WWF Mediterranean
@wwfmediterranean.bsky.social
We work for a sustainable future of the Mediterranean Sea 🌊
Pioneering new ways to protect nature and the people who depend on it.
Pioneering new ways to protect nature and the people who depend on it.
📢World Whale Day!
These gentle giants also call the #Mediterranean home.
🐋 #Finwhales and #spermwhales are extraordinary mammals, essential to ocean balance and indicators of its health. Today their survival is at risk. Protecting whales means defending Mediterranean biodiversity. 💙
These gentle giants also call the #Mediterranean home.
🐋 #Finwhales and #spermwhales are extraordinary mammals, essential to ocean balance and indicators of its health. Today their survival is at risk. Protecting whales means defending Mediterranean biodiversity. 💙
February 16, 2026 at 10:55 AM
📢World Whale Day!
These gentle giants also call the #Mediterranean home.
🐋 #Finwhales and #spermwhales are extraordinary mammals, essential to ocean balance and indicators of its health. Today their survival is at risk. Protecting whales means defending Mediterranean biodiversity. 💙
These gentle giants also call the #Mediterranean home.
🐋 #Finwhales and #spermwhales are extraordinary mammals, essential to ocean balance and indicators of its health. Today their survival is at risk. Protecting whales means defending Mediterranean biodiversity. 💙
Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day 💕
Did you know that #love exists #underwater too?
Seahorses (Hippocampus hippocampus) dance together, hold tails, and the male carries the eggs until they hatch.
But they are threatened by destructive fishing, trade and climate change.
🩵 Follow us to know more.
Did you know that #love exists #underwater too?
Seahorses (Hippocampus hippocampus) dance together, hold tails, and the male carries the eggs until they hatch.
But they are threatened by destructive fishing, trade and climate change.
🩵 Follow us to know more.
February 13, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day 💕
Did you know that #love exists #underwater too?
Seahorses (Hippocampus hippocampus) dance together, hold tails, and the male carries the eggs until they hatch.
But they are threatened by destructive fishing, trade and climate change.
🩵 Follow us to know more.
Did you know that #love exists #underwater too?
Seahorses (Hippocampus hippocampus) dance together, hold tails, and the male carries the eggs until they hatch.
But they are threatened by destructive fishing, trade and climate change.
🩵 Follow us to know more.
Do you know that corals are animals?
🪸 Related to jellyfish, they live in colonies of tiny polyps, sometimes with symbiotic algae. Found in the #Mediterranean, they provide habitats and protect coastlines but face pollution, fishing, and warming seas. Protecting them is vital. 💙🌍
🪸 Related to jellyfish, they live in colonies of tiny polyps, sometimes with symbiotic algae. Found in the #Mediterranean, they provide habitats and protect coastlines but face pollution, fishing, and warming seas. Protecting them is vital. 💙🌍
February 9, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Do you know that corals are animals?
🪸 Related to jellyfish, they live in colonies of tiny polyps, sometimes with symbiotic algae. Found in the #Mediterranean, they provide habitats and protect coastlines but face pollution, fishing, and warming seas. Protecting them is vital. 💙🌍
🪸 Related to jellyfish, they live in colonies of tiny polyps, sometimes with symbiotic algae. Found in the #Mediterranean, they provide habitats and protect coastlines but face pollution, fishing, and warming seas. Protecting them is vital. 💙🌍
🫁 Did you know the #Mediterranean Sea has a green lung?
🌿 #Posidonia oceanica is an ancient marine plant that forms underwater #meadows, producing oxygen and hosting marine life. Today it’s threatened by trawling, anchoring and pollution.
👉 Follow us to learn how #WWFMediterranean protects it.
🌿 #Posidonia oceanica is an ancient marine plant that forms underwater #meadows, producing oxygen and hosting marine life. Today it’s threatened by trawling, anchoring and pollution.
👉 Follow us to learn how #WWFMediterranean protects it.
February 2, 2026 at 9:22 AM
🫁 Did you know the #Mediterranean Sea has a green lung?
🌿 #Posidonia oceanica is an ancient marine plant that forms underwater #meadows, producing oxygen and hosting marine life. Today it’s threatened by trawling, anchoring and pollution.
👉 Follow us to learn how #WWFMediterranean protects it.
🌿 #Posidonia oceanica is an ancient marine plant that forms underwater #meadows, producing oxygen and hosting marine life. Today it’s threatened by trawling, anchoring and pollution.
