🌊Markus Knigge🐟
@oceanknigge.bsky.social
CEO @BlueActionFund.org investing in #OceanOptimism #MPAs #30x30 #Fisheries. Also interested in 🇩🇪 #Meeresoffensive. Views my own.
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Marine conservation funding opportunities? Awards? Funders' talk? 👇 Starter pack with >60 #OceanOptimism investors... 💶🌊🪸🐟🦈🐡
go.bsky.app/QPepXsG
go.bsky.app/QPepXsG
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November 11, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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Always amazed how many NGO folks want to change the world but avoid using the tools influencers use to do exactly that… aka social media
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Always amazed how many NGO folks want to change the world but avoid using the tools influencers use to do exactly that… aka social media
Inspiring ocean reads incoming...
Next #BerlinOceanDinner in December tries something new. Everyone brings a book or medium that’s inspired them to work in marine conservation or could inspire others 🌊🪸🦈 Perfect timing for holiday gift inspiration 🎁 #OceanOptimism 1/2
Next #BerlinOceanDinner in December tries something new. Everyone brings a book or medium that’s inspired them to work in marine conservation or could inspire others 🌊🪸🦈 Perfect timing for holiday gift inspiration 🎁 #OceanOptimism 1/2
November 10, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Inspiring ocean reads incoming...
Next #BerlinOceanDinner in December tries something new. Everyone brings a book or medium that’s inspired them to work in marine conservation or could inspire others 🌊🪸🦈 Perfect timing for holiday gift inspiration 🎁 #OceanOptimism 1/2
Next #BerlinOceanDinner in December tries something new. Everyone brings a book or medium that’s inspired them to work in marine conservation or could inspire others 🌊🪸🦈 Perfect timing for holiday gift inspiration 🎁 #OceanOptimism 1/2
Reposted by 🌊Markus Knigge🐟
📣Thrilled to add @globalfundforcoral.bsky.social to starter pack below 🌏💶🪸. go.bsky.app/QPepXsG
@oceancecilia.bsky.social @cordap.bsky.social @emilysdarling.bsky.social @stacyjupiter.bsky.social @carlosduartephd.bsky.social #ForCoral
@oceancecilia.bsky.social @cordap.bsky.social @emilysdarling.bsky.social @stacyjupiter.bsky.social @carlosduartephd.bsky.social #ForCoral
November 6, 2025 at 7:41 AM
📣Thrilled to add @globalfundforcoral.bsky.social to starter pack below 🌏💶🪸. go.bsky.app/QPepXsG
@oceancecilia.bsky.social @cordap.bsky.social @emilysdarling.bsky.social @stacyjupiter.bsky.social @carlosduartephd.bsky.social #ForCoral
@oceancecilia.bsky.social @cordap.bsky.social @emilysdarling.bsky.social @stacyjupiter.bsky.social @carlosduartephd.bsky.social #ForCoral
Reposted by 🌊Markus Knigge🐟
The #FiTI has launched the public consultation period for its updated #FiTIStandard 2.0!
Learn how to provide feedback on the global framework for transparency in fisheries management 👇
fiti.global/fiti-launche...
Public consultation ends Dec. 5th, 2025. #HaveYourSay
Learn how to provide feedback on the global framework for transparency in fisheries management 👇
fiti.global/fiti-launche...
Public consultation ends Dec. 5th, 2025. #HaveYourSay
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 AM
The #FiTI has launched the public consultation period for its updated #FiTIStandard 2.0!
Learn how to provide feedback on the global framework for transparency in fisheries management 👇
fiti.global/fiti-launche...
Public consultation ends Dec. 5th, 2025. #HaveYourSay
Learn how to provide feedback on the global framework for transparency in fisheries management 👇
fiti.global/fiti-launche...
Public consultation ends Dec. 5th, 2025. #HaveYourSay
After a rather long trip via Mexico I arrived in Belize 🇧🇿 to visit 2 of @blueactionfund.org investments. Tonight, kick-off dinner with 🐼 @wwf-ocean.bsky.social & the Reefguard project ➡️
ogy.de/s8bd #OceanOptimism
ogy.de/s8bd #OceanOptimism
November 10, 2025 at 12:38 AM
After a rather long trip via Mexico I arrived in Belize 🇧🇿 to visit 2 of @blueactionfund.org investments. Tonight, kick-off dinner with 🐼 @wwf-ocean.bsky.social & the Reefguard project ➡️
ogy.de/s8bd #OceanOptimism
ogy.de/s8bd #OceanOptimism
Reposted by 🌊Markus Knigge🐟
Bipartisan laws for fisheries resulted in greater sustainability and profits in the US. Successes due to fishers, NGOs, and of course the many dedicated NOAA and state scientists collecting data, assessing status, and setting catch levels.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
How America's fisheries rebounded from collapse and over-regulation
An unlikely alliance saved U.S. fisheries from collapse - and made them more profitable.
