Hugo Tagholm
@hugotagholm.bsky.social
Ocean Activist, Surfer, Campaigner
Executive Director, Oceana, UK
Columnist, Oceanographic Magazine
Chair, Save The Waves
Fellow - Edinburgh University #OceanLeaders
Former CEO, Surfers Against Sewage
Executive Director, Oceana, UK
Columnist, Oceanographic Magazine
Chair, Save The Waves
Fellow - Edinburgh University #OceanLeaders
Former CEO, Surfers Against Sewage
Bottom trawling is DESTROYING marine protected areas. ❌
But YOU can help take action against this hypocrisy. Email Secretary of State Steve Reed to demand an end to bottom trawling in ocean havens 👇
act.for-the-ocean.org/act/protect-...
But YOU can help take action against this hypocrisy. Email Secretary of State Steve Reed to demand an end to bottom trawling in ocean havens 👇
act.for-the-ocean.org/act/protect-...
May 9, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Bottom trawling is DESTROYING marine protected areas. ❌
But YOU can help take action against this hypocrisy. Email Secretary of State Steve Reed to demand an end to bottom trawling in ocean havens 👇
act.for-the-ocean.org/act/protect-...
But YOU can help take action against this hypocrisy. Email Secretary of State Steve Reed to demand an end to bottom trawling in ocean havens 👇
act.for-the-ocean.org/act/protect-...
Happy Birthday Sir David. 🙌🐋🌎🙏🌊
May 8, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Happy Birthday Sir David. 🙌🐋🌎🙏🌊
Good to talk to Secretary John Kerry on the tenth anniversary of the Our Ocean Conference and hear more about the commitments & impacts it has driven to protect the global ocean, tackle climate change, & support thriving marine life & communities. @oceana.bsky.social @oceanauk.bsky.social
May 1, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Good to talk to Secretary John Kerry on the tenth anniversary of the Our Ocean Conference and hear more about the commitments & impacts it has driven to protect the global ocean, tackle climate change, & support thriving marine life & communities. @oceana.bsky.social @oceanauk.bsky.social
For every $1 invested in Marine Protected Areas returns $5 in economic benefits; protecting ecosystems, coastal communities & livelihoods, safeguarding fisheries, delivering climate resilience #DrRashidSumaila #OurOceanConference @oceana.bsky.social 🐋🌊🌎
April 29, 2025 at 2:56 AM
For every $1 invested in Marine Protected Areas returns $5 in economic benefits; protecting ecosystems, coastal communities & livelihoods, safeguarding fisheries, delivering climate resilience #DrRashidSumaila #OurOceanConference @oceana.bsky.social 🐋🌊🌎
It’s a crucial time for protecting the global ocean. Peter Thomson opening #OurOceanConference urging bold action to deliver strong Marine Protected Areas, action to end overfishing, tackle plastic pollution & deliver the ocean positive transition to renewable energy. @oceana.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 1:57 AM
It’s a crucial time for protecting the global ocean. Peter Thomson opening #OurOceanConference urging bold action to deliver strong Marine Protected Areas, action to end overfishing, tackle plastic pollution & deliver the ocean positive transition to renewable energy. @oceana.bsky.social
Ocean waters are the source of life on the planet. The work to save the ocean from man made catastrophe is perhaps our greatest challenge. #JohnKerry #OurOceanConference @oceana.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Ocean waters are the source of life on the planet. The work to save the ocean from man made catastrophe is perhaps our greatest challenge. #JohnKerry #OurOceanConference @oceana.bsky.social
The plastic pollution crisis in our ocean is set to get worse. A new @oceana.bsky.social report reveals the shocking statistics behind the world’s most prolific plastic polluter Coca-Cola. It estimate Coke will drive 600 million kilos of plastic pollution to our seas annually by 2030‼️🌍⚠️
March 27, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The plastic pollution crisis in our ocean is set to get worse. A new @oceana.bsky.social report reveals the shocking statistics behind the world’s most prolific plastic polluter Coca-Cola. It estimate Coke will drive 600 million kilos of plastic pollution to our seas annually by 2030‼️🌍⚠️
🚨 TODAY, we take the UK government to court.
They handed out 31 reckless oil & gas licences - some inside marine protected areas - without proper checks. ❌
This is a fight for our ocean, marine life & climate. Who’s with us? ✊
Follow @OceanaUK.bsky.social for updates. #OceanVsOil 🌊⚖️
They handed out 31 reckless oil & gas licences - some inside marine protected areas - without proper checks. ❌
This is a fight for our ocean, marine life & climate. Who’s with us? ✊
Follow @OceanaUK.bsky.social for updates. #OceanVsOil 🌊⚖️
March 26, 2025 at 7:35 AM
🚨 TODAY, we take the UK government to court.
