🌊Markus Knigge🐟
@oceanknigge.bsky.social
CEO @BlueActionFund.org investing in #OceanOptimism #MPAs #30x30 #Fisheries. Also interested in 🇩🇪 #Meeresoffensive. Views my own.
Pinned
Marine conservation funding opportunities? Awards? Funders' talk? 👇 Starter pack with >60 #OceanOptimism investors... 💶🌊🪸🐟🦈🐡
go.bsky.app/QPepXsG
go.bsky.app/QPepXsG
Monet’s easels were custom-built to withstand wind.
He sometimes tied them to stakes or trees to keep them from flying away
He sometimes tied them to stakes or trees to keep them from flying away
December 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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🌊💙 Every wave counts.
At MarViva, we work every day for a healthier ocean and stronger coastal communities.
If our work inspires you, follow our content and help us reach further.
✨ Your support can turn into real protection for the sea. Donate today!
More info at marviva.net/en/donation/
At MarViva, we work every day for a healthier ocean and stronger coastal communities.
If our work inspires you, follow our content and help us reach further.
✨ Your support can turn into real protection for the sea. Donate today!
More info at marviva.net/en/donation/
December 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
🌊💙 Every wave counts.
At MarViva, we work every day for a healthier ocean and stronger coastal communities.
If our work inspires you, follow our content and help us reach further.
✨ Your support can turn into real protection for the sea. Donate today!
More info at marviva.net/en/donation/
At MarViva, we work every day for a healthier ocean and stronger coastal communities.
If our work inspires you, follow our content and help us reach further.
✨ Your support can turn into real protection for the sea. Donate today!
More info at marviva.net/en/donation/
Highly exciting (and likely last chance to join @blueactionfund.org team for some time 😉)
We are looking for a Programme Manager Environmental & Social Safeguards based in Berlin. Thrilling job with one of the globally leading 🌊 MPA funders ogy.de/l4xt
December 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Highly exciting (and likely last chance to join @blueactionfund.org team for some time 😉)
On the right track for our end of the year talks oceanweigand.bsky.social 😉. Joke aside, really happy to see @blueactionfund.org with >€20m of #OceanOptimism investment in 2025
December 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM
On the right track for our end of the year talks oceanweigand.bsky.social 😉. Joke aside, really happy to see @blueactionfund.org with >€20m of #OceanOptimism investment in 2025
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Sustho Sagar (Healthy Ocean) project inception workshop held today in Bangladesh, led by @wcs.org & WorldFish. Ministries, agencies, academia and fishers stressed collaboration to strengthen the country’s MPAs. Funded by @blueactionfund.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Sustho Sagar (Healthy Ocean) project inception workshop held today in Bangladesh, led by @wcs.org & WorldFish. Ministries, agencies, academia and fishers stressed collaboration to strengthen the country’s MPAs. Funded by @blueactionfund.org
Reposted by 🌊Markus Knigge🐟
The European Commission published new guidelines in mid-November 2025 to enhance transparency in allocating fishing rights, emphasizing support for small-scale fishers and criteria-based quota distribution.
oceans-and-fisheries.ec.europa.eu/news/commiss...
oceans-and-fisheries.ec.europa.eu/news/commiss...
Commission publishes guidelines to help EU countries support small-scale fishers and enhance transparency in the allocation of fishing opportunities
Today, the European Commission published guidelines seeking to help EU countries in supporting small-scale fishers and enhancing transparency and good governance in the allocation of fishing opportuni...
oceans-and-fisheries.ec.europa.eu
December 8, 2025 at 4:01 AM
The European Commission published new guidelines in mid-November 2025 to enhance transparency in allocating fishing rights, emphasizing support for small-scale fishers and criteria-based quota distribution.
oceans-and-fisheries.ec.europa.eu/news/commiss...
oceans-and-fisheries.ec.europa.eu/news/commiss...
Interesting enough painting below also hints at the theme of next #BerlinOceanDinner in January... @oceanweigand.bsky.social @oceanunger.bsky.social @steffi-lemke.de...
A still life with carp in a ceramic colander. Around 1620 by 🧑🎨 Clara Peeters. #muSEAum
December 7, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Interesting enough painting below also hints at the theme of next #BerlinOceanDinner in January... @oceanweigand.bsky.social @oceanunger.bsky.social @steffi-lemke.de...
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Sea shell (see it back there?) brings you the sound of the ocean, earning its place among the musical instruments collected here by Bartolomeo Bettero. Sharing today with his teacher Baschenis.
December 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
@blueactionfund.org is looking for a grant manager based in Berlin for its global portfolio. Legal expertise🧑⚖️⚖️ additional advantage. Check it out ➡️
www.blueactionfund.org/job-opportun...
www.blueactionfund.org/job-opportun...
