Michael Sealey
@michael-ocean.bsky.social
Marine biologist 🦈 Senior policy advisor at Oceana in EU 🌊 UW photography my hobby 📸
Here goes a new video explaining the legal actions we have initiated against bottom trawling #fishing in Spanish marine projected areas of the #N2000 network.
📢 #protectedmeansprotected
@saraaagesen.bsky.social @miteco.gob.es
📢 #protectedmeansprotected
@saraaagesen.bsky.social @miteco.gob.es
🌊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
Learn more📽️⤵️
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
Learn more📽️⤵️
December 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Here goes a new video explaining the legal actions we have initiated against bottom trawling #fishing in Spanish marine projected areas of the #N2000 network.
📢 #protectedmeansprotected
@saraaagesen.bsky.social @miteco.gob.es
📢 #protectedmeansprotected
@saraaagesen.bsky.social @miteco.gob.es
Mañana hemos organizado un seminario online para hablar de los espacios marinos protegidos en España 🌊
Agenda y registro en el siguiente enlace:
teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...
Agenda y registro en el siguiente enlace:
teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...
November 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Mañana hemos organizado un seminario online para hablar de los espacios marinos protegidos en España 🌊
Agenda y registro en el siguiente enlace:
teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...
Agenda y registro en el siguiente enlace:
teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...
Reposted by Michael Sealey
Mediterranean deep-sea ecosystems shelter unique species, yet a single trawl pass can wipe them out in seconds.
The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean & the EU must extend deep-sea protection & end destructive fishing over these vulnerable habitats. #DefendTheDeep 🌊
The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean & the EU must extend deep-sea protection & end destructive fishing over these vulnerable habitats. #DefendTheDeep 🌊
November 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Mediterranean deep-sea ecosystems shelter unique species, yet a single trawl pass can wipe them out in seconds.
The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean & the EU must extend deep-sea protection & end destructive fishing over these vulnerable habitats. #DefendTheDeep 🌊
The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean & the EU must extend deep-sea protection & end destructive fishing over these vulnerable habitats. #DefendTheDeep 🌊
Pasar de 0,1 a 10% de protección estricta #marina es un gran reto, pero entre todas podemos lograrlo, escuchando a la ciencia e involucrando a los sectores de la #economíaazul 🌊
👏 España se compromete oficialmente a proteger el 10% de sus mares de forma estricta para 2030.
Esto supone un paso clave para recuperar ecosistemas marinos y especies vulnerables. @saraaagesen.bsky.social
Nuestra reacción ⤵️
Esto supone un paso clave para recuperar ecosistemas marinos y especies vulnerables. @saraaagesen.bsky.social
Nuestra reacción ⤵️
October 29, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Pasar de 0,1 a 10% de protección estricta #marina es un gran reto, pero entre todas podemos lograrlo, escuchando a la ciencia e involucrando a los sectores de la #economíaazul 🌊
Reposted by Michael Sealey
Our Policy Advisor @michael-ocean.bsky.social
presents Oceana’s work on marine protected areas in Europe at the #SeaWilding Conference in Barcelona. The event brings together marine scientists, conservation experts, and advocacy organisations to share knowledge and strengthen ocean protection.
presents Oceana’s work on marine protected areas in Europe at the #SeaWilding Conference in Barcelona. The event brings together marine scientists, conservation experts, and advocacy organisations to share knowledge and strengthen ocean protection.
October 24, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Our Policy Advisor @michael-ocean.bsky.social
presents Oceana’s work on marine protected areas in Europe at the #SeaWilding Conference in Barcelona. The event brings together marine scientists, conservation experts, and advocacy organisations to share knowledge and strengthen ocean protection.
presents Oceana’s work on marine protected areas in Europe at the #SeaWilding Conference in Barcelona. The event brings together marine scientists, conservation experts, and advocacy organisations to share knowledge and strengthen ocean protection.
Celebramos la creación de estas nuevas áreas #marinas protegidas 🌊 España avanza hacia el objetivo de proteger 30% de su superficie marina para 2030, pero...: oceanographicmagazine.com/news/conserv...
