High Seas Alliance
@highseasalliance.bsky.social
The High Seas Alliance is a partnership of organizations aimed at building a strong common voice and constituency for the conservation of the High Seas. highseasalliance.org
🎉 After decades of negotiation, the #HighSeasTreaty is officially on the countdown to entry into force!
The Treaty enters into force on 17 Jan 2026: a milestone for global ocean protection.
How will you celebrate this historic day?
#BBNJ #60ToGlobal
The Treaty enters into force on 17 Jan 2026: a milestone for global ocean protection.
How will you celebrate this historic day?
#BBNJ #60ToGlobal
November 19, 2025 at 9:55 AM
🎉 After decades of negotiation, the #HighSeasTreaty is officially on the countdown to entry into force!
The Treaty enters into force on 17 Jan 2026: a milestone for global ocean protection.
How will you celebrate this historic day?
#BBNJ #60ToGlobal
The Treaty enters into force on 17 Jan 2026: a milestone for global ocean protection.
How will you celebrate this historic day?
#BBNJ #60ToGlobal
Participate in the Ocean Data Survey from our Friends @envpoluniwien.bsky.social
Targeting different ocean communities, they aim to anticipate the future uses, applications and challenges of technologies in international negotiations.
Take the survey now. Scan the QR code.
Targeting different ocean communities, they aim to anticipate the future uses, applications and challenges of technologies in international negotiations.
Take the survey now. Scan the QR code.
November 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Participate in the Ocean Data Survey from our Friends @envpoluniwien.bsky.social
Targeting different ocean communities, they aim to anticipate the future uses, applications and challenges of technologies in international negotiations.
Take the survey now. Scan the QR code.
Targeting different ocean communities, they aim to anticipate the future uses, applications and challenges of technologies in international negotiations.
Take the survey now. Scan the QR code.
Last week, the #HighSeasTreaty won the 2025 @earthshotprize.bsky.social in the “Revive our Oceans” category!
A recognition of decades of tireless advocacy & collaboration by governments, scientists, civil society, Indigenous leaders, youth, & many more.
A recognition of decades of tireless advocacy & collaboration by governments, scientists, civil society, Indigenous leaders, youth, & many more.
November 13, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Last week, the #HighSeasTreaty won the 2025 @earthshotprize.bsky.social in the “Revive our Oceans” category!
A recognition of decades of tireless advocacy & collaboration by governments, scientists, civil society, Indigenous leaders, youth, & many more.
A recognition of decades of tireless advocacy & collaboration by governments, scientists, civil society, Indigenous leaders, youth, & many more.
As we celebrate the #HighSeasTreaty winning the @earthshotprize.bsky.social, we want to thank all stakeholders and governments around the world that have made the #BBNJ Agreement a reality.
Their courage and dedication brought the Treaty to the threshold of entry into force. #60ToGlobal @nrdc.org
Their courage and dedication brought the Treaty to the threshold of entry into force. #60ToGlobal @nrdc.org
November 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM
As we celebrate the #HighSeasTreaty winning the @earthshotprize.bsky.social, we want to thank all stakeholders and governments around the world that have made the #BBNJ Agreement a reality.
Their courage and dedication brought the Treaty to the threshold of entry into force. #60ToGlobal @nrdc.org
Their courage and dedication brought the Treaty to the threshold of entry into force. #60ToGlobal @nrdc.org
No ratification = no seat at the table.
Only countries that ratify will have a say at the first CoP. Don’t miss the chance to shape the #HighSeasTreaty. #60ToGlobal https://highseasalliance.org/2025/10/09/from-60-to-global-what-happens-next-for-the-high-seas-treaty/
Only countries that ratify will have a say at the first CoP. Don’t miss the chance to shape the #HighSeasTreaty. #60ToGlobal https://highseasalliance.org/2025/10/09/from-60-to-global-what-happens-next-for-the-high-seas-treaty/
November 6, 2025 at 9:12 AM
No ratification = no seat at the table.
Only countries that ratify will have a say at the first CoP. Don’t miss the chance to shape the #HighSeasTreaty. #60ToGlobal https://highseasalliance.org/2025/10/09/from-60-to-global-what-happens-next-for-the-high-seas-treaty/
Only countries that ratify will have a say at the first CoP. Don’t miss the chance to shape the #HighSeasTreaty. #60ToGlobal https://highseasalliance.org/2025/10/09/from-60-to-global-what-happens-next-for-the-high-seas-treaty/
🎃 Trick or Treaty?
This #Halloween, we’re choosing the #HighSeasTreaty. The Treaty will help face one of the scariest things: a world without protection for the ocean.
📷 Shane Gross/Greenpeace
#HighSeas #BBNJ
This #Halloween, we’re choosing the #HighSeasTreaty. The Treaty will help face one of the scariest things: a world without protection for the ocean.
