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What better way to start off the new year than with some #oceanoptimism! Here are 10 of our favourite good ocean news stories from 2022: oceana.ca/en/blog/good-n… 
1) Ten countries in the Indian Ocean are banding together to create a network of marine conservation areas called the "Great Blue Wall." This effort will focus on protecting coral reefs, mangroves & seagrass meadows, supporting a global goal to protect 30% of the oceans by 2030.
2) A new fish species, called the rose-veiled fairy wrasse, was discovered in the Maldives. It is the first-ever fish to be described by a Maldivian scientist and one of the first to have its scientific name derived from the local Dhivehi language, 'finifenmaa' meaning "rose."
Good morning folks 🌊
It's Sunday morning so I am going to keep it light and easy - with a 🧵of interesting videos that you can watch at your leisure😎📺🌊
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It's Sunday morning so I am going to keep it light and easy - with a 🧵of interesting videos that you can watch at your leisure😎📺🌊
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#RealVoices
Is a series of short films about fishers here in 🇮🇪 and their connection to the sea.
John Brittain, a Galway sea angler tells us how he believes MPAs could lead to better living for coastal communities & a chance to protect biodiversity.
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Is a series of short films about fishers here in 🇮🇪 and their connection to the sea.
John Brittain, a Galway sea angler tells us how he believes MPAs could lead to better living for coastal communities & a chance to protect biodiversity.
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#BlueCarbon
Is the organic carbon captured & stored by the world's oceanic & coastal ecosystems (think seagrasses, macroalgae, mangroves, salt marshes etc.) making the 🌊our biggest ally for mitigating #ClimateChange 💪🌍🌎🌏
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Is the organic carbon captured & stored by the world's oceanic & coastal ecosystems (think seagrasses, macroalgae, mangroves, salt marshes etc.) making the 🌊our biggest ally for mitigating #ClimateChange 💪🌍🌎🌏
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We're going to #livetweet this event! Watch along with us here and send us your follow up questions.
Here we go! @BillWeirCNN is hosting Thad Allen of @USCG , @LibbySchaaf the Mayor of Oakland, Emily Pidgeon of @ConservationOrg, our own Greg Ruiz, Phil Ryan of Swiss Re Americas, and Tuck Hines of @SmithsonianEnv !
Mayor @LibbySchaaf of Oakland, CA talking about climate change effects in San Francisco Bay Area, one of our major areas of invasions research.
Ive been feeling pessimistic about marine conservation in 2018. Not only bc of bad actors (eg Trump) but also due to the duplicity, ignorance, and greed of marine scientists and conservation orgs. Some seem more interested in $ &/or recognition than actual biodiversity outcomes.
So to balance @ayanaeliza's wonderful piece about cons wins collectiv.in/SciAm08 here is a short list of some of our failures, followed by commentary on why I think they matter.
Up first has to be @TheOceanCleanup which as the @deepseanews team and many others predicted, did not actually capture any plastic. It did burn though tens of millions of cons $ and killed countless marine critters as @RebeccaRHelm pointed out. A #conservationfail of epic scale.