December 7, 2025 at 10:53 AM
@blueactionfund.org is looking for a grant manager based in Berlin for its global portfolio. Legal expertise🧑⚖️⚖️ additional advantage. Check it out ➡️
www.blueactionfund.org/job-opportun...
www.blueactionfund.org/job-opportun...
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Meanwhile in South Africa 🇿🇦...
iol.co.za/ios/news/202...
iol.co.za/ios/news/202...
Communities in KwaZulu-Natal empowered with fishing rods for sustainable practices
Discover how the KwaSokhulu and Nyembe communities in KwaZulu-Natal are embracing sustainable fishing practices through an empowering initiative that equips local fishers with essential resources for ...
iol.co.za
December 6, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Meanwhile in South Africa 🇿🇦...
iol.co.za/ios/news/202...
iol.co.za/ios/news/202...
@saveourseas.bsky.social offers opportunity for story telling #OceanGrants 💶🌊 ➡️ grants.saveourseas.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:39 AM
@saveourseas.bsky.social offers opportunity for story telling #OceanGrants 💶🌊 ➡️ grants.saveourseas.com
Island Nation? MPA? Experience NGO?
Waitt Foundation reviews monthly proposals for $20,000
#OceanGrants 💶🌊
www.waittfoundation.org/roc-grants?u...
Waitt Foundation reviews monthly proposals for $20,000
#OceanGrants 💶🌊
www.waittfoundation.org/roc-grants?u...
ROC Grants | Waitt Foundation | Funding for Ocean Conservation and Blue Prosperity
The Waitt Foundation is a grantmaking organization that provides funding and resources for ocean research, policy, marine protection, and Blue Prosperity initiatives around the globe. We are a foundin...
www.waittfoundation.org
December 7, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Island Nation? MPA? Experience NGO?
Waitt Foundation reviews monthly proposals for $20,000
#OceanGrants 💶🌊
www.waittfoundation.org/roc-grants?u...
Waitt Foundation reviews monthly proposals for $20,000
#OceanGrants 💶🌊
www.waittfoundation.org/roc-grants?u...
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Delegates at a global summit to update international wildlife trade rules have agreed on sweeping new protections for more than 70 shark and ray species.
The move marks a significant step toward effectively tightening the legal trade in some of the world’s most threatened marine life.
The move marks a significant step toward effectively tightening the legal trade in some of the world’s most threatened marine life.
Countries back strong new trade limits for sharks and rays at CITES summit
Delegates at a global summit to update international wildlife trade rules have agreed on sweeping new protections for more than 70 shark and ray species. The move marks a significant step toward…
news.mongabay.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Delegates at a global summit to update international wildlife trade rules have agreed on sweeping new protections for more than 70 shark and ray species.
The move marks a significant step toward effectively tightening the legal trade in some of the world’s most threatened marine life.
The move marks a significant step toward effectively tightening the legal trade in some of the world’s most threatened marine life.
#OceanGrants 💵🌊
Mini grants (💶34K) to identify & safeguarding blue corridors for 🐳🐬 in the Wider Caribbean & Coral Triangle Seascapes.
Deadline: 12 December. Sponsored by 🐼 @wwf-ocean.bsky.social
wwfwhales.org/conservation...
Deadline: 12 December. Sponsored by 🐼 @wwf-ocean.bsky.social
wwfwhales.org/conservation...
WWF Protecting Whales & Dolphins Initiative- Conservation Impact Grants 2025 — WWF Protecting Whales & Dolphins Initiative
WWF invites individuals, organizations, and research institutions to submit conservation project proposals that implement measures to reduce human threats, fill knowledge gaps and inform policy or man...
wwfwhales.org
December 6, 2025 at 8:10 PM
#OceanGrants 💵🌊
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Exchanging if we should use design of our bags also for posters... @blueactionfund.org @oceanhugues.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Exchanging if we should use design of our bags also for posters... @blueactionfund.org @oceanhugues.bsky.social
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Great to see @wcs.org and Mwambao Coastal Community Network come together in Tanga, Tanzania for a joint lessons-learned workshop — funded by @blueactionfund.org.
#OceanOptimism
#OceanOptimism
December 2, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Great to see @wcs.org and Mwambao Coastal Community Network come together in Tanga, Tanzania for a joint lessons-learned workshop — funded by @blueactionfund.org.
#OceanOptimism
#OceanOptimism
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Good news from 🇳🇴
Tusen takk: www.wwf.no/nyheter/a-hi...
Tusen takk: www.wwf.no/nyheter/a-hi...
A historic victory: Norway halts plans for deep seabed mining in the Arctic - WWF
The decision establishes a four-year stop to any exploration or extraction activities in Norwegian waters.
www.wwf.no
December 3, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Good news from 🇳🇴
Tusen takk: www.wwf.no/nyheter/a-hi...