📷 Shane Gross/Greenpeace
#HighSeas #BBNJ
October 31, 2025 at 1:47 PM
🎃 Trick or Treaty?
This #Halloween, we’re choosing the #HighSeasTreaty. The Treaty will help face one of the scariest things: a world without protection for the ocean.
📷 Shane Gross/Greenpeace
#HighSeas #BBNJ
This #Halloween, we’re choosing the #HighSeasTreaty. The Treaty will help face one of the scariest things: a world without protection for the ocean.
📷 Shane Gross/Greenpeace
#HighSeas #BBNJ
🎉 After decades of negotiation, the #HighSeasTreaty is officially on the countdown to entry into force!
The Treaty enters into force on 17 Jan 2026: a milestone for global ocean protection.
How will you celebrate this historic day?
#BBNJ #60ToGlobal
The Treaty enters into force on 17 Jan 2026: a milestone for global ocean protection.
How will you celebrate this historic day?
#BBNJ #60ToGlobal
October 29, 2025 at 9:09 PM
🎉 After decades of negotiation, the #HighSeasTreaty is officially on the countdown to entry into force!
The Treaty enters into force on 17 Jan 2026: a milestone for global ocean protection.
How will you celebrate this historic day?
#BBNJ #60ToGlobal
The Treaty enters into force on 17 Jan 2026: a milestone for global ocean protection.
How will you celebrate this historic day?
#BBNJ #60ToGlobal
🎥 Reflecting on the ratification of the BBNJ Agreement, Costa Rica's Ambassador Gina Guillen-Grillo stresses the importance of protecting the one ocean we have.
#60ToGlobal #BBNJ
#60ToGlobal #BBNJ
October 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
🎥 Reflecting on the ratification of the BBNJ Agreement, Costa Rica's Ambassador Gina Guillen-Grillo stresses the importance of protecting the one ocean we have.
#60ToGlobal #BBNJ
#60ToGlobal #BBNJ
🌊 What will the #HighSeasTreaty do for our ocean once it enters into force?
Find out about the legal tools to protect biodiversity and keep the ocean resilient. #60toGlobal https://highseasalliance.org/treaty-negotiations/
Find out about the legal tools to protect biodiversity and keep the ocean resilient. #60toGlobal https://highseasalliance.org/treaty-negotiations/
October 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
🌊 What will the #HighSeasTreaty do for our ocean once it enters into force?
Find out about the legal tools to protect biodiversity and keep the ocean resilient. #60toGlobal https://highseasalliance.org/treaty-negotiations/
Find out about the legal tools to protect biodiversity and keep the ocean resilient. #60toGlobal https://highseasalliance.org/treaty-negotiations/
Today we celebrate #WorldOctopusDay with our #RaceForRatification campaign mascot, Octavia! 🐙
Octavia is a reminder of why ratification and implementation of the #HighSeasTreaty is an important step forward in protecting our ocean and the marine life that relies on it.
Octavia is a reminder of why ratification and implementation of the #HighSeasTreaty is an important step forward in protecting our ocean and the marine life that relies on it.
October 8, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Today we celebrate #WorldOctopusDay with our #RaceForRatification campaign mascot, Octavia! 🐙
Octavia is a reminder of why ratification and implementation of the #HighSeasTreaty is an important step forward in protecting our ocean and the marine life that relies on it.
Octavia is a reminder of why ratification and implementation of the #HighSeasTreaty is an important step forward in protecting our ocean and the marine life that relies on it.
Last month, history for the High Seas was made.
🎥 French Ambassador for the Poles and the Oceans, Olivier Poivre D'Arvor, shared why this milestone proves the power of global cooperation.
#60ToGlobal
🎥 French Ambassador for the Poles and the Oceans, Olivier Poivre D'Arvor, shared why this milestone proves the power of global cooperation.
#60ToGlobal
October 6, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Last month, history for the High Seas was made.
🎥 French Ambassador for the Poles and the Oceans, Olivier Poivre D'Arvor, shared why this milestone proves the power of global cooperation.
#60ToGlobal
🎥 French Ambassador for the Poles and the Oceans, Olivier Poivre D'Arvor, shared why this milestone proves the power of global cooperation.
#60ToGlobal
🐙 After #UNGA80, we say goodbye to Octavia's tentacles that have travelled the world to raise awareness of the importance of a swift ratification and implementation of the High Seas Treaty.
But worry not, Octavia, our #RaceForRatification mascot, will be back soon.
But worry not, Octavia, our #RaceForRatification mascot, will be back soon.
September 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM
🐙 After #UNGA80, we say goodbye to Octavia's tentacles that have travelled the world to raise awareness of the importance of a swift ratification and implementation of the High Seas Treaty.
But worry not, Octavia, our #RaceForRatification mascot, will be back soon.