www.usatoday.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Bipartisan laws for fisheries resulted in greater sustainability and profits in the US. Successes due to fishers, NGOs, and of course the many dedicated NOAA and state scientists collecting data, assessing status, and setting catch levels.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
Reposted by 🌊Markus Knigge🐟
A reintroduction of shellfish, just to improve water quality and not as a commercial fishery. Welcome news for #Dublin Let’s see how they get on. #rewilding www.rte.ie/news/dublin/...
Oysters returned to Dún Laoghaire harbour after 200 years
More than 18,000 oysters are being deployed in Dún Laoghaire harbour in Dublin, as part of an effort to try to reintroduce the shellfish to Dublin Bay over 200 years after they became extinct from the...
www.rte.ie
November 7, 2025 at 8:22 AM
A reintroduction of shellfish, just to improve water quality and not as a commercial fishery. Welcome news for #Dublin Let’s see how they get on. #rewilding www.rte.ie/news/dublin/...
Reposted by 🌊Markus Knigge🐟
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We ✒️ today grant with @rare.org for €5.2 million project to support marine conservation in Philippines 🇵🇭. #OceanOptimism funded by
🌊 🇩🇪 @bmz.de
🌊 🇸🇪 @swedishmfa.bsky.social
🌊 🇳🇴 @norad.no
🌊 🇫🇷 @afd-france.bsky.social
🌊 🇮🇪 @irishaid.bsky.social
🌊 🇩🇪 @bmz.de
🌊 🇸🇪 @swedishmfa.bsky.social
🌊 🇳🇴 @norad.no
🌊 🇫🇷 @afd-france.bsky.social
🌊 🇮🇪 @irishaid.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Reposted by 🌊Markus Knigge🐟
✅ milestone achieved:
Since 1st grant agreement in 2018 @blueactionfund.org disbursed €80m to advance on #30by30 & invest in sustainable coastal communities. #OceanOptimism.
Since 1st grant agreement in 2018 @blueactionfund.org disbursed €80m to advance on #30by30 & invest in sustainable coastal communities. #OceanOptimism.
October 31, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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Congratulations @highseasalliance.bsky.social - so well deserved 🌊💪
The #HighSeasTreaty has won the Earthshot Prize for the 'Revive our Oceans' category! We're honored to receive this award on behalf of the Treaty- it has been a collective effort & a recognition of all the hard work by so many people over so many years: highseasalliance.org/2025/11/06/h...
High Seas Treaty wins prestigious Earthshot Prize - High Seas Alliance
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 5 November 2025. The High Seas Treaty has been announced as the winner of the 2025 Earthshot Prize in the “Revive Our Oceans” category, a historic recognition of the global eff...
highseasalliance.org
November 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Congratulations @highseasalliance.bsky.social - so well deserved 🌊💪
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How does a @blueactionfund.org project visit look like? @oceandreher.bsky.social leads the way...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=svXb...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=svXb...
Blue Action Fund e Oikos visitam o projeto WAN KABU KA, nas Honduras
YouTube video by oikosCD
www.youtube.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:32 PM
How does a @blueactionfund.org project visit look like? @oceandreher.bsky.social leads the way...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=svXb...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=svXb...
Reposted by 🌊Markus Knigge🐟
MPA Ranger Station in Pemba 🇹🇿 — before and after restoration.
Visible results in marine conservation are not always easy to show, so here’s a positive example: supporting infrastructure enabling monitoring of the adjacent MPA.
#OceanOptimism implemented by @wcs.org, funded by @blueactionfund.org.
Visible results in marine conservation are not always easy to show, so here’s a positive example: supporting infrastructure enabling monitoring of the adjacent MPA.
#OceanOptimism implemented by @wcs.org, funded by @blueactionfund.org.
November 6, 2025 at 3:25 PM
MPA Ranger Station in Pemba 🇹🇿 — before and after restoration.
Visible results in marine conservation are not always easy to show, so here’s a positive example: supporting infrastructure enabling monitoring of the adjacent MPA.
#OceanOptimism implemented by @wcs.org, funded by @blueactionfund.org.
Visible results in marine conservation are not always easy to show, so here’s a positive example: supporting infrastructure enabling monitoring of the adjacent MPA.
#OceanOptimism implemented by @wcs.org, funded by @blueactionfund.org.
