Hawaiian Governor signs Bill SB2575 – PROHIBITING SEABED MINING IN STATE WATERS SB 2575 prohibits seabed mining in Hawai‘i’s state marine waters, citing environmental risks. It also upholds Hawai‘i’s constitutional mandate for a clean and healthy environment. The Act supports

"We have to abandon the extractivist mentality" – Dr. Daniel Pauly said at the 2024 Meeting of the Seas. 🌊 bit.ly/blog189sau

New podcast in miniseries Dona Bertarelli Philanthropy supports with IUCN 'Investing for Ocean Impact #DeepSeaMining' hears @SurangelJr President #Palau & Kristina Gjerde, consider balancing #conservation with sustainable development. InvestingForOceanImpact.lnk.to/podcastlo

Blog on #BBNJ Capacity Building & Transfer of Marine Technology: What can be done before entry into force? Which are topics for the PrepCom and COP? How can implementation success be measured? Fuad Bateh Harriet HardenDavies Judith Gobin Julia Schutz Veiga, Kwaku Kyeremeh iAtlanticEU

La commission des affaires étrangères du Sénat a adopté le projet de loi pour la ratification du traité #BBNJ ! Plus qu’une dernière étape avant que la France ratifie ce traité historique pour protéger la haute mer 🏁🐋 senat.fr/dossier-legisl… Hervé Berville Secrétariat d’État à la Mer et à la Biodiversité

The International Seabed Authority elects a SG on 2 August. Governments can't ignore re-electing its current SG Michael Lodge will continue to compromise its credibility and independence. IPS has just published this op-ed explaining why #ReformTheISA 🧵👇 ipsnews.net/2024/07/intern…

🌊 Ocean health is key to our own health. The #HighSeasTreaty offers a historic opportunity to change our relationship with the ocean and start reducing the harms we inflict on the ocean. Read our Director Bec Hubbard's guest blog in Economist Impact. impact.economist.com/ocean/ocean-he…

🙌 In her speech to European Parliament today Ursula von der Leyen proposed a 'European Ocean Pact' – a blue twin to #EUGreenDeal 🌊 This could be a MAJOR lifeline for seas facing unprecedented threats! Time for ambitious & legally-binding actions.Full @wwfeu reaction: wwf.eu/?14383941/Von-…

We’ve reached a pivotal moment: leaders will soon negotiate deep-sea mining at the ISA meeting. They’ll discuss either a moratorium for more study or regulations to start mining. This decision impacts the entire deep-sea ecosystem. IUCN DSCC 📸 Schmidt Ocean

An incredible new #ocean 🌊 discovery reveals oxygen is produced at the deep seafloor This shows how amazing our ocean is, how little we still know about it and how we need to work to protect it🪼 including through ratification of the #HighSeasTreaty cnn.it/3LBp3a2

It's amazing how we keep learning about new and incredible things happening at the bottom of the ocean. (check out the paper below! 👇) All the more reason to say "No" to #DeepSeaMining, or at a minimum, to say 'no' until we have a better understanding of all the risks.

I think this is the biggest paradigm shift in deep-sea science I've ever seen. Kudos Andrew Sweetman and team for discovering that manganese nodule fields produce O2 in the deep ocean. BBC News (UK) report: bbc.com/news/articles/… Paper: Paper: nature.com/articles/s4156…

Such sad news - Hakai Magazine has consistently published amazing work - stories that no one else was telling. So beautifully written and full of ideas. I've learned so much. Thank you for all that you've done!

🗺️ Is your country a #HighSeas champion? Tell us where you live in the comments! 👇 Discover our interactive #HighSeasTreaty Ratification Tracker on our website to see if your country has signed and/or ratified the Treaty already. ➡️ highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratific…

Marine reserves are vital for ocean conservation: they restore habitats and fish stocks benefiting entire ecosystems🐠🪸 But designating them is not enough. We need proper management, and safeguard them from destructive fishing methods like #BottomTrawling.

👏 Congratulations Maldives🇲🇻 Min. of Climate Change, Environment and Energy Thoriq Ibrahim for adding their signature to the #BBNJ Treaty. 🎊 With Maldives's signature, 9⃣2️⃣ countries have now officially committed to its ratification! We look forward to their ratification at the UN soon. #RaceForRatification

Important discussion on the EU🇪🇺-Guinea-Bissau🇬🇼 #SFPA at PECH Committee Press, where Isabella Lövin 🌻 highlighted the risk of illegal fishing by EU-owned vessels flagged to African countries, referring to a Financial Times article with Oceana in Europe research. 🗞️Read it here: ig.ft.com/eu-fishing/

While Antarctica has no permanent residents, it draws researchers, tourists, and fishers, many of whom arrive by ship. These vessels contribute to plastic pollution, which can persist for hundreds, even thousands, of years, posing a threat to the most remote place on Earth. 🚢

Curbing harmful #fisheriessubsidies can make a real difference to both the sustainable exploitation of fish stocks and the healthy economic development of fishing communities around the world. Join us👇to discuss this important topic @WTO #PublicForum #StopFundingOverfishing

How to close gap to assess progress towards 30x30 target in the coming years, incl. in 🌊? Food for thought in run-up to #COP16. ➡️ogy.de/y3xk