Conservation win for Spain as six marine protected areas declared - Oceanographic
The international ocean NGO, Oceana is celebrated a hard fought victory as Spain announces six new marine protected areas
oceanographicmagazine.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Celebramos la creación de estas nuevas áreas #marinas protegidas 🌊 España avanza hacia el objetivo de proteger 30% de su superficie marina para 2030, pero...: oceanographicmagazine.com/news/conserv...
Reposted by Michael Sealey
We bid farewell to Jane Goodall, who taught us that science and care for wildlife must go hand in hand.
From land forests to ocean forests, her profound message defending the complex tapestry of life below the surface will continue to resonate with us:
From land forests to ocean forests, her profound message defending the complex tapestry of life below the surface will continue to resonate with us:
Dr. Jane Goodall's Message for World Oceans Day 2022
YouTube video by Dr. Jane Goodall & the Jane Goodall Institute USA
youtu.be
October 2, 2025 at 8:07 AM
We bid farewell to Jane Goodall, who taught us that science and care for wildlife must go hand in hand.
From land forests to ocean forests, her profound message defending the complex tapestry of life below the surface will continue to resonate with us:
From land forests to ocean forests, her profound message defending the complex tapestry of life below the surface will continue to resonate with us:
Reposted by Michael Sealey
🐟 Today is the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste.
Despite the EU ban, millions of tonnes of fish — much of it edible — are still discarded at sea every year.
Stop food loss at sea.
#FLWDay
Despite the EU ban, millions of tonnes of fish — much of it edible — are still discarded at sea every year.
Stop food loss at sea.
#FLWDay
September 29, 2025 at 2:40 PM
🐟 Today is the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste.
Despite the EU ban, millions of tonnes of fish — much of it edible — are still discarded at sea every year.
Stop food loss at sea.
#FLWDay
Despite the EU ban, millions of tonnes of fish — much of it edible — are still discarded at sea every year.
Stop food loss at sea.
#FLWDay
Reposted by Michael Sealey
🇸🇳 In Senegal, fishing sustains communities and drives the economy. But today, local nets are coming back empty.
European fleets exploit their seas, while profits can flow back to Europe, leaving Senegalese fishers no other option but to migrate.
🎧Learn more with @ftm.eu:
European fleets exploit their seas, while profits can flow back to Europe, leaving Senegalese fishers no other option but to migrate.
🎧Learn more with @ftm.eu:
Podcast | European companies are plundering Senegal’s seas
In Senegal, fishing is the backbone of the economy. But local fishermen’s nets are coming back empty. Journalists Hans Wetzels and Remy Käller discovered how European fishing companies are plundering ...
www.ftm.eu
September 26, 2025 at 1:10 PM
🇸🇳 In Senegal, fishing sustains communities and drives the economy. But today, local nets are coming back empty.
European fleets exploit their seas, while profits can flow back to Europe, leaving Senegalese fishers no other option but to migrate.
🎧Learn more with @ftm.eu:
European fleets exploit their seas, while profits can flow back to Europe, leaving Senegalese fishers no other option but to migrate.
🎧Learn more with @ftm.eu:
👉🏼 A cuatro estados de activar el tratado internacional para salvar alta mar: "Hasta ahora ha sido el salvaje oeste" 🌊 www.eldiario.es/1_c06c59?utm...
A cuatro estados de activar el tratado internacional para salvar alta mar: "Hasta ahora ha sido el salvaje oeste"
Mientras la ola antiecologista avanza, el acuerdo vinculante para poder proteger áreas marinas en aguas internacionales está a punto de activarse al llegar a la ratificación número 60: los pronósticos...
www.eldiario.es
September 19, 2025 at 1:23 PM
👉🏼 A cuatro estados de activar el tratado internacional para salvar alta mar: "Hasta ahora ha sido el salvaje oeste" 🌊 www.eldiario.es/1_c06c59?utm...
⚠️ #Spain must recover its #marine ecosystems to stop depending on food coming from abusive and illegal #fishing activities theobjective.com/actualidad/2...