Reposted by 🌊Markus Knigge🐟
🌊Exciting update from the 🇳🇦NIMPA+ project, funded by @blueactionfund.org :
The NIMPA Data Mgt Portal is operational! @saerifi.bsky.social helped develop it bringing together all available info on MPA NIMPA. The portal will serve as decision-making tool. Trainings are underway. 👇 NIMPA.sari.org
The NIMPA Data Mgt Portal is operational! @saerifi.bsky.social helped develop it bringing together all available info on MPA NIMPA. The portal will serve as decision-making tool. Trainings are underway. 👇 NIMPA.sari.org
NIMPA.sari.org
November 7, 2025 at 11:12 AM
🌊Exciting update from the 🇳🇦NIMPA+ project, funded by @blueactionfund.org :
The NIMPA Data Mgt Portal is operational! @saerifi.bsky.social helped develop it bringing together all available info on MPA NIMPA. The portal will serve as decision-making tool. Trainings are underway. 👇 NIMPA.sari.org
The NIMPA Data Mgt Portal is operational! @saerifi.bsky.social helped develop it bringing together all available info on MPA NIMPA. The portal will serve as decision-making tool. Trainings are underway. 👇 NIMPA.sari.org
Reposted by 🌊Markus Knigge🐟
At some stage we requested all our Grantees to think of & submit 'Before-&-After' 📷, but stopped doing so as our partners were confused & final results didn't justify time investments. Just to explain why ED @oceanknigge.bsky.social is so excited about @wcs.org photos below. 😉
MPA Ranger Station in Pemba 🇹🇿 — before and after restoration.
Visible results in marine conservation are not always easy to show, so here’s a positive example: supporting infrastructure enabling monitoring of the adjacent MPA.
#OceanOptimism implemented by @wcs.org, funded by @blueactionfund.org.
Visible results in marine conservation are not always easy to show, so here’s a positive example: supporting infrastructure enabling monitoring of the adjacent MPA.
#OceanOptimism implemented by @wcs.org, funded by @blueactionfund.org.
November 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
At some stage we requested all our Grantees to think of & submit 'Before-&-After' 📷, but stopped doing so as our partners were confused & final results didn't justify time investments. Just to explain why ED @oceanknigge.bsky.social is so excited about @wcs.org photos below. 😉
Not good...
The annual meeting of the international body responsible for the conservation of Southern Ocean marine ecosystems concluded Friday with no progress on two contentious issues before it: the creation of new marine protected areas and the strengthening of regulations governing the fishery for krill.
Antarctic conservation summit closes with stalemate on MPAs & krill fishing rules
The annual meeting of the international body responsible for conservation of the marine ecosystems in the Southern Ocean concluded on Friday with no progress on two contentious issues before it: the…
news.mongabay.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Not good...
Reposted by 🌊Markus Knigge🐟
"Under the deal, large cargo ships would have paid a fee if their CO₂ emissions exceeded a certain level. The standard would get stricter over time, encouraging the industry to move away from oil-based shipping fuel to cleaner options."
THE LEADING SHIPPING LOBBY SUPPORTED IT
THE LEADING SHIPPING LOBBY SUPPORTED IT
The nation’s top diplomat: “Marco Rubio, the secretary of state, personally called officials in several countries to threaten financial penalties and other punishments if they continued to support the agreement to cut ship pollution.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/c...
Trump Officials Accused of Bullying Tactics to Kill a Climate Measure
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:30 AM
"Under the deal, large cargo ships would have paid a fee if their CO₂ emissions exceeded a certain level. The standard would get stricter over time, encouraging the industry to move away from oil-based shipping fuel to cleaner options."
THE LEADING SHIPPING LOBBY SUPPORTED IT
THE LEADING SHIPPING LOBBY SUPPORTED IT
MPA Ranger Station in Pemba 🇹🇿 — before and after restoration.
Visible results in marine conservation are not always easy to show, so here’s a positive example: supporting infrastructure enabling monitoring of the adjacent MPA.
#OceanOptimism implemented by @wcs.org, funded by @blueactionfund.org.
Visible results in marine conservation are not always easy to show, so here’s a positive example: supporting infrastructure enabling monitoring of the adjacent MPA.
#OceanOptimism implemented by @wcs.org, funded by @blueactionfund.org.