Tusen takk: www.wwf.no/nyheter/a-hi...
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🇵🇹 Portugal aims to reach 30% marine protected areas by 2026, ahead of the 2030 target.
Covering 200,000 km², the new Madeira–Tore & Banco de Gorringe Marine Nature Reserve will help protect biodiversity & fish nurseries while boosting the blue economy: www.aman-alliance.org/Home/Content...
Covering 200,000 km², the new Madeira–Tore & Banco de Gorringe Marine Nature Reserve will help protect biodiversity & fish nurseries while boosting the blue economy: www.aman-alliance.org/Home/Content...
November 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
🇵🇹 Portugal aims to reach 30% marine protected areas by 2026, ahead of the 2030 target.
Covering 200,000 km², the new Madeira–Tore & Banco de Gorringe Marine Nature Reserve will help protect biodiversity & fish nurseries while boosting the blue economy: www.aman-alliance.org/Home/Content...
Covering 200,000 km², the new Madeira–Tore & Banco de Gorringe Marine Nature Reserve will help protect biodiversity & fish nurseries while boosting the blue economy: www.aman-alliance.org/Home/Content...
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Ghana's new Marine Protected Area is an area that will protect habitats where depleted fish stocks can recover, support biodiversity, and create a “spillover effect” that benefits fisheries outside the MPA boundaries.
citinewsroom.com/2025/10/esta...
citinewsroom.com/2025/10/esta...
Establishment of Ghana’s first marine protected area: Implications for fisheries governance, maritime administration and
On 7 October 2025, Cabinet approved the establishment of Ghana’s first Marine Protected Area (MPA) — the Greater Cape Three
citinewsroom.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Ghana's new Marine Protected Area is an area that will protect habitats where depleted fish stocks can recover, support biodiversity, and create a “spillover effect” that benefits fisheries outside the MPA boundaries.
citinewsroom.com/2025/10/esta...
citinewsroom.com/2025/10/esta...
👏 Pakistan 🇵🇰. #30by30 #OceanOptimism
In September, Pakistan declared its third marine protected area, around Miani Hor Lagoon on the country’s central coast.
The biodiversity-rich lagoon hosts a lush mangrove forest, numerous bird species and threatened marine mammals.
The biodiversity-rich lagoon hosts a lush mangrove forest, numerous bird species and threatened marine mammals.
Pakistan declares its third marine protected area, but has a long way to go
KARACHI — On Sept. 2, the government of Balochistan province in Pakistan declared the country’s third marine protected area, around Miani Hor Lagoon on the country’s central coast. The…
news.mongabay.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:58 AM
👏 Pakistan 🇵🇰. #30by30 #OceanOptimism
Wow: 1st time boarding & inspecting of distant 🎣fleets in Gabon 🇬🇦 waters with the help of @seashepherdglobal.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pmj6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pmj6...
TURNING THE TIDE
YouTube video by Sea Shepherd
www.youtube.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Wow: 1st time boarding & inspecting of distant 🎣fleets in Gabon 🇬🇦 waters with the help of @seashepherdglobal.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pmj6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pmj6...
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Undersea telecom cables could become a global monitoring network. The #EUfunded project is exploring how to repurpose existing cables for environmental and natural-hazard detection.
A new frontier for marine science and hazard monitoring. Read more: link.europa.eu/QdM6JJ
#Science4EU 🧪
A new frontier for marine science and hazard monitoring. Read more: link.europa.eu/QdM6JJ
#Science4EU 🧪
Turning undersea cables into a global natural hazard and environmental monitoring system
Beneath the world’s oceans, a silent revolution is underway. More than 1.48 million kilometres of underwater fibre-optic cables carry almost all global internet and telephone traffic. Now researchers ...
link.europa.eu
December 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Undersea telecom cables could become a global monitoring network. The #EUfunded project is exploring how to repurpose existing cables for environmental and natural-hazard detection.
A new frontier for marine science and hazard monitoring. Read more: link.europa.eu/QdM6JJ
#Science4EU 🧪
A new frontier for marine science and hazard monitoring. Read more: link.europa.eu/QdM6JJ
#Science4EU 🧪
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New analysis finds Regional Fisheries Management Organisations are underperforming across key conservation measures, with over half of assessed #fish stocks overexploited. The findings come as the UN’s High Seas Treaty approaches enforcement. oceanographicmagazine.com/news/global-...
Global fisheries bodies “falling short” ahead of High Seas Treaty - Oceanographic
New analysis finds global high-seas fisheries management bodies underperforming as the UN prepares to enforce its landmark High Seas Treaty.
oceanographicmagazine.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
New analysis finds Regional Fisheries Management Organisations are underperforming across key conservation measures, with over half of assessed #fish stocks overexploited. The findings come as the UN’s High Seas Treaty approaches enforcement. oceanographicmagazine.com/news/global-...