.europa.eu is lacking to ensure #ProtectedMeansProtected
October 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
#EUOceanWeek discussion: @anaisberthier.bsky.social explains how NGOs filed complaints with the EU on breaches of EU environmental law due to ongoing #BottomTrawling in #MPAs but enforcement by @ec.europa.eu is lacking to ensure #ProtectedMeansProtected
The @ec.europa.eu's Veronica Manfredi agrees that it's 'unexpected’ that harmful #BottomTrawling should happen in so-called protected areas & explains the Commission is ready to listen 👂 to local watchdogs & observers to learn and bring much needed change. #ProtectedMeansProtected #EUOceanWeek
October 15, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The @ec.europa.eu's Veronica Manfredi agrees that it's 'unexpected’ that harmful #BottomTrawling should happen in so-called protected areas & explains the Commission is ready to listen 👂 to local watchdogs & observers to learn and bring much needed change. #ProtectedMeansProtected #EUOceanWeek
🌊 On #MPADay, let's remember that most EU MPAs still allow destructive fishing like #BottomTrawling. Real protection means banning harmful practices and ensuring our marine ecosystems can thrive. 🌍🐠 #ProtectedMeansProtected
a painting of a seaweed forest with fish swimming around
ALT: a painting of a seaweed forest with fish swimming around
media.tenor.com
August 1, 2025 at 1:21 PM
🌊 On #MPADay, let's remember that most EU MPAs still allow destructive fishing like #BottomTrawling. Real protection means banning harmful practices and ensuring our marine ecosystems can thrive. 🌍🐠 #ProtectedMeansProtected
🌊 The EU's ocean reputation took a hit at #UNOC.
While #BottomTrawling ravages Marine Protected Areas, most EU leaders offered little more than lip service. 🛑
#OurOcean deserves better.
🔗 Full story: seas-at-risk.org/press-releas...
#ProtectedMeansProtected #BanBottomTrawling
While #BottomTrawling ravages Marine Protected Areas, most EU leaders offered little more than lip service. 🛑
#OurOcean deserves better.
🔗 Full story: seas-at-risk.org/press-releas...
#ProtectedMeansProtected #BanBottomTrawling
UNOC: EU's environmental reputation in tatters as it fails marine protected areas on international stage - Seas At Risk
Europe’s pressured marine protected areas (MPAs) and the life they harbour have been left to fend for themselves by European leaders who gathered this week for the United Nations Ocean Conference (UNO...
seas-at-risk.org
June 13, 2025 at 11:32 AM
🌊 The EU's ocean reputation took a hit at #UNOC.
While #BottomTrawling ravages Marine Protected Areas, most EU leaders offered little more than lip service. 🛑
#OurOcean deserves better.
🔗 Full story: seas-at-risk.org/press-releas...
#ProtectedMeansProtected #BanBottomTrawling
While #BottomTrawling ravages Marine Protected Areas, most EU leaders offered little more than lip service. 🛑
#OurOcean deserves better.
🔗 Full story: seas-at-risk.org/press-releas...
#ProtectedMeansProtected #BanBottomTrawling
Portugal made a major step towards #30x30 by expanding an MPA with a % fully protected! 🤩💙
Meanwhile, EU leaders at #UNOC3 are all talk and no action… 🥱
Read the full PR from our member @sciaena-ngo.bsky.social here: www.sciaena.org/en/sciaena-c...
#ProtectedMeansProtected
Meanwhile, EU leaders at #UNOC3 are all talk and no action… 🥱
Read the full PR from our member @sciaena-ngo.bsky.social here: www.sciaena.org/en/sciaena-c...
#ProtectedMeansProtected
June 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Portugal made a major step towards #30x30 by expanding an MPA with a % fully protected! 🤩💙
Meanwhile, EU leaders at #UNOC3 are all talk and no action… 🥱
Read the full PR from our member @sciaena-ngo.bsky.social here: www.sciaena.org/en/sciaena-c...
#ProtectedMeansProtected
Meanwhile, EU leaders at #UNOC3 are all talk and no action… 🥱
Read the full PR from our member @sciaena-ngo.bsky.social here: www.sciaena.org/en/sciaena-c...
#ProtectedMeansProtected
The law is clear and courts are upholding it to tackle #BottomTrawling in #MPAs. We need to mobilise all - countries, NGOs, industry - to ensure #ProtectedMeansProtected says @verampcoelho.bsky.social
at #UNOC3
at #UNOC3
June 11, 2025 at 10:40 AM
The law is clear and courts are upholding it to tackle #BottomTrawling in #MPAs. We need to mobilise all - countries, NGOs, industry - to ensure #ProtectedMeansProtected says @verampcoelho.bsky.social
at #UNOC3
at #UNOC3
We're here at the UN Oceans Conference in Nice. The Taoiseach will be speaking today and we hope to hear announcements, not only on the blue economy and offshore renewables, but on plans for effective marine protection.