November 6, 2025 at 6:47 PM
New publication: Funding Trends 2025 - Tracking the State of
Global Ocean Funding. ➡️ ogy.de/ql6w
Thanks for spotlighting @blueactionfund.org #OceanOptimism
Global Ocean Funding. ➡️ ogy.de/ql6w
Thanks for spotlighting @blueactionfund.org #OceanOptimism
November 6, 2025 at 2:51 PM
New publication: Funding Trends 2025 - Tracking the State of
Global Ocean Funding. ➡️ ogy.de/ql6w
Thanks for spotlighting @blueactionfund.org #OceanOptimism
Global Ocean Funding. ➡️ ogy.de/ql6w
Thanks for spotlighting @blueactionfund.org #OceanOptimism
Reminder to @blueactionfund.org government partners 🇩🇪 🇸🇪 🇳🇴 🇫🇷 🇮🇪 - We are not at the bottom, but there is room to do even more #OceanOpimism. Figures from most recent Tracking the State of Global Ocean Funding report...
November 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Reminder to @blueactionfund.org government partners 🇩🇪 🇸🇪 🇳🇴 🇫🇷 🇮🇪 - We are not at the bottom, but there is room to do even more #OceanOpimism. Figures from most recent Tracking the State of Global Ocean Funding report...
Reposted by 🌊Markus Knigge🐟
The #HighSeasTreaty has won the Earthshot Prize for the 'Revive our Oceans' category! We're honored to receive this award on behalf of the Treaty- it has been a collective effort & a recognition of all the hard work by so many people over so many years: highseasalliance.org/2025/11/06/h...
High Seas Treaty wins prestigious Earthshot Prize - High Seas Alliance
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 5 November 2025. The High Seas Treaty has been announced as the winner of the 2025 Earthshot Prize in the “Revive Our Oceans” category, a historic recognition of the global eff...
highseasalliance.org
November 6, 2025 at 9:04 AM
The #HighSeasTreaty has won the Earthshot Prize for the 'Revive our Oceans' category! We're honored to receive this award on behalf of the Treaty- it has been a collective effort & a recognition of all the hard work by so many people over so many years: highseasalliance.org/2025/11/06/h...
Couldn't be happier for @highseasalliance.bsky.social - @earthshotprize.bsky.social is so well deserved. Congratulations to everyone involved 🎉🥳. So glad we could do our part to expand some projects to include high seas component.
www.youtube.com/shorts/K42bi...
www.youtube.com/shorts/K42bi...
The High Seas Treaty has won The Earthshot Prize to Revive Our Oceans
YouTube video by The Earthshot Prize
www.youtube.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Couldn't be happier for @highseasalliance.bsky.social - @earthshotprize.bsky.social is so well deserved. Congratulations to everyone involved 🎉🥳. So glad we could do our part to expand some projects to include high seas component.
www.youtube.com/shorts/K42bi...
www.youtube.com/shorts/K42bi...
📣Thrilled to add @globalfundforcoral.bsky.social to starter pack below 🌏💶🪸. go.bsky.app/QPepXsG
@oceancecilia.bsky.social @cordap.bsky.social @emilysdarling.bsky.social @stacyjupiter.bsky.social @carlosduartephd.bsky.social #ForCoral
@oceancecilia.bsky.social @cordap.bsky.social @emilysdarling.bsky.social @stacyjupiter.bsky.social @carlosduartephd.bsky.social #ForCoral
November 6, 2025 at 7:41 AM
📣Thrilled to add @globalfundforcoral.bsky.social to starter pack below 🌏💶🪸. go.bsky.app/QPepXsG
@oceancecilia.bsky.social @cordap.bsky.social @emilysdarling.bsky.social @stacyjupiter.bsky.social @carlosduartephd.bsky.social #ForCoral
@oceancecilia.bsky.social @cordap.bsky.social @emilysdarling.bsky.social @stacyjupiter.bsky.social @carlosduartephd.bsky.social #ForCoral
Conservation funder gang 🐆🐻🐘🐳🦈🌱🌳
EDs @blueactionfund.org @legacylandscapes.bsky.social #CaucasusNatureFund, #PrespaOhridNatureTrust & its joint partnership #NatureTrustAlliance at their annual meeting. (1/2)
EDs @blueactionfund.org @legacylandscapes.bsky.social #CaucasusNatureFund, #PrespaOhridNatureTrust & its joint partnership #NatureTrustAlliance at their annual meeting. (1/2)
November 5, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Conservation funder gang 🐆🐻🐘🐳🦈🌱🌳
EDs @blueactionfund.org @legacylandscapes.bsky.social #CaucasusNatureFund, #PrespaOhridNatureTrust & its joint partnership #NatureTrustAlliance at their annual meeting. (1/2)
EDs @blueactionfund.org @legacylandscapes.bsky.social #CaucasusNatureFund, #PrespaOhridNatureTrust & its joint partnership #NatureTrustAlliance at their annual meeting. (1/2)