Seas At Risk

⚖️The global system to regulate #DeepSeaMining isn’t ready.

Key rules under the International Seabed Authority are still unresolved - and science can’t yet define “acceptable harm” in the deep sea. ❌That’s why momentum is growing globally for a moratorium.

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While the European Commission discusses its #Vision2040 for Fisheries &Aquaculture during #EUOceanDays, we urge policy makers to take inspiration from the vision for fair, low-impact fisheries & stakeholders to endorse it!
Find out more: 👉 rethinkfisheries.eu
#RethinkFisheries

🌍 #DeepSeaMining risks more geopolitical tension, rather than boost mineral security.

⚠️ No proven supply chain
🌐 Relies on existing players
📉 Too speculative to reshape supply
Real resilience = less demand + more recycling ♻️
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@deepseaconserve.bsky.social

🌱 Is #DeepSeaMining needed for the #GreenTransition?

No - it’s a false solution.

🔋 New batteries reduce demand
♻️ Recycling & reuse are growing
📉 Smarter use could cut demand by 58%

Don’t let it distract from real solutions.

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@deepseaconserve.bsky.social

The pressures on Med artisanal fisheries 🎣 aren’t about the design of the #CommonFisheriesPolicy, but gaps in implementation & enforcement. 🌍 Let’s protect what works! 🐬
🎥 Watch the full video & read more: seas-at-risk.org/multimedia/v...

#EUOceanPact #EUOceanDays #MissionOcean #RethinkFisheries

We still barely understand the deep sea, so why risk mining it? 🤔 Today we & @deepseaconserve.bsky.social launch our #DeepSeaMining Facts series to sort reality from industry myths. Check fact 1 here 🔗 seas-at-risk.org/wp-content/u...

#KeepItInTheSeabed #DefendTheDeep @simonholmstrom.bsky.social

The next EU budget: Investing in ocean resilience and thriving coastal communities - Seas At Risk EU ocean and coastal communities currently face multiple challenges, from the loss of marine biodiversity, climate change and pollution to competition for access to resources and limited support for a...

As EU leaders negotiate the upcoming #MFF, the next #EUBudget must stop funding nature’s destruction and start investing in low-impact fishing. #StopHarmfulSubsidies! 🌊
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#RethinkFisheries #EUBiodiversity #EUOceanDays #MissionOcean 🐬

The Spanish government invests four times more in destroying nature than in protecting it - Seas At Risk A study by Ecologistas en Acción, a member of Seas At Risk, reveals how subsidies to the primary sector are contributing to the biodiversity crisis. The government had committed to eliminating or refo...

🚨Spain spends 4x more destroying nature than protecting it. €8bn in 2024 went to activities driving #EUBiodiversity loss, vs €2bn for conservation. #StopHarmfulSubsidies!🌍 Find out more → seas-at-risk.org/members-news...
@ecologistasenaccion.org

Joint letter to European Commissioner Costas Kadis on the EU Fisheries Control Regulation - Seas At Risk The EU says it wants to lead the global fight against overfishing – especially the kind that happens out of sight and off the books. But to stay credible, it has to actually enforce the rules it alrea...

Why is full implementation of fisheries control so important? 👀Read the many reasons why in our joint letter to Commissioner Kadis. We need transparency, consistent enforcement, & to maintain the EU’s credibility - both within Europe & on the global stage. 🌍 seas-at-risk.org/publications...

The EU is poised to ramp up its fight against hidden overfishing - will it? YouTube video by Seas At Risk

As EU Commissioner Costas Kadis said, the updated Fisheries Control Regulation was a major achievement. 🚀 Now it's time to follow through - tackling hidden overfishing & ensuring fair fisheries across Europe depends on it. Leadership = delivering on what was agreed.

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#NorthSeaSummit: cross-border #offshorewind planning moves forward, but nature remains in the backseat. 🌊
Find out more in our analysis 👉 seas-at-risk.org/general-news...
#Renewables #EnergyTransition #REPowerEU #MPAs #RethinkFisheries #EUBiodiversity

Remind our leaders what people want them to protect: clean air, safe water, and our health💧
Why? Because right now, they are handing out permits to poison our water, food,& nature 🤢
Don't let that happen. Sign our petition now ✍️
👉https://handsoffnature.eu
#HandsOffNature ✋ @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu

Explained: Should we stop eating salmon? Salmon is one of the most popular fish eaten in Europe. Yet wild populations have been shrinking, and farmed salmon often comes with problems such as chemicals, sea lice infestations or overcrowding, ...

This @euronews investigation asks a tough question: is #salmon really sustainable?
Don’t miss the comments from @SeasAtRisk fisheries expert Bruno Nicostrate 👇
🔗 www.euronews.com/green/2026/0... #RethinkFisheries #EUBiodiversity #Seafood #Consumption

European Blue Economy Conference | Feb 2025 | Brussels Technology and innovation’s role in supporting a sustainable blue economy in Europe.