EJF revela que España es la puerta de entrada del calamar importado de la Milla 201
España es el segundo mayor importador de calamar y sepia del mundo de la zona conocida como la Milla 201 y el principal punto de entrada en la Unión
theobjective.com
September 18, 2025 at 10:29 AM
⚠️ #Spain must recover its #marine ecosystems to stop depending on food coming from abusive and illegal #fishing activities theobjective.com/actualidad/2...
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During the #OceanCitizen expedition with the Ranger, ROV surveys off SW Tenerife 🇮🇨 found Caulerpa prolifera at 25–83 m — the 1st record at such depths in the Canary Islands.
As ocean temperatures rise, this seaweed may be shifting deeper, a sign of #ClimateChange impacts.⤵️
As ocean temperatures rise, this seaweed may be shifting deeper, a sign of #ClimateChange impacts.⤵️
First record of Caulerpa prolifera (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta) beyond 60mdepth in the SW Tenerife Island, Spain
The genus Caulerpa J. V. Lamouroux, 1809 (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta) includes more than 100 species worldwide and, due to its morphological
europe.oceana.org
September 15, 2025 at 10:58 AM
During the #OceanCitizen expedition with the Ranger, ROV surveys off SW Tenerife 🇮🇨 found Caulerpa prolifera at 25–83 m — the 1st record at such depths in the Canary Islands.
As ocean temperatures rise, this seaweed may be shifting deeper, a sign of #ClimateChange impacts.⤵️
As ocean temperatures rise, this seaweed may be shifting deeper, a sign of #ClimateChange impacts.⤵️
Reposted by Michael Sealey
NEW RESEARCH
Application of spatially robust stereo-BRUV sampling for quantifying fish assemblages in UK marine protected areas
Watch the video to learn more, and find the paper here - esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@owenexeter.bsky.social @kristianmetcalfe.bsky.social
🦑🧪🌍🐟
Application of spatially robust stereo-BRUV sampling for quantifying fish assemblages in UK marine protected areas
Watch the video to learn more, and find the paper here - esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@owenexeter.bsky.social @kristianmetcalfe.bsky.social
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September 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
NEW RESEARCH
Application of spatially robust stereo-BRUV sampling for quantifying fish assemblages in UK marine protected areas
Watch the video to learn more, and find the paper here - esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@owenexeter.bsky.social @kristianmetcalfe.bsky.social
🦑🧪🌍🐟
Application of spatially robust stereo-BRUV sampling for quantifying fish assemblages in UK marine protected areas
Watch the video to learn more, and find the paper here - esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@owenexeter.bsky.social @kristianmetcalfe.bsky.social
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"Las proyecciones apuntan a una posible reducción de los stocks pesqueros de entre un 30% y un 40% en los escenarios más pesimistas, lo que supondría un duro golpe para la seguridad alimentaria y la economía"
www.levante-emv.com/tendencias21...
www.levante-emv.com/tendencias21...
El colapso del Mediterráneo ya es un riesgo tangible y presente
El calentamiento y la subida del nivel del agua desencadenan una crisis sin precedentes desde la costa hasta el fondo marino
www.levante-emv.com
September 9, 2025 at 11:26 AM
"Las proyecciones apuntan a una posible reducción de los stocks pesqueros de entre un 30% y un 40% en los escenarios más pesimistas, lo que supondría un duro golpe para la seguridad alimentaria y la economía"
www.levante-emv.com/tendencias21...
www.levante-emv.com/tendencias21...
El Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación debe aceptar la evidencia científica y prohibir la #pesca de arrastre en las áreas marinas protegidas designadas para proteger hábitats bentónicos 🪸 para beneficio de la biodiversidad y la pesca 🐟
@miteco.gob.es
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@miteco.gob.es
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Recovery and expansion of rhodoliths beds and Laminaria rodriguezii forests after bottom trawl ban - Biodiversity and Conservation
Rhodolith beds and Laminaria rodriguezii forests constitute marine habitats of high conservation value. In the Menorca Channel (Balearic Islands, Western Mediterranean) rhodolith beds predominate in t...
link.springer.com
September 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
El Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación debe aceptar la evidencia científica y prohibir la #pesca de arrastre en las áreas marinas protegidas designadas para proteger hábitats bentónicos 🪸 para beneficio de la biodiversidad y la pesca 🐟
@miteco.gob.es
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@miteco.gob.es
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Acaba el evento sobre el #pactodeestado frente a la emergencia climática, con la ausencia de cualquier mención al #océano. No se puede luchar contra los impactos del #cambioclimático sin tener en cuenta el medio que regula el clima y de la cual depende nuestra economía.