But worry not, Octavia, our #RaceForRatification mascot, will be back soon.
And they just keep coming! Since the historical milestone, Kyrgyzstan🇰🇬, Mexico🇲🇽, Gabon🇬🇦, the Philippines🇵🇭, Kenya🇰🇪, Ireland🇮🇪, Lao People’s Democratic Republic🇱🇦, Madagascar🇲🇬, Djibouti and The Gambia🇬🇲 have ratified the #HighSeasTreaty! 🎉 #60toGlobal
September 25, 2025 at 10:49 AM
And they just keep coming! Since the historical milestone, Kyrgyzstan🇰🇬, Mexico🇲🇽, Gabon🇬🇦, the Philippines🇵🇭, Kenya🇰🇪, Ireland🇮🇪, Lao People’s Democratic Republic🇱🇦, Madagascar🇲🇬, Djibouti and The Gambia🇬🇲 have ratified the #HighSeasTreaty! 🎉 #60toGlobal
Last Friday we officially reached 60 ratifications of the #HighSeasTreaty, the number needed for this landmark Agreement to enter into force. 🌍💙
Huge thanks to everyone who helped make this possible, from governments to civil society, advocates, scientists, Indigenous Peoples, youth, and more.
Huge thanks to everyone who helped make this possible, from governments to civil society, advocates, scientists, Indigenous Peoples, youth, and more.
September 25, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Last Friday we officially reached 60 ratifications of the #HighSeasTreaty, the number needed for this landmark Agreement to enter into force. 🌍💙
Huge thanks to everyone who helped make this possible, from governments to civil society, advocates, scientists, Indigenous Peoples, youth, and more.
Huge thanks to everyone who helped make this possible, from governments to civil society, advocates, scientists, Indigenous Peoples, youth, and more.
If you are in Zambia🇿🇲, don't miss the screening of Sir David Attenborough's OCEAN, followed by a panel discussion, organised by one of our High Seas Youth Ambassadors.
Register here ➡️ https://bit.ly/3JS0zM0
@minderoo.bsky.social
Register here ➡️ https://bit.ly/3JS0zM0
@minderoo.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
If you are in Zambia🇿🇲, don't miss the screening of Sir David Attenborough's OCEAN, followed by a panel discussion, organised by one of our High Seas Youth Ambassadors.
Register here ➡️ https://bit.ly/3JS0zM0
@minderoo.bsky.social
Register here ➡️ https://bit.ly/3JS0zM0
@minderoo.bsky.social
🌊 What will the #HighSeasTreaty do for our ocean once it enters into force?
Find out about the legal tools to protect biodiversity and keep the ocean resilient. buff.ly/uDaeAUf
Find out about the legal tools to protect biodiversity and keep the ocean resilient. buff.ly/uDaeAUf
September 18, 2025 at 8:02 AM
🌊 What will the #HighSeasTreaty do for our ocean once it enters into force?
Find out about the legal tools to protect biodiversity and keep the ocean resilient. buff.ly/uDaeAUf
Find out about the legal tools to protect biodiversity and keep the ocean resilient. buff.ly/uDaeAUf
How can the #HighSeasTreaty help enable the protection of nearly half of our planet?
Discover how we can protect it for future generations: buff.ly/mQVvEgX #RaceForRatification
Discover how we can protect it for future generations: buff.ly/mQVvEgX #RaceForRatification
September 11, 2025 at 8:32 AM
How can the #HighSeasTreaty help enable the protection of nearly half of our planet?
Discover how we can protect it for future generations: buff.ly/mQVvEgX #RaceForRatification
Discover how we can protect it for future generations: buff.ly/mQVvEgX #RaceForRatification
If you are in Zambia🇿🇲, don't miss the screening of Sir David Attenborough's OCEAN, followed by a panel discussion, organised by one of our High Seas Youth Ambassadors.
Register here ➡️ https://bit.ly/3JS0zM0
@minderoo.bsky.social
Register here ➡️ https://bit.ly/3JS0zM0
@minderoo.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
If you are in Zambia🇿🇲, don't miss the screening of Sir David Attenborough's OCEAN, followed by a panel discussion, organised by one of our High Seas Youth Ambassadors.
Register here ➡️ https://bit.ly/3JS0zM0
@minderoo.bsky.social
Register here ➡️ https://bit.ly/3JS0zM0
@minderoo.bsky.social
Congratulations to Cambodia🇰🇭 for officially ratifying the #BBNJ Agreement, taking us closer to the goal of 60 ratifications needed for the Treaty to enter into force.
Follow progress and urge more nations to join the #RaceForRatification. https://highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratification/
Follow progress and urge more nations to join the #RaceForRatification. https://highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratification/
September 9, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Congratulations to Cambodia🇰🇭 for officially ratifying the #BBNJ Agreement, taking us closer to the goal of 60 ratifications needed for the Treaty to enter into force.