🌊 Blue Economy Conference | Brussels | 3 Feb 2026
📢Dedicated panel: A Competitive & Sustainable Vision for #Aquaculture & #Fisheries.
How can policy & innovation drive long-term value for people & planet?
Register:👉 techforclimateaction.com/european-blu...
🐟#EUblueEconomy #RethinkFisheries

Launch of the North Sea Alliance - Seas At Risk The North Sea Foundation, Deutsche Umwelthilfe, Seas At Risk, and WWF Belgium, WWF Denmark, WWF Germany, and WWF EU are launching the North Sea Alliance to ensure a nature-based development of offshor...

📢Today on occasion of the #NorthSeaSummit we are proud to launch the North Sea Alliance together with leading environmental NGOs 🌿to ensure #OffshoreWind scales up with ocean protection at its core. 💙
Find out more👉 seas-at-risk.org/general-news...
#NorthSea #OffshoreRenewables #EUOceans

🇧🇪 Belgium wants to host the #BBNJ, while supporting deep-sea mining🤯 What a contradiction.

44 NGOs to Belgium: back a precautionary pause. After all, deep-sea mining is the BBNJ treaty's first test

17 EU states have already acted. Belgium, it's your turn
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NGOs met with Commissioner Costas Kadis to discuss 2026 environmental priorities & the delivery of the #CommonFisheriesPolicy🐟
The #CFP is key to restoring fish populations & marine ecosystems. It’s the time to fulfil its potential
Read more👉https://shorturl.at/ZroTi
#EUFisheries #RethinkFisheries

📢 New release: A Vision for fair, low-impact fisheries in Europe🌊shaped by fishers, scientists & civil society. We urge Commissioner Costas Kadis to take inspiration & bold action to drive a just transition for #OurOcean💙
#RethinkFisheries #PressRelease #Agrifish
Read more: tinyurl.com/3sw67mbb

📣 Last chance to register!
Join us on 11 Dec in the EP for the unveiling of our vision for Low-Impact & Fair Fisheries. Hosted by MEP Thomas Bajada with fishers, scientists & policymakers.
Registrations open until Monday. 👉https://tinyurl.com/53m26xze #RethinkFisheries #EUBiodiversity #EUOceanAct

Norway temporary U-turn on deep-sea mining gives hope for lasting pause to protect the deep sea - Seas At Risk The Norwegian government has reached a budget agreement that halts all plans for deep-sea mining exploration and exploitation for the next four years. This decision marks a significant U-turn, with th...

Norway announces a 4-year pause on deep-sea mining - a major shift that brings its stance closer to Nordic and northeast Atlantic countries' positions. 👏
Now the EU must now lead on real alternatives:
🔃Circularity
♻️Recycling
💡Innovation
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🌊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

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📽️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

From conflict to coexistence: Exploring multi-use between offshore wind and small-scale fisheries in the context of the Ocean Act - Seas At Risk Offshore wind energy plays a critical role for the EU to achieve climate neutrality by 2050 and tackle the climate crisis. At the same time, European waters are already overcrowded and under significa...

🚨Last chance to register!
Join us, Coalition Clean Baltic & Isabella Lovin MEP on 10 Dec (3-5pm CET) in the European Parliament for a panel on sustainable multi-use of offshore wind farms & opportunities for small-scale fishers.
👉 Register by 3 Dec EOB (limited places!)
#OceanAct #OceanPact #SSF

📣 Join this #event for the launch of the Low Impact & Fair Fisheries Vision.
🗓️11 Dec
🚩European Parliament (&online)
Hosted by MEP @thomasbajada, with fishers, scientists & policy makers.
👉Register now! #RethinkFisheries #EUBiodiversity tinyurl.com/53m26xze

Designing tomorrow: Policies for nature-inclusive offshore wind decommissioning - Seas At Risk Offshore wind is central to Europe’s energy transition, with rapid expansion needed to meet European Union renewable energy targets for 2030 and beyond. At the same time, the first generation of offsh...

1st generation offshore wind farms are nearing end-of-life - what happens next matters for biodiversity & the energy transition. 🌊⚡

Join our webinar on 8/12 at 3pm as we launch our new report & discuss nature-inclusive decommissioning with experts.
Register 👉 bit.ly/485pZ0V @windeurope.bsky.social

📢 We welcome the European Commission’s newly released guidelines on the allocation of EU fishing quotas as a chance to support low-impact fishers and protect the ocean!
#RethinkFisheries #PressRelease #EUBiodiversity 👉https://tinyurl.com/ycjxtr29

Great news from our member in Germany! From now on 50% of the German part of #Doggerbank will be closed to #BottomTrawling! 🥳🌊 For half of this vulnerable marine area #ProctectedMeansProtected. And for the other half...? Check out the thread below (in DE but translation possible) from @bund.net 👇

2 weeks post @imohq.bsky.social's infamous MEPC where the Net-Zero Framework was unofficially dubbed the zombie framework, it's resurrection time. This Halloween, it's now time to rise from the deep
Read here for tales of how shipping can escape it's sinking fate: seas-at-risk.org/general-news...

@anaisberthier.bsky.social reminds Ms Manfredi that the onus shouldn’t be on NGOs to manage ocean health. As the guardian of the treaties the @ec.europa.eu has the legal obligation to make sure EU laws are followed & the moral duty to protect #OurOcean for generations to come. 🤗🌊🌍 #EUOceanWeek