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Domino Albert 🌊
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Delivery Director at @commsinc.bsky.social - Ocean Conservation 🌊 Sharks 🦈 Scuba Diving 🤿 and Nature Positive 🌍
🦈 #SharkLeague News from #ICCAT 2025:

New safeguards for basking and white sharks, reduced South Atlantic mako catch limits, & improved compliance processes, but ICCAT is not acting decisively enough to address non-compliance.

#Sharks #SharkConservation #ICCAT2025

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ICCAT 2025: New Protections for Sharks Agreed
Fishing nations agree to protect basking and white sharks, cut mako quotas, and improve compliance process.
sharkleague.org
November 24, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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At #CITESCOP20, governments face last chance to save whale sharks, manta rays, and more.

“The science is unequivocal, and the tools and support to implement CITES already exist for governments once listings pass,” says WCS's @lukedavid301.bsky.social.

🌏 bit.ly/3M1qTnS
November 24, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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COP30 TEXT ANALYSIS: One way to read dense COP text is to focus on the verbs. These are helpfully italicised – and for good reason.

MOSTLY INACTIVE: Carbon Brief analysis of the “global mutirão” text finds 69 inactive verbs, requiring no action, against 32 active verbs.
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November 22, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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NEW – COP30: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Belém

Read here ➡️ buff.ly/3isyGpX

#COP30
November 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Mark your calendar 🗓️

Announced at #COP30:
The 11th Our Ocean Conference will take place from 16–18 June 2026 - hosted by the Gvt of Kenya 🇰🇪

#OOC11 will build on a decade of commitments advancing marine protection, climate action, sustainable fisheries & the blue economy. #OurOceanConference
November 19, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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🎥 Behind the Scenes with Communications INC at #COP30

Week one is coming to an end, and what a week it’s been.

We’ve pulled together our reflections from the Nature Newsroom in a new blog.

communicationsinc.co.uk/inside-cop30...
Nature’s Newsroom at COP30: Week One Reflections
Inside week one of COP30 with Nature4Climate. Reflections from Nature’s Newsroom on the themes shaping nature and climate action.
communicationsinc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 10:31 AM
After months of swimming (and occasionally drowning) in data… the Ocean Breakthroughs Dashboard is live.

Proud of this one. 🌊
ocean-breakthroughs.org/dashboard

#OceanBreakthroughs #OceanData #DataVisualisation #OceanComms @worldresources.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 7:22 PM
“This is very concerning because this is a sign that reef-associated shark species are very low in terms of the size of their population,” explained Joshua Rambahiniarison, CORDIO East Africa shark expert and expedition scientist.

#Shark #COP30

www.apmultimedianewsroom.com/multimedia-n...
AP Multimedia Newsroom - Sharks In The Deep Offer Hope To COP Leaders, But Extinction Threat Looms In Indian Ocean Shallows As Climate Crisis Escalates For Comoros
Scientists on the Nekton First Descent: Comoros expedition, 06 October -14 November 2025, have discovered evidence of healthy reefs below 30m and deep-water shark populations off the East African isla...
www.apmultimedianewsroom.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:29 AM
The Ocean at COP30 - There's a Toolkit for that!

🌊 𝗪𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝗖𝗢𝗣𝟯𝟬

📘 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹𝗸𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 #𝗪𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱: trello.com/b/BGrciByr/w...

#COP30 #BluePackage #OceanBreakthroughs #BlueCOP30
November 13, 2025 at 10:31 AM
NEW #SharkLeague #ICCAT Factsheet outlines key steps needed to strengthen existing measures & close critical gaps - from enforcing the finning ban & rebuilding shortfin mako populations to protecting basking & white sharks, & ensuring sustainable blue 🦈 fisheries sharkleague.org/2025/11/10/i...
ICCAT 2025: Shark League Calls for Stronger Protections
The Shark League’s ICCAT 2025 factsheet outlines science-based steps to protect sharks and rays and strengthen Atlantic conservation.
sharkleague.org
November 12, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Here's a fun quiz to test your climate and nature knowledge, and hopefully learn a bit more about the environment in the process.

#COP30 #Quiz

www.context.news/nature/how-m...
How much do you know about COP30 and climate change? | Context by TRF
The U.N. climate summit heads to the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. Test your knowledge with our quiz
www.context.news
November 8, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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𝘖𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘙𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘱 Oct edition out now!