👉 Follow us to learn how #WWFMediterranean protects it.
With the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean and #WWFGreece, we are supporting the first #SSFForum dedicated to young #SSF stakeholders. Athens, 29–30 Jan 2026: 35 fishers aged 18–40 from the #Mediterranean & #BlackSea come together for generational renewal.
#RPOA_SSF #NextGenFishers
#RPOA_SSF #NextGenFishers
January 27, 2026 at 9:10 AM
With the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean and #WWFGreece, we are supporting the first #SSFForum dedicated to young #SSF stakeholders. Athens, 29–30 Jan 2026: 35 fishers aged 18–40 from the #Mediterranean & #BlackSea come together for generational renewal.
#RPOA_SSF #NextGenFishers
#RPOA_SSF #NextGenFishers
A historic moment for our ocean & the Mediterranean 🌊 The High Seas Treaty enters into force, protecting high seas areas, including the Mediterranean.
WWF urges all countries to ratify & act—connected MPAs are essential.
🌍 A healthy Mediterranean is possible!
WWF urges all countries to ratify & act—connected MPAs are essential.
🌍 A healthy Mediterranean is possible!
January 16, 2026 at 11:29 AM
A historic moment for our ocean & the Mediterranean 🌊 The High Seas Treaty enters into force, protecting high seas areas, including the Mediterranean.
WWF urges all countries to ratify & act—connected MPAs are essential.
🌍 A healthy Mediterranean is possible!
WWF urges all countries to ratify & act—connected MPAs are essential.
🌍 A healthy Mediterranean is possible!
Did you know? The common octopus has three hearts and blue blood. It lives in the Mediterranean among reefs and seagrass, building decorated dens. Vital for the ecosystem and local economy. Protecting the sea means protecting life. 💙
January 12, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Did you know? The common octopus has three hearts and blue blood. It lives in the Mediterranean among reefs and seagrass, building decorated dens. Vital for the ecosystem and local economy. Protecting the sea means protecting life. 💙
Do you know how many people live around the Mediterranean?
The Mediterranean is home to around 450 million people.
🐠This sea isn’t just a hub for human connection, it’s also home to over 17,000 marine species.
💙 Follow us to discover how we work to keep the Mediterranean safe.
The Mediterranean is home to around 450 million people.
🐠This sea isn’t just a hub for human connection, it’s also home to over 17,000 marine species.
💙 Follow us to discover how we work to keep the Mediterranean safe.
January 9, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Do you know how many people live around the Mediterranean?
The Mediterranean is home to around 450 million people.
🐠This sea isn’t just a hub for human connection, it’s also home to over 17,000 marine species.
💙 Follow us to discover how we work to keep the Mediterranean safe.
The Mediterranean is home to around 450 million people.
🐠This sea isn’t just a hub for human connection, it’s also home to over 17,000 marine species.
💙 Follow us to discover how we work to keep the Mediterranean safe.
Tourism and fisheries are pillars of the Mediterranean economy — but unmanaged waste turns them into major sources of plastic leakage 🏖️🎣.
Plastic Smart Ports works with fishers, marinas, hotels and local businesses to remove plastics and promote reusable systems. Cleaner ports = cleaner seas 🌊.
Plastic Smart Ports works with fishers, marinas, hotels and local businesses to remove plastics and promote reusable systems. Cleaner ports = cleaner seas 🌊.
December 21, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Tourism and fisheries are pillars of the Mediterranean economy — but unmanaged waste turns them into major sources of plastic leakage 🏖️🎣.
Plastic Smart Ports works with fishers, marinas, hotels and local businesses to remove plastics and promote reusable systems. Cleaner ports = cleaner seas 🌊.
Plastic Smart Ports works with fishers, marinas, hotels and local businesses to remove plastics and promote reusable systems. Cleaner ports = cleaner seas 🌊.
Ports are vital hubs for tourism, fisheries and shipping, but also hotspots for plastic leakage.
With Plastic Smart Ports, we promote circular, low-leakage models: less single-use plastic, better waste systems, refill stations, reusable solutions and responsible gear management.
With Plastic Smart Ports, we promote circular, low-leakage models: less single-use plastic, better waste systems, refill stations, reusable solutions and responsible gear management.
December 17, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Ports are vital hubs for tourism, fisheries and shipping, but also hotspots for plastic leakage.
With Plastic Smart Ports, we promote circular, low-leakage models: less single-use plastic, better waste systems, refill stations, reusable solutions and responsible gear management.