@saraaagesen.bsky.social
@saraaagesen.bsky.social
September 1, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Acaba el evento sobre el #pactodeestado frente a la emergencia climática, con la ausencia de cualquier mención al #océano. No se puede luchar contra los impactos del #cambioclimático sin tener en cuenta el medio que regula el clima y de la cual depende nuestra economía.
@saraaagesen.bsky.social
@saraaagesen.bsky.social
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El jefe de la UNRWA: “Gaza se está convirtiendo en el cementerio del derecho internacional humanitario”. Philippe Lazzarini denuncia el nivel de inacción de la comunidad internacional ante la impunidad de Israel social.elpais.com/anfsk9
El jefe de la UNRWA: “Gaza se está convirtiendo en el cementerio del derecho internacional humanitario”
Philippe Lazzarini denuncia el nivel de inacción de la comunidad internacional ante la impunidad de Israel, con una hambruna declarada y casi 63.000 muertos en la Franja en menos de dos años
social.elpais.com
August 29, 2025 at 8:39 AM
El jefe de la UNRWA: “Gaza se está convirtiendo en el cementerio del derecho internacional humanitario”. Philippe Lazzarini denuncia el nivel de inacción de la comunidad internacional ante la impunidad de Israel social.elpais.com/anfsk9
Reposted by Michael Sealey
The blue dragon, a pelagic sea slug that feeds on hydrozoans like the Portuguese man o'war, is washing up upon Spanish beaches in record numbers.
As the Mediterranean warms at record pace, climate change is pushing exotic species north:
www.infobae.com/espana/2025/...
As the Mediterranean warms at record pace, climate change is pushing exotic species north:
www.infobae.com/espana/2025/...
August 29, 2025 at 11:18 AM
The blue dragon, a pelagic sea slug that feeds on hydrozoans like the Portuguese man o'war, is washing up upon Spanish beaches in record numbers.
As the Mediterranean warms at record pace, climate change is pushing exotic species north:
www.infobae.com/espana/2025/...
As the Mediterranean warms at record pace, climate change is pushing exotic species north:
www.infobae.com/espana/2025/...
La #sobrepesca en el #Mediterraneo ha llevado a que sea noticia pescar un pez de 49kg, cuando esta misma especie puede alcanzar hasta 100kg históricamente. Otra prueba de #shiftingbaseline
www.noudiari.es/noticias-ibi...
www.noudiari.es/noticias-ibi...
Dos pescadores de Formentera capturan una 'Xerna' de casi 49 kilos
Los pescadores profesionales Toni Formiga y Pep Xinxó, naturales de Formentera, han realizado una de las capturas más impresionantes de su carrera en las aguas profundas de su isla. Se trata de una Xe...
www.noudiari.es
August 27, 2025 at 3:48 PM
La #sobrepesca en el #Mediterraneo ha llevado a que sea noticia pescar un pez de 49kg, cuando esta misma especie puede alcanzar hasta 100kg históricamente. Otra prueba de #shiftingbaseline
www.noudiari.es/noticias-ibi...
www.noudiari.es/noticias-ibi...
Reposted by Michael Sealey
With years of delay, the Spanish government finally declares the Special Area of Conservation of Columbretes off the Valencian coast and approves the corresponding management plan.
The result is disappointing:
@saraaagesen.bsky.social @miteco.gob.es
The result is disappointing:
@saraaagesen.bsky.social @miteco.gob.es
July 31, 2025 at 2:27 PM
With years of delay, the Spanish government finally declares the Special Area of Conservation of Columbretes off the Valencian coast and approves the corresponding management plan.