They handed out 31 reckless oil & gas licences - some inside marine protected areas - without proper checks. ❌
This is a fight for our ocean, marine life & climate. Who’s with us? ✊
Follow @OceanaUK.bsky.social for updates. #OceanVsOil 🌊⚖️
They handed out 31 reckless oil & gas licences - some inside marine protected areas - without proper checks. ❌
This is a fight for our ocean, marine life & climate. Who’s with us? ✊
Follow @OceanaUK.bsky.social for updates. #OceanVsOil 🌊⚖️
Governments must ban destructive bottom-trawling in Marine Protected Areas to allow marine life, fish populations & ecosystems to thrive. Which country will step up next?
@oceana.bsky.social @oceanauk.bsky.social
@oceana.bsky.social @oceanauk.bsky.social
March 25, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Governments must ban destructive bottom-trawling in Marine Protected Areas to allow marine life, fish populations & ecosystems to thrive. Which country will step up next?
@oceana.bsky.social @oceanauk.bsky.social
@oceana.bsky.social @oceanauk.bsky.social
I stand with Greenpeace ✊🌍
What a total injustice. Big Oil deploying bullying litigation tactics to silence environmental activists. A jury made up of multiple individuals linked to the oil industry. A complete sham & set up.
What a total injustice. Big Oil deploying bullying litigation tactics to silence environmental activists. A jury made up of multiple individuals linked to the oil industry. A complete sham & set up.
March 21, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I stand with Greenpeace ✊🌍
What a total injustice. Big Oil deploying bullying litigation tactics to silence environmental activists. A jury made up of multiple individuals linked to the oil industry. A complete sham & set up.
What a total injustice. Big Oil deploying bullying litigation tactics to silence environmental activists. A jury made up of multiple individuals linked to the oil industry. A complete sham & set up.
Why are governments moving so slowly on curbing plastic pollution?
‘New evidence of particles damaging crops strengthens the case for an international plastics treaty.’
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#plasticpollution #plastic #health #ocean
‘New evidence of particles damaging crops strengthens the case for an international plastics treaty.’
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#plasticpollution #plastic #health #ocean
March 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Why are governments moving so slowly on curbing plastic pollution?
‘New evidence of particles damaging crops strengthens the case for an international plastics treaty.’
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#plasticpollution #plastic #health #ocean
‘New evidence of particles damaging crops strengthens the case for an international plastics treaty.’
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#plasticpollution #plastic #health #ocean
This tragic event shows once again that dangerous spills occur everywhere Big Oil goes. We are now seeing toxic oil pouring from the 183-metre-long tanker into – or very near – marine protected areas. @oceana.bsky.social @oceanauk.bsky.social
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March 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
This tragic event shows once again that dangerous spills occur everywhere Big Oil goes. We are now seeing toxic oil pouring from the 183-metre-long tanker into – or very near – marine protected areas. @oceana.bsky.social @oceanauk.bsky.social
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🚨 EXPOSED: Big Oil is using our seas as a dumping ground. Decades of toxic pollution is laid bare in the new map, created for the Ocean Alliance Against Offshore Drilling. Enough is enough.
SEE IT 👉 stopoffshoredrilling.org.uk/map
DEMAND CHANGE 👉 act.oceana.org/page/165588/...
SEE IT 👉 stopoffshoredrilling.org.uk/map
DEMAND CHANGE 👉 act.oceana.org/page/165588/...
February 19, 2025 at 9:05 AM
🚨 EXPOSED: Big Oil is using our seas as a dumping ground. Decades of toxic pollution is laid bare in the new map, created for the Ocean Alliance Against Offshore Drilling. Enough is enough.
SEE IT 👉 stopoffshoredrilling.org.uk/map
DEMAND CHANGE 👉 act.oceana.org/page/165588/...
SEE IT 👉 stopoffshoredrilling.org.uk/map
DEMAND CHANGE 👉 act.oceana.org/page/165588/...
Gulf of Cornwall
February 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Gulf of Cornwall
So they want the tax payer to wipe the debt slate clean so they can start raking in the private profits again. Nationalise the debt. Privatise the profit. Charlatans.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
January 25, 2025 at 8:13 AM
So they want the tax payer to wipe the debt slate clean so they can start raking in the private profits again. Nationalise the debt. Privatise the profit. Charlatans.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Humpback whales back in Britain, with rise in sightings from Kent to Isles of Scilly.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
@oceanauk.bsky.social @oceana.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
@oceanauk.bsky.social @oceana.bsky.social
January 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Humpback whales back in Britain, with rise in sightings from Kent to Isles of Scilly.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
@oceanauk.bsky.social @oceana.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
@oceanauk.bsky.social @oceana.bsky.social
Back the Climate and Nature Bill—don’t block it!
