Joshua Wilson
@oshuwilson.bsky.social
PhD Student at the University of Southampton and the British Antarctic Survey studying the movement ecology of Southern Ocean predators.
All things tracking, stats, coding, and most importantly, penguins 🐧
All things tracking, stats, coding, and most importantly, penguins 🐧
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Joshua Wilson
@oshuwilson.bsky.social
· Nov 13
Using satellite tracking to assess the use of protected areas and alternative roosts by Whooper and Bewick's Swans
Protected areas are one of the major tools used in the conservation of biodiversity, but animals are unlikely always to remain within these human-made boundaries. Understanding when and why species c....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Excited to announce that my first paper has been published in @ibisjournal.bsky.social
We used Bewick's and Whooper Swan tracks to quantify how often swans roosted outside protected areas, and identify environmental drivers of this behaviour.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#ornithology
We used Bewick's and Whooper Swan tracks to quantify how often swans roosted outside protected areas, and identify environmental drivers of this behaviour.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#ornithology
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New PhD studentship opportunity in my lab & with collaborators from the Pinniped Genomes Consortium. Come help us unravel the genomics of seal physiological super powers! Closing date 7th January 2026 🧪🦭🧬🌍🦑🐳 #marine #mammals
#consgen #popgen #phylo #molevol #evolution
yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/the...
#consgen #popgen #phylo #molevol #evolution
yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/the...
The evolutionary genomics of life-history adaptations in pinnipeds - Yorkshire Environmental Sciences • Doctoral Training Network
Project summary Pinnipeds (seals, sea lions, fur seals and walrus) are keystone marine predators, and sentinels for marine ecosystem health. Advances in genomic technology open up the possibility to u...
yes-dtn.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 8:23 AM
New PhD studentship opportunity in my lab & with collaborators from the Pinniped Genomes Consortium. Come help us unravel the genomics of seal physiological super powers! Closing date 7th January 2026 🧪🦭🧬🌍🦑🐳 #marine #mammals
#consgen #popgen #phylo #molevol #evolution
yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/the...
#consgen #popgen #phylo #molevol #evolution
yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/the...
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Are you involved in ecological forecasting in Europe?
We’re mapping forecasting applications across the continent — from SDMs to observatories with predictive potential.
Our goal: make EU forecasting more connected and identify both immediate and long-term forecasting potential.
We’re mapping forecasting applications across the continent — from SDMs to observatories with predictive potential.
Our goal: make EU forecasting more connected and identify both immediate and long-term forecasting potential.
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Are you involved in ecological forecasting in Europe?
We’re mapping forecasting applications across the continent — from SDMs to observatories with predictive potential.
Our goal: make EU forecasting more connected and identify both immediate and long-term forecasting potential.
We’re mapping forecasting applications across the continent — from SDMs to observatories with predictive potential.
Our goal: make EU forecasting more connected and identify both immediate and long-term forecasting potential.
Reposted by Joshua Wilson
🐋 Registration Deadline Extended 🦭
We've extended the deadline for registration until the 21st November, so there's still time to sign up if you thought you'd missed it! Head to our website or scan the QR code in the poster to get to the form. Hope to see you all in January!
We've extended the deadline for registration until the 21st November, so there's still time to sign up if you thought you'd missed it! Head to our website or scan the QR code in the poster to get to the form. Hope to see you all in January!
🐬 Registration is now OPEN for the UKIRSC 2026 Marine Mammal Conference hosted @plymuni.bsky.social 🎓A FREE event bringing together students from across the UK & Ireland to share research, connect, and learn from leading marine mammal scientists. 👇Link below
#UKIRSC2026 #MarineMammals
#UKIRSC2026 #MarineMammals
November 10, 2025 at 9:28 AM
🐋 Registration Deadline Extended 🦭
We've extended the deadline for registration until the 21st November, so there's still time to sign up if you thought you'd missed it! Head to our website or scan the QR code in the poster to get to the form. Hope to see you all in January!
We've extended the deadline for registration until the 21st November, so there's still time to sign up if you thought you'd missed it! Head to our website or scan the QR code in the poster to get to the form. Hope to see you all in January!
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We’re looking for an enthusiastic #PhD candidate to explore the resilience of sea turtle populations in a changing climate, supervised by Leo Clarke and myself. Interested in sea #turtles, #marine #biology, #conservation & #fieldwork in Cape Verde. Funded by ACCE+ NERC DLA tinyurl.com/dm573yrm
November 7, 2025 at 9:27 AM
We’re looking for an enthusiastic #PhD candidate to explore the resilience of sea turtle populations in a changing climate, supervised by Leo Clarke and myself. Interested in sea #turtles, #marine #biology, #conservation & #fieldwork in Cape Verde. Funded by ACCE+ NERC DLA tinyurl.com/dm573yrm
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Vaquitas "hanging on" is a fair description. Describing this as a modest increase is not following the science.