With Plastic Smart Ports, we promote circular, low-leakage models: less single-use plastic, better waste systems, refill stations, reusable solutions and responsible gear management.
Preventing, avoiding and mitigating.
With #NETTAG+, WWF Mediterranean works with fishers and ports to improve lost-gear recovery and understand how dismissed gear is managed on land — revealing gaps and helping strengthen waste-management systems across the Mediterranean.
#NETTAGplus #GhostGear
With #NETTAG+, WWF Mediterranean works with fishers and ports to improve lost-gear recovery and understand how dismissed gear is managed on land — revealing gaps and helping strengthen waste-management systems across the Mediterranean.
#NETTAGplus #GhostGear
December 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Preventing, avoiding and mitigating.
With #NETTAG+, WWF Mediterranean works with fishers and ports to improve lost-gear recovery and understand how dismissed gear is managed on land — revealing gaps and helping strengthen waste-management systems across the Mediterranean.
#NETTAGplus #GhostGear
With #NETTAG+, WWF Mediterranean works with fishers and ports to improve lost-gear recovery and understand how dismissed gear is managed on land — revealing gaps and helping strengthen waste-management systems across the Mediterranean.
#NETTAGplus #GhostGear
Ghost gear is a deadly threat to Mediterranean wildlife 🕸️🐬🐢.
Lost nets keep trapping animals long after they drift away.
NETTAG+ works with fishers, scientists and NGOs to prevent gear loss and enable fast recovery through smart tracking and acoustic tags.
Learn more: NETTAGplus.eu 🌊
Lost nets keep trapping animals long after they drift away.
NETTAG+ works with fishers, scientists and NGOs to prevent gear loss and enable fast recovery through smart tracking and acoustic tags.
Learn more: NETTAGplus.eu 🌊
December 15, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Ghost gear is a deadly threat to Mediterranean wildlife 🕸️🐬🐢.
Lost nets keep trapping animals long after they drift away.
NETTAG+ works with fishers, scientists and NGOs to prevent gear loss and enable fast recovery through smart tracking and acoustic tags.
Learn more: NETTAGplus.eu 🌊
Lost nets keep trapping animals long after they drift away.
NETTAG+ works with fishers, scientists and NGOs to prevent gear loss and enable fast recovery through smart tracking and acoustic tags.
Learn more: NETTAGplus.eu 🌊
Marine pollution is a systemic challenge ♻️ involving agriculture, aquaculture, fisheries, tourism, transport, plastics and waste.
#BlueMissionMed works across all seven sectors to cut leakage and scale circular solutions.
A resilient Mediterranean needs coordinated action.
#BlueMissionMed works across all seven sectors to cut leakage and scale circular solutions.
A resilient Mediterranean needs coordinated action.
December 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Marine pollution is a systemic challenge ♻️ involving agriculture, aquaculture, fisheries, tourism, transport, plastics and waste.
#BlueMissionMed works across all seven sectors to cut leakage and scale circular solutions.
A resilient Mediterranean needs coordinated action.
#BlueMissionMed works across all seven sectors to cut leakage and scale circular solutions.
A resilient Mediterranean needs coordinated action.
The Mediterranean covers <1% of global oceans but holds 7.5% of marine biodiversity 🌍. Yet it’s under growing pressure from traffic, tourism and plastic pollution.
#BlueMissionMed works to cut marine litter by 50% by 2030 and build a zero-pollution future for our sea 💙
#BlueMissionMed works to cut marine litter by 50% by 2030 and build a zero-pollution future for our sea 💙
December 12, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The Mediterranean covers <1% of global oceans but holds 7.5% of marine biodiversity 🌍. Yet it’s under growing pressure from traffic, tourism and plastic pollution.
#BlueMissionMed works to cut marine litter by 50% by 2030 and build a zero-pollution future for our sea 💙
#BlueMissionMed works to cut marine litter by 50% by 2030 and build a zero-pollution future for our sea 💙
🦈 Big win for sharks & rays!
At #COP24 and #CITES, countries agreed on stronger protections for almost 80 species globally 🌍
👉 Learn more in WWF’s Shark Policy Compass wwfeu.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/ww...
#MarineConservation #Mediterranean #Sharks #COP24 #CITES #Biodiversity
At #COP24 and #CITES, countries agreed on stronger protections for almost 80 species globally 🌍
👉 Learn more in WWF’s Shark Policy Compass wwfeu.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/ww...
