Great start to #OOC11 in Mombasa, Kenya, where Oceana Board member Christina Chemtai Hicks is giving a keynote address to the pre-conference Science & Research Symposium. Diversity of life, of fishing methods, and of fishing communities is essential to sustainability and human nutrition.
Thousands of tonnes of fish are illegally turned into fishmeal & oil off the coast of Guinea-Bissau, reveal @theguardian.com & @desmog.com. Later exported, these products "can enter the EU without documentation on species or origin", says @verampcoelho.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...
🌊Join us for a special screening of Women from the Sea, hosted by MEP Paulo do Nascimento Cabral with the support of Oceana, followed by a debate with @verampcoelho.bsky.social.
📅 14 January 2026
🕒 17:30 - 19:30
📍 European Parliament, Brussels
✅ Register here: forms.gle/jdvren3KS6ef...
Just copy-pasting the EU’s existing targets into the new #OceanAct would be fairly meaningless.
Ambitions like protecting 30% of the ocean by 2030—agreed by the EU but not yet in law—must be added.
Read @verampcoelho.bsky.social’s interview with @endseurope.com: www.endseurope.com/article/1937...
⚠️Rules that are not implemented and enforced *cannot* be effective.⚠️
It is high time
for Member States to deliver on their obligations;
for @europarl.europa.eu to hold them accountable for abiding by co-decided law;
for @ec.europa.eu to enforce EU law when they fail to do so.
#EndOverfishing
I am thrilled to start this new challenge, and honoured to lead @oceana.bsky.social's incredible team in Europe. We’ll keep pushing to make the continent a global leader in #ocean conservation and restoration, leading to abundant fisheries and climate resilient, prosperous communities.
EU ocean diplomacy should be a race to the top, highlights
@verampcoelho.bsky.social at #EUOceanDays:
✔️Same social and environmental standards for EU fleets and fish imports
✔️Strong partnerships with coastal states outside the EU
✔️More fisheries transparency to prevent illegal fishing