From the survey report summary - "There is too much uncertainty in visual estimates to make strong conclusions about a trend in vaquita numbers..."
more quotes to come
🐳🌍🦑
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From the survey report summary - "There is too much uncertainty in visual estimates to make strong conclusions about a trend in vaquita numbers..."
more quotes to come
🐳🌍🦑
1/2
November 6, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Vaquitas "hanging on" is a fair description. Describing this as a modest increase is not following the science.
From the survey report summary - "There is too much uncertainty in visual estimates to make strong conclusions about a trend in vaquita numbers..."
more quotes to come
🐳🌍🦑
1/2
From the survey report summary - "There is too much uncertainty in visual estimates to make strong conclusions about a trend in vaquita numbers..."
more quotes to come
🐳🌍🦑
1/2
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Hot off the press at Remote Sensing in Ecology & Conservation is Alexandra Strang’s latest paper!
Alexandra discovered there’s a caveat in using imagery to detect change at Adélie penguin colonies: Small population change is undetectable 🧪🌎🦑🦉
zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Alexandra discovered there’s a caveat in using imagery to detect change at Adélie penguin colonies: Small population change is undetectable 🧪🌎🦑🦉
zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Ground‐truthing of satellite imagery to assess seabird colony size: A test using Adélie penguins
Adélie penguin colony size can be estimated from space using very high-resolution (VHR; 0.3–0.6 m resolution) satellite imagery due to the contrast between their guano stain and the surrounding terra...
zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Hot off the press at Remote Sensing in Ecology & Conservation is Alexandra Strang’s latest paper!
Alexandra discovered there’s a caveat in using imagery to detect change at Adélie penguin colonies: Small population change is undetectable 🧪🌎🦑🦉
zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Alexandra discovered there’s a caveat in using imagery to detect change at Adélie penguin colonies: Small population change is undetectable 🧪🌎🦑🦉
zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Reposted by Joshua Wilson
Reminder that registration closes this week! Follow the link in the thread to sign up 🧵
🐬 Registration is now OPEN for the UKIRSC 2026 Marine Mammal Conference hosted @plymuni.bsky.social 🎓A FREE event bringing together students from across the UK & Ireland to share research, connect, and learn from leading marine mammal scientists. 👇Link below
#UKIRSC2026 #MarineMammals
#UKIRSC2026 #MarineMammals
November 3, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Reminder that registration closes this week! Follow the link in the thread to sign up 🧵
An optimistic overview of the past 10 years - good to remind ourselves that progress can and is being made on climate change. Really clean infographics and this one sums everything up best for me
October 31, 2025 at 4:46 PM
An optimistic overview of the past 10 years - good to remind ourselves that progress can and is being made on climate change. Really clean infographics and this one sums everything up best for me
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1/ Crabeater seals are the most abundant top predator in the Southern Ocean and probably the most numerous large wild mammals on earth. Because they live almost their entire lives amongst floating sea ice around #Antarctica, it’s difficult to count them – total population is an estimated 15 million.
October 31, 2025 at 5:28 AM
1/ Crabeater seals are the most abundant top predator in the Southern Ocean and probably the most numerous large wild mammals on earth. Because they live almost their entire lives amongst floating sea ice around #Antarctica, it’s difficult to count them – total population is an estimated 15 million.
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HPAI H5N1 likely linked to elephant seal mortality on sub-Antarctic Heard Island
Scientists fear bird flu outbreak after elephant seal deaths on Heard Island
Scientists suspect a deadly strain of bird flu, H5N1, has infected wildlife on Heard Island after observing a high mortality rate in elephant seals on the Australian territory in the sub-Antarctic.
www.abc.net.au
October 25, 2025 at 5:39 AM
HPAI H5N1 likely linked to elephant seal mortality on sub-Antarctic Heard Island
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📢 Paper alert!
A new study led by Miriam Gimeno reveals how cumulative extreme events are threatening penguin habitats across the Southern Hemisphere.
🧊 Published in @globalchangebio.bsky.social
🔗 https://short.do/SEwQ74
#ClimateChange #Penguins
@icmcsic.bsky.social
A new study led by Miriam Gimeno reveals how cumulative extreme events are threatening penguin habitats across the Southern Hemisphere.