#UNOC3
#30x30
#ProtectedmeansProtected
#UNOC3
#30x30
#ProtectedmeansProtected
June 9, 2025 at 10:16 AM
We're here at the UN Oceans Conference in Nice. The Taoiseach will be speaking today and we hope to hear announcements, not only on the blue economy and offshore renewables, but on plans for effective marine protection.
#UNOC3
#30x30
#ProtectedmeansProtected
#UNOC3
#30x30
#ProtectedmeansProtected
Making waves at #UNOC with the best crew in town 🌊💙 When we say #ProtectedMeansProtected, we really mean don’t touch our bottom. @seasatrisk.bsky.social sailing strong for the ocean! 🐠🚫⛴️ #DefendTheDeep @tobiastroll.bsky.social @remico.bsky.social
June 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Making waves at #UNOC with the best crew in town 🌊💙 When we say #ProtectedMeansProtected, we really mean don’t touch our bottom. @seasatrisk.bsky.social sailing strong for the ocean! 🐠🚫⛴️ #DefendTheDeep @tobiastroll.bsky.social @remico.bsky.social
Over 2500 participants 👯♀️🕺🤾🧜♀️ joined the #BlueMarch in Nice for #UNOC3! Citizens and civil society are calling on politicians to truly protect #MarineProtectedAreas and take more concrete actions for our ocean! 🌊 #ProtectedMeansProtected #MPAs #UNOC3
June 8, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Over 2500 participants 👯♀️🕺🤾🧜♀️ joined the #BlueMarch in Nice for #UNOC3! Citizens and civil society are calling on politicians to truly protect #MarineProtectedAreas and take more concrete actions for our ocean! 🌊 #ProtectedMeansProtected #MPAs #UNOC3
I had the honor of marching together with #Ocean warriors, experts, campaigners, polititians, divers, scientists, coastal communities at the #BlueMarch2025 in Nice. Message to the #UNOC3 delegates is clear: #protectedmeansprotected #30x30 Ratify the High Seas Treaty! #BBNJ @seasatrisk.bsky.social
June 8, 2025 at 6:17 AM
I had the honor of marching together with #Ocean warriors, experts, campaigners, polititians, divers, scientists, coastal communities at the #BlueMarch2025 in Nice. Message to the #UNOC3 delegates is clear: #protectedmeansprotected #30x30 Ratify the High Seas Treaty! #BBNJ @seasatrisk.bsky.social
Nice is dressed in blue! As #UNOC3 approaches, the #BlueMarch is making waves demanding real action #ProtectedMeansProtected.
💙Oceana team is SO proud to march alongside ocean advocates from around the world! 💙
💙Oceana team is SO proud to march alongside ocean advocates from around the world! 💙
June 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Nice is dressed in blue! As #UNOC3 approaches, the #BlueMarch is making waves demanding real action #ProtectedMeansProtected.
💙Oceana team is SO proud to march alongside ocean advocates from around the world! 💙
💙Oceana team is SO proud to march alongside ocean advocates from around the world! 💙
Did you know that over half of Spain’s marine protected areas aren’t truly protected? 🌊
Destructive fishing like #BottomTrawling is still allowed in them. The Spanish government has the chance to ensure that these areas are properly managed. #ProtectedMeansProtected.
#UNOC3
Destructive fishing like #BottomTrawling is still allowed in them. The Spanish government has the chance to ensure that these areas are properly managed. #ProtectedMeansProtected.
#UNOC3
June 6, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Did you know that over half of Spain’s marine protected areas aren’t truly protected? 🌊
Destructive fishing like #BottomTrawling is still allowed in them. The Spanish government has the chance to ensure that these areas are properly managed. #ProtectedMeansProtected.
#UNOC3
Destructive fishing like #BottomTrawling is still allowed in them. The Spanish government has the chance to ensure that these areas are properly managed. #ProtectedMeansProtected.
#UNOC3
Protecting the ocean is protecting the environment. Only 0.014% of Spanish seas are strictly protected, while bottom trawling still destroys vital habitats in many #MarineProtectedAreas.🌊
Ahead of #UNOC3, we call for real action!
#WorldEnvironmentDay #ProtectedMeansProtected
Ahead of #UNOC3, we call for real action!
#WorldEnvironmentDay #ProtectedMeansProtected
June 5, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Protecting the ocean is protecting the environment. Only 0.014% of Spanish seas are strictly protected, while bottom trawling still destroys vital habitats in many #MarineProtectedAreas.🌊
Ahead of #UNOC3, we call for real action!
#WorldEnvironmentDay #ProtectedMeansProtected
Ahead of #UNOC3, we call for real action!
#WorldEnvironmentDay #ProtectedMeansProtected