The result is disappointing:
@saraaagesen.bsky.social @miteco.gob.es
The result is disappointing:
@saraaagesen.bsky.social @miteco.gob.es
Muy contento de haber colaborado este estudio sobre las consecuencias del calentamiento del #océano sobre el #tiburón #angelote 🦈
www.informacion.es/medio-ambien...
www.informacion.es/medio-ambien...
El calentamiento de los océanos altera las pautas de apareamiento de tiburones en peligro crítico de extinción
Cuando sube la temperatura del agua las hembras reaccionan permaneciendo en aguas frescas, al contrario que los machos
www.informacion.es
July 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Muy contento de haber colaborado este estudio sobre las consecuencias del calentamiento del #océano sobre el #tiburón #angelote 🦈
www.informacion.es/medio-ambien...
www.informacion.es/medio-ambien...
Reposted by Michael Sealey
🔥 2024 was the hottest year on record.
Decision makers must prioritize #ClimateAction for both people and the planet. The window to secure a livable future is rapidly closing.
Report: unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/... #SDGReport #SDGs #GlobalGoals
Decision makers must prioritize #ClimateAction for both people and the planet. The window to secure a livable future is rapidly closing.
Report: unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/... #SDGReport #SDGs #GlobalGoals
July 23, 2025 at 7:37 PM
🔥 2024 was the hottest year on record.
Decision makers must prioritize #ClimateAction for both people and the planet. The window to secure a livable future is rapidly closing.
Report: unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/... #SDGReport #SDGs #GlobalGoals
Decision makers must prioritize #ClimateAction for both people and the planet. The window to secure a livable future is rapidly closing.
Report: unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/... #SDGReport #SDGs #GlobalGoals
Here in #Vigo for the #OSPAR Ministerial meeting, where contracting parties are emphasising their commitment to fight the triple crisis affecting the North-East Atlantic.
@oceanaeurope.bsky.social
@oceanaeurope.bsky.social
June 26, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Here in #Vigo for the #OSPAR Ministerial meeting, where contracting parties are emphasising their commitment to fight the triple crisis affecting the North-East Atlantic.
@oceanaeurope.bsky.social
@oceanaeurope.bsky.social
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Demoledor este mapa del @ceamfundacion.bsky.social El agua frente a algunas de nuestras costas está alrededor de 3⁰C más caliente de la media en estas fechas. Qué barbaridad.
June 15, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Demoledor este mapa del @ceamfundacion.bsky.social El agua frente a algunas de nuestras costas está alrededor de 3⁰C más caliente de la media en estas fechas. Qué barbaridad.
Reposted by Michael Sealey
As #UNOC3 ends in Nice, momentum to #DefendTheDeep is growing:
✔️ 37 countries back a #DeepSeaMining moratorium
✔️ The European Court of Justice upholds bottom-contact fishing ban
✔️ Scientists urge action to #ProtectSeamounts
Now governments must act: deep-sea-conservation.org/un-ocean-con...
✔️ 37 countries back a #DeepSeaMining moratorium
✔️ The European Court of Justice upholds bottom-contact fishing ban
✔️ Scientists urge action to #ProtectSeamounts
Now governments must act: deep-sea-conservation.org/un-ocean-con...
Media Release: UN Ocean Conference Shines a Light on the Deep Sea: Now, Time for Action - DSCC
NICE, FRANCE – PRESS RELEASE, 13 JUNE, 2025 The 3rd UN Ocean Conference (UNOC3) concluded today in Nice, France, with the deep sea placed firmly at the heart of international ocean governance. From ...
deep-sea-conservation.org
June 13, 2025 at 11:12 AM
As #UNOC3 ends in Nice, momentum to #DefendTheDeep is growing:
✔️ 37 countries back a #DeepSeaMining moratorium
✔️ The European Court of Justice upholds bottom-contact fishing ban
✔️ Scientists urge action to #ProtectSeamounts
Now governments must act: deep-sea-conservation.org/un-ocean-con...
✔️ 37 countries back a #DeepSeaMining moratorium
✔️ The European Court of Justice upholds bottom-contact fishing ban
✔️ Scientists urge action to #ProtectSeamounts
Now governments must act: deep-sea-conservation.org/un-ocean-con...