🧊 Published in @globalchangebio.bsky.social
🔗 https://short.do/SEwQ74
#ClimateChange #Penguins
@icmcsic.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 1:35 PM
📢 Paper alert!
A new study led by Miriam Gimeno reveals how cumulative extreme events are threatening penguin habitats across the Southern Hemisphere.
🧊 Published in @globalchangebio.bsky.social
🔗 https://short.do/SEwQ74
#ClimateChange #Penguins
@icmcsic.bsky.social
A new study led by Miriam Gimeno reveals how cumulative extreme events are threatening penguin habitats across the Southern Hemisphere.
🧊 Published in @globalchangebio.bsky.social
🔗 https://short.do/SEwQ74
#ClimateChange #Penguins
@icmcsic.bsky.social
Reposted by Joshua Wilson
North Atlantic right whale numbers estimated at 384. An increase in eight whales from last year - report today by the North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium. Slow population growth trend over the past four years gaining more than 7% of their 2020 population. 🦑🐋🧪🌍
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Scientists say North Atlantic right whale population slowly increasing
Once hunted to the brink of extinction, the most venerable of the leviathans now numbers 384, up eight from past year
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
North Atlantic right whale numbers estimated at 384. An increase in eight whales from last year - report today by the North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium. Slow population growth trend over the past four years gaining more than 7% of their 2020 population. 🦑🐋🧪🌍
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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📢 PhD opportunity at @cebc-chizelab.bsky.social @ifv-whv.bsky.social @unidue.bsky.social
🎓 Interactions between contaminants and parasites in common terns
📅 Apply by 12/12/2025 at euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/380142
#seabirds #ecotoxicology
@univ-larochelle.fr @commonternproject.bsky.social
🎓 Interactions between contaminants and parasites in common terns
📅 Apply by 12/12/2025 at euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/380142
#seabirds #ecotoxicology
@univ-larochelle.fr @commonternproject.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 9:22 AM
📢 PhD opportunity at @cebc-chizelab.bsky.social @ifv-whv.bsky.social @unidue.bsky.social
🎓 Interactions between contaminants and parasites in common terns
📅 Apply by 12/12/2025 at euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/380142
#seabirds #ecotoxicology
@univ-larochelle.fr @commonternproject.bsky.social
🎓 Interactions between contaminants and parasites in common terns
📅 Apply by 12/12/2025 at euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/380142
#seabirds #ecotoxicology
@univ-larochelle.fr @commonternproject.bsky.social
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🌍🐧 PhD: Study how Adélie penguins reveal Antarctic ecosystem resilience. (based in FR+UK)
Use AI + bio-logging (GPS, video, sensors) to link climate change, fisheries & conservation.
👉 Apply: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/380114
#PhD #Antarctica #Ecology #AI #ClimateChange
@sosbangor.bsky.social
Use AI + bio-logging (GPS, video, sensors) to link climate change, fisheries & conservation.
👉 Apply: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/380114
#PhD #Antarctica #Ecology #AI #ClimateChange
@sosbangor.bsky.social
COFUND PhD position - Marine Ecology / Conservation
La Rochelle Université is recruiting a PhD candidate on a 3-year fixed-term contract. Title of the thesis project: Disentangling the influence of natural and man-made threats on prey-predator interact...
euraxess.ec.europa.eu
October 14, 2025 at 5:24 PM
🌍🐧 PhD: Study how Adélie penguins reveal Antarctic ecosystem resilience. (based in FR+UK)
Use AI + bio-logging (GPS, video, sensors) to link climate change, fisheries & conservation.
👉 Apply: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/380114
#PhD #Antarctica #Ecology #AI #ClimateChange
@sosbangor.bsky.social
Use AI + bio-logging (GPS, video, sensors) to link climate change, fisheries & conservation.
👉 Apply: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/380114
#PhD #Antarctica #Ecology #AI #ClimateChange
@sosbangor.bsky.social
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New paper out! 🚨
We describe pre- & post-nursing behaviors in humpback whale mother–calf pairs from a unique dual-tag dataset: one tag on the mother, one on the calf.
It’s a rare look underwater at interactions we can’t see from the surface. 🌊 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
We describe pre- & post-nursing behaviors in humpback whale mother–calf pairs from a unique dual-tag dataset: one tag on the mother, one on the calf.
