🔬 OceanEye, the EU Ocean Pact roadmap & the forthcoming European Ocean Act signal growing political traction for research-driven ocean action. Science must remain at the core of these decisions. #OceanPact #OceanAct #OceanEye
Commissioner Costas Kadis:
“The #OceanAct will integrate all ocean objectives into a single framework, simplifying rules & aligning blue economy with environmental protection.”
The ocean is not just environmental, it’s strategic for #Europe’s future.
🌊 What if the ocean became one of Europe’s strongest strategic priorities?
At #EuropeanOceanDays in Brussels, @Europe Jacques Delors & @Oceano Azul Foundation launched “Building an #OceanUnion: Blueprint for a Transformative #OceanAct” – shaping a unified EU ocean policy.
Dass ein guter Meereszustand oder das Ende der Überfischung in der 🇪🇺 bis 2020 nicht erreicht wurden, lag NICHT an unklaren oder komplizierten Zielen. Es fehlte an einer effektiven Umsetzung. Der #OceanAct darf die bestehenden Ziele nicht aufweichen, sondern muss bei ihrer Umsetzung unterstützen! 3/3
Die #EUOceanDays zeigen effektive Lösungen für zahlreiche Meereskrisen auf – vom #SchutzFürSchutzgebiete bis zu der überfälligen sozialökon. Transformation der Fischerei. Daraus wird nichts, wenn Naturschutzstandards weiter verwässert u. abgebaut werden. Ein starker #OceanAct muss her! 🇪🇺🌊💪 1/3
Europe needs to enforce ocean laws 🌊
The European Commission’s Call for Evidence on the #OceanAct closed yesterday – and it received nearly 800 responses. That level of engagement shows just how high the stakes are.
📌 Read our consultation response here: www.clientearth.org/media/dycip5...
🌊Europe has a unique chance to protect the ocean.
The #OceanAct must not only coordinate but deliver: fix implementation gaps, #EndBottomTrawling in MPAs, stop #PaperParks, protect 30% of EU seas (10% strictly), and put coastal communities first.
👉 ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
Oceana was delighted to speak today at the 3rd #BlueEconomy conference in Brussels 🌊 to share views on the upcoming #OceanAct and the importance of making ocean health a central objective to drive effective policy change.
The EU is gathering evidence for its #OceanAct — a huge chance to turn the tide for the #BalticSea 🌊
WWF urges the EU & Baltic countries to legally commit to protecting 30% of marine areas by 2030.
Our sea deserves real protection 💙
Read more🔗 www.sustaineurope.com/europe-ocean...
As announced #EUOceanPact, @ec.europa.eu is collecting input to shape its future legislative proposal for a European #OceanAct 🇪🇺🌊📜 - until 09/02
Key features:
🌊🗺️ strengthen #maritimespatialplanning
🔭🛰️ structure 🇪🇺 #OceanObservation governance
🐙🐟🦪🌿 enhance marine protection
✂️🔢 simplify reporting
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The EU #OceanAct must drive a just transition to low-impact activities that protect coastal communities, ensure sustainable livelihoods, & support a regenerative #BlueEconomy.
Giving low-impact fishers preferential access to all EU coastal waters, is key to this. #MakeFishingFair
... the MSP Directive 2014/89/EU and prepares a legislative proposal for a European Ocean Act 🌊📜
#EUOceanPact #OceanAct
Link to the full study 👉
www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etud... 2/2
Our ocean is in trouble. But marine life can bounce back.
In 2026, the EU will unveil its #OceanAct. It could be a game-changer, delivering legally binding protection for #OurOcean.
💙Hit like if you want binding action to protect and restore our ocean.
❌The EU is failing to meet its #30x30 target, with 10% under strict protection.
The EU #OceanAct must turn voluntary targets into legally binding ones to ensure action, accountability, and not allow marine #paperparks in the EU!
Today the @emarineboard.bsky.social Chair Dr Fiona Grant from @marineinst.bsky.social will be highlighting the marine science needs for the #OCEANPact and the #Research&InnovationStrategy and the #OceanAct! The meeting is opened by Commissioner Kadis @ec.europa.eu #DGMARE !
🌊 Is #Europe serious about building an Ocean Union or still stuck in fragmented waters?
Our new Policy Brief breaks down the European #OceanPact: its political roots, its six pillars, its blind spots, and what the upcoming European #OceanAct must deliver to turn ambition into real change.
🚨Last chance to register!
Join us, Coalition Clean Baltic & Isabella Lovin MEP on 10 Dec (3-5pm CET) in the European Parliament for a panel on sustainable multi-use of offshore wind farms & opportunities for small-scale fishers.
👉 Register by 3 Dec EOB (limited places!)
#OceanAct #OceanPact #SSF
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...
Our ocean is in trouble. But marine life can bounce back.
Next year, the EU will unveil its #OceanAct. It could be a game-changer, delivering legally binding protection for #OurOcean.
💙Hit like if you want binding action to protect and restore our ocean.
#OceanWeek continues with event in EP on #MPAs and destructive fishing. Important to also reflect on the EU self claimed global ocean leader when our own #MPAs are paperparks which allow #bottomtrawling.
#OceanAct
Our ocean is in trouble. But marine life can bounce back.
Next year, the EU will unveil its #OceanAct. It could be a game-changer, delivering legally binding protection for #OurOcean.
💙Hit like if you want binding action to protect and restore our ocean.
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🌱 A precautionary approach and one that makes sense on Blue Carbon, prioritizing restoration and protection over the dvp of blue carbon credits.
We look forward to continuing this dialogue with you & working together to turn ambition into action.
#EUOceanPact #OceanAct #HealthyOcean
Commissioner Kadis give an overview of the #EuropeanOceanPact
6 building blocks
1. Protecting &resyoring ocean health,
Boosting sustainable blue economy
3. Supporting outermost islands and resilience
4. Build robust knowledge framework
5 protect …
And the #OceanAct
der #OceanPact ist der Begriff der evp/epp (inclusive environmental damage)
was wir wollen, ist ein #OceanAct
(so hab ich's verstanden)
We’re here at #UNOC3 🎉 One of our top asks to @ec.europa.eu is to get a legally binding #OceanAct out of the #OceanPact - a message our Exec Director shared with @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu & Commissioner Kadis🤝 Their presence here sets the right tone that #OurOcean needs all the attention it can get.
"The Ocean Pact announced today is a mixed bag of positives and negatives. The promised Ocean Act needs to cut through the confusion and contradiction to ensure the ocean is truly protected and the EU commits firmly to a regenerative blue economy" Says Monica Verbeek, Executive Director, Seas At Risk
Today's final #OceanPact contains:
✅ The good (no to #DeepSeaMining)
❌ The bad (weak commitment on funding)
💩 And the ugly (no action to #BanBottomTrawling in MPAs)
The #OceanAct is promising & could pave the way for a healthy ocean, but *only* if it's bold & binding. #UNOC3