Each month, we review the latest peer-reviewed research across key ocean topics to make ocean science accessible, relevant & useful for communicators. @oceanflotilla.bsky.social
https://www.oceanprotect.org/2025/10/11/ocean-science-roundup-septembe-2025/
November 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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With its early leadership and significant funding, Belize has emerged as a linchpin in Mesoamerican Reef conservation and fisheries management.

This summary brings together what various experts have said—highlighting gaps, issues, and actionable recommendations as they relate to Belize.
Belize’s blue reputation vs. reef reality: Marine conservation wins, and what’s missing (commentary)
Belize sells itself as a small-country answer to a big problem: how to keep the sea alive and the people who depend on it working. The pitch is strong. A debt-for-nature “blue bond” shaved public…
news.mongabay.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Across Europe, a coordinated assault on civil society is unfolding with surgical precision.

euobserver.com/eu-political...
How NGOs die — Europe's playbook for dismantling democracy
The playbook is brutally efficient: fabricate a scandal, delegitimise and defund organisations into dependency on philanthropic support, then criminalise their new funding as foreign influence — all w...
euobserver.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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This #Halloween, here’s to campaigns built on insight, not guesswork.

Because the scariest thing in comms isn’t a ghost, it’s flying blind. 👻

Learn more about our Insight & Strategy Unit: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:share:7390022086309683200/

#OceanISU
October 31, 2025 at 5:07 PM
If your digital strategy still relies on broadcasting, it’s time to rethink.

@levin.bsky.social and @newmode.bsky.social dive into the New Rules of Political Engagement and why @bsky.app is outperforming other platforms.

🎥 Get the recording: www.newmode.net/newrules

#DigitalStrategy #Advocacy
October 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Looking forward to this live stream that's going down in just a matter of hours now.

It's been fun to see hundreds of people I deeply respect sign up.

Sign up here to join the stream. Everyone who registers will also be sent a recording of the conversation. www.newmode.net/newrules
The New Rules of Political Engagement in 2025
Join experts on October 27th to explore new strategies for political engagement and mobilization in 2025, featuring insights from leading movement leaders.
www.newmode.net
October 27, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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Thanks @synchearth.bsky.social & Kristina for help to get next generation into @deepseaconserve.bsky.social & #HighSeas conservation. First recipients to be announced at the inaugural #BBNJ COP.
www.synchronicityearth.org/award-for-ea...
New award launched for early-career marine conservationists
The Ocean Stewardship Award identifies and empowers the next generation of ocean leaders, with a focus on protecting the high and deep seas.
www.synchronicityearth.org
October 23, 2025 at 8:06 AM
🦈 A new study indicates that deep-sea mining could threaten at least 30 species of sharks, rays and chimaeras, many of which are already at risk of extinction.

#SharkConservation #Shark #DeepSea #DeepSeaMining #DefendTheDeep

news.mongabay.com/2025/10/mini...
Mining the deep-sea could further threaten endangered sharks and rays
New research has found that deep-sea mining in international waters could threaten at least 30 species of sharks, rays and chimaeras — many of which are already at risk of extinction. Chondrichthyes, ...
news.mongabay.com
October 23, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The case is the latest incident in what some conservationists say are ongoing problems with regulating South Africa’s shark fishery.

news.mongabay.com/2025/10/sout...
South African sharks threatened by fisheries, weak enforcement
Gqeberha, SOUTH AFRICA — On June 17, marine biologist Enrico Gennari and a group of students set out into the water in South Africa’s Mossel Bay. They were planning to use baited remote underwater vid...
news.mongabay.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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𝘖𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘙𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘱 Sept edition out now!

Each month, Communications INC reviews the latest peer-reviewed research across key ocean topics to make ocean science accessible, relevant, and useful for communicators.
https://www.oceanprotect.org/2025/10/11/ocean-science-roundup-septembe-2025/
October 16, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Strategic communications and #OceanLiteracy put people at the 💙 of solutions for ocean health.

The Ocean and Society Survey, led by @colcoalition.ca and co-authored by Comms INC, provides new insights and tools to mobilise ocean action globally and to guide more effective, impactful communication.
Ocean and Society Survey Paper Published
A new paper introduces the Ocean & Society Survey—a global tool to understand people–ocean connections and support effective communication.
communicationsinc.co.uk
October 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM