The #SeasTheDay campaign calls on the public to contact their MPs with three asks: To ban bottom trawling in marine protected areas, to end overfishing by bringing fishing catch limits within scientific advice and to end social inequality by reforming fishing quota allocations in the UK. Join the campaign and contact your MP.
The Maldives government intends to reopen longline fishing, which would decimate the ocean’s biodiversity. We launched the campaign #AgainstLonglining with the Maldives Ocean Alliance, Only One and the Yellow Fin Tuna Alliance. The international digital petition that has received over 20,000 signatures. Sign the petition, share it with your network and learn more on page six.
We celebrated Shark Awareness Day and Marine Protected Areas Day. Additionally, we launched a series of British Sign Language films with SignUp Media to help break down barriers in ocean literacy. The videos invite our audience to learn some British Sign Language.