It’s a rare look underwater at interactions we can’t see from the surface. 🌊 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
A Descriptive Breakdown of Pre‐ and Post‐Nursing Behavioral Sequences in Humpback Whale Mother‐Calf Pairs on a Calving Ground
Click on the article title to read more.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 10, 2025 at 12:39 PM
New paper out! 🚨
We describe pre- & post-nursing behaviors in humpback whale mother–calf pairs from a unique dual-tag dataset: one tag on the mother, one on the calf.
It’s a rare look underwater at interactions we can’t see from the surface. 🌊 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
We describe pre- & post-nursing behaviors in humpback whale mother–calf pairs from a unique dual-tag dataset: one tag on the mother, one on the calf.
It’s a rare look underwater at interactions we can’t see from the surface. 🌊 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Reposted by Joshua Wilson
🐬 Registration is now OPEN for the UKIRSC 2026 Marine Mammal Conference hosted @plymuni.bsky.social 🎓A FREE event bringing together students from across the UK & Ireland to share research, connect, and learn from leading marine mammal scientists. 👇Link below
#UKIRSC2026 #MarineMammals
#UKIRSC2026 #MarineMammals
October 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
🐬 Registration is now OPEN for the UKIRSC 2026 Marine Mammal Conference hosted @plymuni.bsky.social 🎓A FREE event bringing together students from across the UK & Ireland to share research, connect, and learn from leading marine mammal scientists. 👇Link below
#UKIRSC2026 #MarineMammals
#UKIRSC2026 #MarineMammals
Reposted by Joshua Wilson
Registration is OPEN for the 4th World Seabird Conference (WSC4)!
📅 7–11 Sept 2026
📍 Hobart, Tasmania | 💻 Hybrid event
Join the global #seabird community to connect, collaborate & conserve 👉 worldseabirdunion.org/world-seabir...
#WSC4 #seabirds #Hobart2026 #ornithology
📅 7–11 Sept 2026
📍 Hobart, Tasmania | 💻 Hybrid event
Join the global #seabird community to connect, collaborate & conserve 👉 worldseabirdunion.org/world-seabir...
#WSC4 #seabirds #Hobart2026 #ornithology
October 3, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Registration is OPEN for the 4th World Seabird Conference (WSC4)!
📅 7–11 Sept 2026
📍 Hobart, Tasmania | 💻 Hybrid event
Join the global #seabird community to connect, collaborate & conserve 👉 worldseabirdunion.org/world-seabir...
#WSC4 #seabirds #Hobart2026 #ornithology
📅 7–11 Sept 2026
📍 Hobart, Tasmania | 💻 Hybrid event
Join the global #seabird community to connect, collaborate & conserve 👉 worldseabirdunion.org/world-seabir...
#WSC4 #seabirds #Hobart2026 #ornithology
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While saying they want to "preserve nature" the Conservative Party have just pledged to scrap the Climate Change Act.
This makes no sense.
How do more floods, more droughts, and rising temperatures "preserve" nature?
That's what scrapping the Act will lead to.
This makes no sense.
How do more floods, more droughts, and rising temperatures "preserve" nature?
That's what scrapping the Act will lead to.
October 2, 2025 at 11:37 AM
While saying they want to "preserve nature" the Conservative Party have just pledged to scrap the Climate Change Act.
This makes no sense.
How do more floods, more droughts, and rising temperatures "preserve" nature?
That's what scrapping the Act will lead to.
This makes no sense.
How do more floods, more droughts, and rising temperatures "preserve" nature?
That's what scrapping the Act will lead to.
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🌍📢 Postdoc alert | 3-yr starting 1/1/26
Understand how ecosystem stability is changing across space and through time using niche modelling, pinpoint at-risk species/regions, and build tools that drive conservation action🌿🧭📈
👉 tinyurl.com/2w2we5z8
#Ecology #Jobs #Biodiversity #RStats
Understand how ecosystem stability is changing across space and through time using niche modelling, pinpoint at-risk species/regions, and build tools that drive conservation action🌿🧭📈
👉 tinyurl.com/2w2we5z8
#Ecology #Jobs #Biodiversity #RStats
October 1, 2025 at 8:45 AM
🌍📢 Postdoc alert | 3-yr starting 1/1/26
Understand how ecosystem stability is changing across space and through time using niche modelling, pinpoint at-risk species/regions, and build tools that drive conservation action🌿🧭📈
👉 tinyurl.com/2w2we5z8
#Ecology #Jobs #Biodiversity #RStats
Understand how ecosystem stability is changing across space and through time using niche modelling, pinpoint at-risk species/regions, and build tools that drive conservation action🌿🧭📈
👉 tinyurl.com/2w2we5z8
#Ecology #Jobs #Biodiversity #RStats
Fascinating couple of days at the Royal Society for the conference on Global Impacts of Climate Extremes in the Polar Regions. Great to meet some world leading experts across the atmosphere, oceans, and cryosphere. A range of truly eye opening talks on how climate change threatens Antarctica
September 30, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Fascinating couple of days at the Royal Society for the conference on Global Impacts of Climate Extremes in the Polar Regions. Great to meet some world leading experts across the atmosphere, oceans, and cryosphere. A range of truly eye opening talks on how climate change threatens Antarctica
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I have a job opening in my lab. If you are interested in bird behaviour and predator prey interactions please take a look! werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
Vacancy — Postdoc Position in Decision Making in Birds
Are you an expert in animal behavior? Do you have experience working with birds? The Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED) is looking for a motivated researcher to investigate the ro...