Follow progress and urge more nations to join the #RaceForRatification. https://highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratification/
Follow progress and urge more nations to join the #RaceForRatification. https://highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratification/
Congratulations to Grenada🇬🇩 for officially ratifying the #BBNJ Treaty.
We are now closer to the goal of 60 ratifications needed for the Treaty to enter into force.
Follow progress and urge more nations to join the #RaceForRatification. https://highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratification/
We are now closer to the goal of 60 ratifications needed for the Treaty to enter into force.
Follow progress and urge more nations to join the #RaceForRatification. https://highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratification/
September 8, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Congratulations to Grenada🇬🇩 for officially ratifying the #BBNJ Treaty.
We are now closer to the goal of 60 ratifications needed for the Treaty to enter into force.
Follow progress and urge more nations to join the #RaceForRatification. https://highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratification/
We are now closer to the goal of 60 ratifications needed for the Treaty to enter into force.
Follow progress and urge more nations to join the #RaceForRatification. https://highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratification/
The High Seas and the UN General Assembly have something in common.
Two years ago, the Treaty opened for signatures at #UNGA78.
This year, #UNGA80 could mark the historic milestone of 60 ratifications of the #BBNJ Agreement, bringing it into force.
Will history be made again?
Two years ago, the Treaty opened for signatures at #UNGA78.
This year, #UNGA80 could mark the historic milestone of 60 ratifications of the #BBNJ Agreement, bringing it into force.
Will history be made again?
September 8, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Another country gets added to the list of signatories of the High Seas Treaty 👏 Congratulations to Malaysia🇲🇾!
🎊 So far, 1️⃣4️⃣2️⃣ countries have now officially committed to its ratification!
We look forward to their ratification at the UN soon.
#RaceForRatification
🎊 So far, 1️⃣4️⃣2️⃣ countries have now officially committed to its ratification!
We look forward to their ratification at the UN soon.
#RaceForRatification
September 4, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Another country gets added to the list of signatories of the High Seas Treaty 👏 Congratulations to Malaysia🇲🇾!
🎊 So far, 1️⃣4️⃣2️⃣ countries have now officially committed to its ratification!
We look forward to their ratification at the UN soon.
#RaceForRatification
🎊 So far, 1️⃣4️⃣2️⃣ countries have now officially committed to its ratification!
We look forward to their ratification at the UN soon.
#RaceForRatification
👏 Congratulations to Ukraine🇺🇦 for adding its signature to the #BBNJ Agreement.
🎊 So far, 1️⃣4️⃣1️⃣ countries have now officially committed to its ratification!
We look forward to their ratification at the UN soon.
#RaceForRatification
🎊 So far, 1️⃣4️⃣1️⃣ countries have now officially committed to its ratification!
We look forward to their ratification at the UN soon.
#RaceForRatification
September 3, 2025 at 11:48 AM
👏 Congratulations to Ukraine🇺🇦 for adding its signature to the #BBNJ Agreement.
🎊 So far, 1️⃣4️⃣1️⃣ countries have now officially committed to its ratification!
We look forward to their ratification at the UN soon.
#RaceForRatification
🎊 So far, 1️⃣4️⃣1️⃣ countries have now officially committed to its ratification!
We look forward to their ratification at the UN soon.
#RaceForRatification
Two weeks of #BBNJPrepCom negotiations in New York brought governments one step closer to ensuring the BBNJ Agreement is ready to deliver when it enters into force. But much work still remains.
Read our reflections on #BBNJPrepCom 2: highseasalliance.org/treatytracke...
Read our reflections on #BBNJPrepCom 2: highseasalliance.org/treatytracke...
September 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Two weeks of #BBNJPrepCom negotiations in New York brought governments one step closer to ensuring the BBNJ Agreement is ready to deliver when it enters into force. But much work still remains.
Read our reflections on #BBNJPrepCom 2: highseasalliance.org/treatytracke...
Read our reflections on #BBNJPrepCom 2: highseasalliance.org/treatytracke...
📢 Just before the end of the second #BBNJPrepCom, St. Kitts and Nevis🇰🇳 ratified the #HighSeasTreaty! 🌊
We now need only 6 more ratifications to bring it into force:
https://t.co/iPEkvOJClQ
#RaceForRatification
We now need only 6 more ratifications to bring it into force:
https://t.co/iPEkvOJClQ
#RaceForRatification
September 1, 2025 at 9:34 AM
📢 Just before the end of the second #BBNJPrepCom, St. Kitts and Nevis🇰🇳 ratified the #HighSeasTreaty! 🌊
We now need only 6 more ratifications to bring it into force:
https://t.co/iPEkvOJClQ
#RaceForRatification
We now need only 6 more ratifications to bring it into force:
https://t.co/iPEkvOJClQ
#RaceForRatification