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Lance Morgan

@saltylance

President, Marine Conservation Institute

 Sonoma, California
marine-conservation.org
Joined March 2011
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“More effort should be focused on improving the @sanctuaries program & ensuring that new areas being created ban commercial fishing methods like bottom trawling.” NEW @nytimes critically reviews the @WhiteHouse’s #ConservationAtlas: nytimes.com/2024/04/30/clima… @savingoceans
U.S. Plan to Protect Oceans Has a Problem, Some Say: Too Much Fishing (Published 2024)

U.S. Plan to Protect Oceans Has a Problem, Some Say: Too Much Fishing (Published 2024)

An effort to protect 30 percent of land and waters would count some commercial fishing zones as conserved areas.

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📢 New #HighSeasTreaty signature alert! 👏 The Republic of Korea 🇰🇷 joins the #RaceForRatification! 8⃣3⃣ countries have now marked their commitment to ratifying the #HighSeasTreaty 🌊 by signing 🖊️ the #BBNJ Agreement 📜 See the full country list: highseasalliance.org/treaty-…
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The #HighSeasTreaty opened for signatures on Sept 20, and after two days of signing, the count has reached 7⃣5⃣ 🖊️ 📜 @Bec_Hubbard explains what the #RaceForRatification means for the #HighSeas and why we're excited by the progress made this week #UNGA78👇highseasalliance.org/2023/09…
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Hypocrisy is threatening the future of the world’s oceans nature.com/articles/d41586-0… – at Coronado, CA
Hypocrisy is threatening the future of the world’s oceans

Hypocrisy is threatening the future of the world’s oceans

Nature - A few powerful nations are undermining progress towards global ocean sustainability. Scientists can help hold them to account.

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Discovered in the deep: an octopus’s garden in the shade - new details to this incredible display theguardian.com/environment/…
Discovered in the deep: an octopus’s garden in the shade

Discovered in the deep: an octopus’s garden in the shade

Two miles under the dark ocean off California, 20,000 pearl octopuses use the gentle heat of nearby volcanic springs to help their babies hatch faster

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The number of nesting leatherback turtles in Parque Nacional Marino Las Baulas since monitoring began in 1988/89. The data show that over the past 30 years, the number of nesting leatherback turtles has declined by about 98%. Driven largely by High Seas fisheries bycatch
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On 20th Sept all eyes will be on UN Member States! 👀 We need 60 countries to sign and ratify the #HighSeasTreaty so it gets into force and becomes international law. The #HighSeas are in need of protection. Don't fail them! #RatifyNow! 🐙🐠🌊 #RaceForRatification
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Ratings Agency Fitch: as biodiversity becomes increasingly relevant across financial markets, high-risk activities such as seabed extraction are likely to fall out of favour with investors. eco-business.com/news/biodiv…

Biodiversity risk casts doubt over future of deep-sea mining for inves

Analysts warn that investors are increasingly wary of the biodiversity risks of deep-sea mining, and so mining companies will find it ever harder to secure the billions needed to extract much-neede...

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The race is on to stop deep-sea mining newint.org/features/2023/05/… via @newint – at Glen Ellen, CA

The race is on to stop deep-sea mining

Graeme Green reports on why this is a critical year to stop destructive deep-sea mining from taking hold of the world’s oceans.

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Last Tuesday, the Governments of 🇵🇼Palau, 🇨🇷Costa Rica, 🇻🇺Vanuatu, & 🇧🇷Brazil joined forces with us to celebrate our living ocean & why we need to urgently #DefendTheDeep from #DeepSeaMining, watch some highlights👉youtube.com/watch?v=LGn3935A… @GinaGGCR @HerveBerville @Sid_Ocean
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🧵🚨Today is the first day of the @ISBAHQ Assembly meeting where countries are set to formally discuss–for the first time in #ISA history❗️– the growing call for a pause on #DeepSeaMining! #ISA28 savethehighseas.org/isa-trac…
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We ask @SharkWeek the same question every year - when will you call out ecocidal USA shark tournaments? #EndSharkTournaments #SharkWeek fox10tv.com/2023/07/22/recor…
Record-breaking 1,019 pound tiger shark reeled in at ADSFR!

Record-breaking 1,019 pound tiger shark reeled in at ADSFR!

According to Southeastern Outdoors, it does beat the state record for a tiger shark, kept for over 30 years at 988 pounds.

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If we want to achieve #30by30, we need that at least 60 countries ratify the #HighSeasTreaty by 2025. Once the Treaty gets in force, it will enable to deliver the global outcomes the ocean needs now. bit.ly/3D94b5v #HighSeas #RaceforRatification #RatifyNow
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Marine Protected Areas along California’s coast see success in first decade ocregister.com/2023/07/17/ma…
Marine Protected Areas along California’s coast see success in first decade

Marine Protected Areas along California’s coast see success in first decade

Recently, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife released a report that showed the benefits of the protected area that are showing a significant growth in sea and plant life.

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Did you know that less than 8% of the world's oceans are currently protected? Blue Parks support international effort to safeguard 30% of the ocean by 2030. Learn more about what you can do to support the 30x30 initiative. Together we can save our oceans! marine-conservation.org/supp…
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The biggest gold rush in history is about to start in the deep sea – leaving devastation in its wake | Guy Standing theguardian.com/commentisfre…
The biggest gold rush in history is about to start in the deep sea – leaving devastation in its...

The biggest gold rush in history is about to start in the deep sea – leaving devastation in its...

Applications to mine the seabed in our ocean commons can be made from 9 July, says Guy Standing, author of The Blue Commons

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On 19 June, the @UN is expected to adopt the historic new #BBNJ agreement on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity of areas covering over two-thirds of the #ocean. Follow it live: webtv.un.org More at: un.org/bbnj
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Can next week's special meeting in Chile break the deadlock over East Antarctica's marine park proposal? theconversation.com/can-next… via @ConversationEDU
Can next week’s special meeting in Chile break the deadlock over East Antarctica’s marine park...

Can next week’s special meeting in Chile break the deadlock over East Antarctica’s marine park...

China and Russia have been blocking international plans to protect marine life in East Antarctica. Will next week’s special meeting in Chile break the deadlock? Australia hopes so.

theconversation.com
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Congratulations! @MarineCons uvic.ca/news/topics/2023+com… – at Glen Ellen, CA
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Replying to @mvonlind @4kgjerde @sdfuller @Duncan_Currie @LizKaran @LSpeerOceans @Bec_Hubbard @saltylance @Veroceans @HighSeasPolicy @WillGreenpeace @AlexDavidRogers
Not forgetting critter-mamma @quietnova Happy #WorldOceanDay to you too!
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