💚 A Bill for prosperity and wellbeing.
🫂 A Bill for people and communities across the UK.
🌎 A Bill to restore nature and tackle climate change.
@10dowingstreet.bsky.social - will you back the #CANBill on 24 January?
@zero-hour.bsky.social
💚 A Bill for prosperity and wellbeing.
🫂 A Bill for people and communities across the UK.
🌎 A Bill to restore nature and tackle climate change.
@10dowingstreet.bsky.social - will you back the #CANBill on 24 January?
@zero-hour.bsky.social
January 13, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Back the Climate and Nature Bill—don’t block it!
💚 A Bill for prosperity and wellbeing.
🫂 A Bill for people and communities across the UK.
🌎 A Bill to restore nature and tackle climate change.
@10dowingstreet.bsky.social - will you back the #CANBill on 24 January?
@zero-hour.bsky.social
💚 A Bill for prosperity and wellbeing.
🫂 A Bill for people and communities across the UK.
🌎 A Bill to restore nature and tackle climate change.
@10dowingstreet.bsky.social - will you back the #CANBill on 24 January?
@zero-hour.bsky.social
‘Pristine Environments Protect Us’
Check out my latest column on deep sea mining & the need to #DefendTheDeep in the latest issue of @oceanographicmag.bsky.social
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@deepseaconserve.bsky.social @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social @greenjennyjones.bsky.social @graceblakeley.bsky.social
Check out my latest column on deep sea mining & the need to #DefendTheDeep in the latest issue of @oceanographicmag.bsky.social
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@deepseaconserve.bsky.social @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social @greenjennyjones.bsky.social @graceblakeley.bsky.social
January 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
‘Pristine Environments Protect Us’
Check out my latest column on deep sea mining & the need to #DefendTheDeep in the latest issue of @oceanographicmag.bsky.social
🐋🌊🌎🚨
@deepseaconserve.bsky.social @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social @greenjennyjones.bsky.social @graceblakeley.bsky.social
Check out my latest column on deep sea mining & the need to #DefendTheDeep in the latest issue of @oceanographicmag.bsky.social
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@deepseaconserve.bsky.social @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social @greenjennyjones.bsky.social @graceblakeley.bsky.social
Ocean & Climate Victory ✊✌️🌊🐋💙
US President to prohibit future oil and gas leasing across parts of the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, the eastern Gulf of Mexico and the Northern Bering Sea.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
January 4, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Ocean & Climate Victory ✊✌️🌊🐋💙
US President to prohibit future oil and gas leasing across parts of the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, the eastern Gulf of Mexico and the Northern Bering Sea.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
UK electricity cleanest ever in 2024, with record 58% from low-carbon sources.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
January 3, 2025 at 10:25 AM
UK electricity cleanest ever in 2024, with record 58% from low-carbon sources.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We urgently need to ban destructive bottom trawl-fishing in the UK's marine protected areas. This practice:
❌ Hoovers up marine wildlife
❌ Destroys vital habitat from corals to seagrass
❌ Deepens the climate crisis
Why is the government delaying?
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
❌ Hoovers up marine wildlife
❌ Destroys vital habitat from corals to seagrass
❌ Deepens the climate crisis
Why is the government delaying?
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
January 3, 2025 at 7:02 AM
We urgently need to ban destructive bottom trawl-fishing in the UK's marine protected areas. This practice:
❌ Hoovers up marine wildlife
❌ Destroys vital habitat from corals to seagrass
❌ Deepens the climate crisis
Why is the government delaying?
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
❌ Hoovers up marine wildlife
❌ Destroys vital habitat from corals to seagrass
❌ Deepens the climate crisis
Why is the government delaying?
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
Stoked! Mission accomplished! 150/150 surfs in 2024 chalked up today. Perfect, empty, lefts at one of my favourite spots. 🎯💙🌊🤙🙏✊ #SurfGoals #LifeBalance
December 29, 2024 at 6:50 PM
Stoked! Mission accomplished! 150/150 surfs in 2024 chalked up today. Perfect, empty, lefts at one of my favourite spots. 🎯💙🌊🤙🙏✊ #SurfGoals #LifeBalance
Some whales are more than 100 years old, smashing previously estimated life expectancies, according to new research. 🐋 🐋
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
December 27, 2024 at 8:48 PM
Some whales are more than 100 years old, smashing previously estimated life expectancies, according to new research. 🐋 🐋
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
Merry Christmas one & all. May the ocean be kind to you. 🌊🌊🌊Thanks for all the support this year. 🙏🤙💙🎄
December 24, 2024 at 3:43 PM
Merry Christmas one & all. May the ocean be kind to you. 🌊🌊🌊Thanks for all the support this year. 🙏🤙💙🎄
December 17, 2024 at 12:37 PM