#MarineConservation #Mediterranean #Sharks #COP24 #CITES #Biodiversity
December 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM
🦈 Big win for sharks & rays!
At #COP24 and #CITES, countries agreed on stronger protections for almost 80 species globally 🌍
👉 Learn more in WWF’s Shark Policy Compass wwfeu.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/ww...
#MarineConservation #Mediterranean #Sharks #COP24 #CITES #Biodiversity
At #COP24 and #CITES, countries agreed on stronger protections for almost 80 species globally 🌍
👉 Learn more in WWF’s Shark Policy Compass wwfeu.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/ww...
#MarineConservation #Mediterranean #Sharks #COP24 #CITES #Biodiversity
This week, #MSPglobal is co-organising a training on marine spatial planning (MSP) in Tunisia with WWF to strengthen national capacities in MSP.
@globalfishingwatch.org
@globalfishingwatch.org
December 2, 2025 at 4:28 PM
This week, #MSPglobal is co-organising a training on marine spatial planning (MSP) in Tunisia with WWF to strengthen national capacities in MSP.
@globalfishingwatch.org
@globalfishingwatch.org
🌊 Today marks the opening of #BarConCOP24!
📢 Join the WWF side event tomorrow, 3 Dec (12:30–13:30): “Integrating Species Conservation and Resource management: implementing the Species Action plans for Cetaceans and Sharks & Rays plans towards Target 4” at Astor Plenary Hall, Floor 1.
📢 Join the WWF side event tomorrow, 3 Dec (12:30–13:30): “Integrating Species Conservation and Resource management: implementing the Species Action plans for Cetaceans and Sharks & Rays plans towards Target 4” at Astor Plenary Hall, Floor 1.
December 2, 2025 at 10:42 AM
🌊 Today marks the opening of #BarConCOP24!
📢 Join the WWF side event tomorrow, 3 Dec (12:30–13:30): “Integrating Species Conservation and Resource management: implementing the Species Action plans for Cetaceans and Sharks & Rays plans towards Target 4” at Astor Plenary Hall, Floor 1.
📢 Join the WWF side event tomorrow, 3 Dec (12:30–13:30): “Integrating Species Conservation and Resource management: implementing the Species Action plans for Cetaceans and Sharks & Rays plans towards Target 4” at Astor Plenary Hall, Floor 1.
🌊 On Mediterranean Day, WWF welcomes GFCM’s SoMFi 2025: fishing pressure down 50%, sustainable stocks doubled, biomass +25%. But 52% of stocks are still overexploited, bycatch is high, and marine litter grows.
We must keep up the momentum!
#SoMFi2025 #SustainableFisheries
We must keep up the momentum!
#SoMFi2025 #SustainableFisheries
November 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
🌊 On Mediterranean Day, WWF welcomes GFCM’s SoMFi 2025: fishing pressure down 50%, sustainable stocks doubled, biomass +25%. But 52% of stocks are still overexploited, bycatch is high, and marine litter grows.
We must keep up the momentum!
#SoMFi2025 #SustainableFisheries
We must keep up the momentum!
#SoMFi2025 #SustainableFisheries
♻Tomorrow is Mediterranean Day♻
The Mediterranean is where #cultures, traditions, and species meet and coexist.
🐡But our beautiful #sea is under threat from plastic, overfishing, and rising water temperatures.
💙Continue to follow us to discover how we’re working to protect it.
The Mediterranean is where #cultures, traditions, and species meet and coexist.
🐡But our beautiful #sea is under threat from plastic, overfishing, and rising water temperatures.
💙Continue to follow us to discover how we’re working to protect it.
November 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
🌊 At #CITESCoP20, countries can protect sharks, rays & eels.
WWF supports strong measures for endangered species in the Mediterranean and beyond.
#WWF #Sharks #Rays #Eels #Mediterranean
WWF supports strong measures for endangered species in the Mediterranean and beyond.
#WWF #Sharks #Rays #Eels #Mediterranean
November 27, 2025 at 9:31 AM
🌊 At #CITESCoP20, countries can protect sharks, rays & eels.
WWF supports strong measures for endangered species in the Mediterranean and beyond.
#WWF #Sharks #Rays #Eels #Mediterranean
WWF supports strong measures for endangered species in the Mediterranean and beyond.