werkenbij.uva.nl
September 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
I have a job opening in my lab. If you are interested in bird behaviour and predator prey interactions please take a look! werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
Reposted by Joshua Wilson
1/ The Wild Bird Indicators, using BTO data, have been updated today by Defra! ⬇️
Sadly, the ‘all bird species’ index, comprising the population trends of 130 species, has been in a slow continuous decline in the UK since the 1970s, down by 18% and by 4% in the last five years. 📉 #Ornithology
Sadly, the ‘all bird species’ index, comprising the population trends of 130 species, has been in a slow continuous decline in the UK since the 1970s, down by 18% and by 4% in the last five years. 📉 #Ornithology
September 23, 2025 at 12:46 PM
1/ The Wild Bird Indicators, using BTO data, have been updated today by Defra! ⬇️
Sadly, the ‘all bird species’ index, comprising the population trends of 130 species, has been in a slow continuous decline in the UK since the 1970s, down by 18% and by 4% in the last five years. 📉 #Ornithology
Sadly, the ‘all bird species’ index, comprising the population trends of 130 species, has been in a slow continuous decline in the UK since the 1970s, down by 18% and by 4% in the last five years. 📉 #Ornithology
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🌊 A historic day for our oceans! 🌍
With 60 ratifications, the High Seas Treaty will now come into force – a milestone for global ocean conservation.
Let’s keep building momentum and turn 60 into global! #60toGlobal
Discover more 👉 highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratif... @highseasalliance.bsky.social
With 60 ratifications, the High Seas Treaty will now come into force – a milestone for global ocean conservation.
Let’s keep building momentum and turn 60 into global! #60toGlobal
Discover more 👉 highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratif... @highseasalliance.bsky.social
September 20, 2025 at 7:10 AM
🌊 A historic day for our oceans! 🌍
With 60 ratifications, the High Seas Treaty will now come into force – a milestone for global ocean conservation.
Let’s keep building momentum and turn 60 into global! #60toGlobal
Discover more 👉 highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratif... @highseasalliance.bsky.social
With 60 ratifications, the High Seas Treaty will now come into force – a milestone for global ocean conservation.
Let’s keep building momentum and turn 60 into global! #60toGlobal
Discover more 👉 highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratif... @highseasalliance.bsky.social
Reposted by Joshua Wilson
Fully funded PhD working on insectivorous bird declines with a broad range of stakeholders. Starting ASAP #ornithology #zoology #biodiversity #science #ecology
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
September 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Fully funded PhD working on insectivorous bird declines with a broad range of stakeholders. Starting ASAP #ornithology #zoology #biodiversity #science #ecology
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
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🚫 Full bottom trawling bans in marine protected areas are the ONLY way to ensure a healthy ocean 🌊
If you agree, the time to use your voice is now: only.one/act/uk-mpa-c...
"We MUST seize this opportunity," our director @hugotagholm.bsky.social 🔽
The window to have your say is closing in ⌛
If you agree, the time to use your voice is now: only.one/act/uk-mpa-c...
"We MUST seize this opportunity," our director @hugotagholm.bsky.social 🔽
The window to have your say is closing in ⌛
September 16, 2025 at 11:38 AM
🚫 Full bottom trawling bans in marine protected areas are the ONLY way to ensure a healthy ocean 🌊
If you agree, the time to use your voice is now: only.one/act/uk-mpa-c...
"We MUST seize this opportunity," our director @hugotagholm.bsky.social 🔽
The window to have your say is closing in ⌛
If you agree, the time to use your voice is now: only.one/act/uk-mpa-c...
"We MUST seize this opportunity," our director @hugotagholm.bsky.social 🔽
The window to have your say is closing in ⌛