#WWF #Sharks #Rays #Eels #Mediterranean
Did you know, fish feature in pretty much every step of the underwater food chain, keeping our marine system balanced? But we are rapidly maxing out our planet's reserves. This #WorldFisheriesDay, we urge the @ec.europa.eu and EU Member States to put the EU Common Fisheries Policy to work 💪
November 21, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Did you know, fish feature in pretty much every step of the underwater food chain, keeping our marine system balanced? But we are rapidly maxing out our planet's reserves. This #WorldFisheriesDay, we urge the @ec.europa.eu and EU Member States to put the EU Common Fisheries Policy to work 💪
💙 The Mediterranean’s future starts in its cities.
tomorrow 13 Nov at 10.30, #WWFMediterranean joins #BlueMissionMed to co-create circular, zero-waste solutions for a cleaner ocean. 🌊
#Hackathon4Cities #MissionOcean #WWF
tomorrow 13 Nov at 10.30, #WWFMediterranean joins #BlueMissionMed to co-create circular, zero-waste solutions for a cleaner ocean. 🌊
#Hackathon4Cities #MissionOcean #WWF
November 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
💙 The Mediterranean’s future starts in its cities.
tomorrow 13 Nov at 10.30, #WWFMediterranean joins #BlueMissionMed to co-create circular, zero-waste solutions for a cleaner ocean. 🌊
#Hackathon4Cities #MissionOcean #WWF
tomorrow 13 Nov at 10.30, #WWFMediterranean joins #BlueMissionMed to co-create circular, zero-waste solutions for a cleaner ocean. 🌊
#Hackathon4Cities #MissionOcean #WWF
In Genoa, @wwfitalia.bsky.social and #Carabinieri divers cleared the sea of a 1.1-ton ghost net, one of the largest ever found in the Ligurian Sea.
Proof that cooperation can heal our ocean. 💙
#GhostGear #OceanAction #WWF
Proof that cooperation can heal our ocean. 💙
#GhostGear #OceanAction #WWF
November 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
In Genoa, @wwfitalia.bsky.social and #Carabinieri divers cleared the sea of a 1.1-ton ghost net, one of the largest ever found in the Ligurian Sea.
Proof that cooperation can heal our ocean. 💙
#GhostGear #OceanAction #WWF
Proof that cooperation can heal our ocean. 💙
#GhostGear #OceanAction #WWF
Last night we screened David Attenborough’s Ocean-a powerful journey into the deep sea, revealing the devastating impact of human activity on marine life.
The event was part of EU's project Bluemissionmed🌊💙
©Olly Scholey
#OceanDocumentary #BlueMissionMed #MarineConservation #ClimateAction
The event was part of EU's project Bluemissionmed🌊💙
©Olly Scholey
#OceanDocumentary #BlueMissionMed #MarineConservation #ClimateAction
November 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Last night we screened David Attenborough’s Ocean-a powerful journey into the deep sea, revealing the devastating impact of human activity on marine life.
The event was part of EU's project Bluemissionmed🌊💙
©Olly Scholey
#OceanDocumentary #BlueMissionMed #MarineConservation #ClimateAction
The event was part of EU's project Bluemissionmed🌊💙
©Olly Scholey
#OceanDocumentary #BlueMissionMed #MarineConservation #ClimateAction
The Med needs action now. 💙
At Ecomondo, we’re bringing concrete solutions:
✅ Nettag+ to recover lost gear
✅ Plastic Smart Cities
✅ VR to face marine litter
📍Rimini 4–7 Nov
Let’s scale innovation for a pollution-free Mediterranean. #WWFMediterranean
At Ecomondo, we’re bringing concrete solutions:
✅ Nettag+ to recover lost gear
✅ Plastic Smart Cities
✅ VR to face marine litter
📍Rimini 4–7 Nov
Let’s scale innovation for a pollution-free Mediterranean. #WWFMediterranean
November 4, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The Med needs action now. 💙
At Ecomondo, we’re bringing concrete solutions:
✅ Nettag+ to recover lost gear
✅ Plastic Smart Cities
✅ VR to face marine litter
📍Rimini 4–7 Nov
Let’s scale innovation for a pollution-free Mediterranean. #WWFMediterranean
At Ecomondo, we’re bringing concrete solutions:
✅ Nettag+ to recover lost gear
✅ Plastic Smart Cities
✅ VR to face marine litter
📍Rimini 4–7 Nov
Let’s scale innovation for a pollution-free Mediterranean. #WWFMediterranean