Happy Birthday, Sir David. Thank you for all the inspiration.
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🚨 BREAKING: The 28 oil & gas exploration licences we legally challenged have just been ruled lawful by the High Court. This means exploration can go ahead, despite 3/4 of them sitting inside marine PROTECTED areas - wildlife havens home to porpoises, puffins & seals 🐬 @ChrisGP@DeborahMeaden @OceanaUK

We must #EndOverfishing now!

What is the government waiting for to set sustainable catch limits? The complete collapse of key fish stocks? It's time to follow the science.

We've just published a new report on UK fish populations showing overfishing is emptying our seas M to ACT NOW: act.oceana.org/page/178303/da…

@DeborahMeaden @ChrisGPackham @GreenJennyJones @Seasaver @BlueEarthSummit @MeganMcCubbin @GreenpeaceUK @oceana

The water & sewage scandal is getting worse.

Maybe we could enforce laws instead of protecting private profits?

“A national disgrace”

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Destructive bottom trawling is STILL taking place in most UK marine protected areas. It's obscene! 😡❌

The govt has finally proposed bans in 41 sites, but it's not final. They want to hear from the public first. 🗣️

👉WE NEED YOUR VOICE:

only.one/act/uk-mpa-con…
naUK

📢 This #WorldOceanDay, we demand action for our seas: BAN bottom trawling in marine protected areas. 🌊

Destructive bottom trawling is STILL going on in most of our marine protected areas. 🚨

Let's tell them the world is watching and the time is now. ⏰ 

@OceanaUK @oceana

Why on earth can’t our government ban flushing wet wipes & force manufacturers to pay for environmental clean ups in the UK? In fact, why can’t they ban a whole range of single-use plastics that pollute almost every natural space we have left?

theguardian.com/environment/20…

It’s completely incomprehensible that one of the most destructive ways of fishing is permitted in Marine Protected Areas. What exactly are these areas protected from? Please contact @SteveReedMP to urge action on this crucial issue to protect & restore our seas. @OceanaUK

UPDATE: 10,000+ emails sent to @SteveReedMP demanding a #BottomTrawling ban in marine protected areas.

The public want to see destructive fishing outlawed in marine sanctuaries.

Please sign & share the @OceanaUK e-action if you haven't yet. 💪

act.for-the-ocean.org/act/protect-uk…

Bottom trawling is DESTROYING marine protected areas. ❌

But YOU can help take action against this hypocrisy. Email Secretary of State Steve Reed to demand an end to bottom trawling in ocean havens 👇

act.for-the-ocean.org/act/protect-uk…

@OceanaUK @oceana @onlyone @ChrisGPackham

Sir David Attenborough's new doc Ocean launches next week, & #BottomTrawling is front & centre as one of the most terrifying threats facing our seas.🪸 These vessels tear up the seabed with such force “the trails of destruction can be seen from space@ocea

Good to talk to @JohnKerry on the tenth anniversary of the @OurOceanOOC and hear more about the commitments & impacts it has driven to protect the global ocean, tackle climate change, & support thriving marine life & communities. @oceana @OceanaUK

For every $ invested in Marine Protected Areas returns $5 in economic benefits; protecting ecosystems, coastal communities & livelihoods, safeguarding fisheries, delivering climate resilience @DrRashidSumaila @OurOceanOOC @oceana 🐋🌊🌎

Ocean waters are the source of life on the planet. The work to save the ocean from man made catastrophe is perhaps our greatest challenge. @JohnKerry @OurOceanOOC @oceana

It’s a crucial time for protecting the global ocean. @ThomsonFiji opening at @OurOceanOOC urging bold action to deliver strong Marine Protected Areas, action to end overfishing, tackle plastic pollution & deliver the ocean positive transition to renewable energy. @oceana

I’m heading to the @OurOceanOOC to talk about @oceana campaigns and how new technology, open data & satellite tracking can accelerate policy & regulation protection to stop ocean pollution & safeguard Marine Protected Areas. @OceanaUK @GlobalFishWatch @SkyTruth

Given the extent to which water companies have misled the public & regulators over sewage spills, which water company boss & executives are going to prison first then?

@Feargal_Sharkey @GreenJennyJones @MattStaniek @RiverActionUK @sascampaigns

Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism,

Every action has a reaction.

“The economic value of entire regions – coastal, arid, wildfire-prone – will begin to vanish from financial ledgers. Markets will reprice, rapidly and brutally. This is what a climate-driven market dpcarrington

We urgently need to ban bottom trawl-fishing in the UK's marine protected areas. This industry

❌ Indiscriminately harms marine wildlife
❌ Destroys vital habitat from corals to seagrass
❌ Deepens the climate crisis

➡️81% of the British public support a ban. @OceanaUK

The plastic pollution crisis in our ocean is set to get worse. A new @oceana report reveals the shocking statistics behind the world’s most prolific plastic polluter @CocaCola It estimate Coke will drive 600 million kilos of plastic pollution to our seas annually by 2030‼️🌍⚠️

🚨 TODAY, we take the UK government to court.
 
They handed out 31 reckless oil & gas licences - some inside marine protected areas - without proper checks. ❌
 
This is a fight for our ocean, marine life & climate. We won’t back down. Who’s with us? ✊
 
Follow @OceanaUK for updates. #OceanVsOil 🌊⚖️

Governments must ban destructive bottom-trawling in Marine Protected Areas to allow marine life, fish populations & ecosystems to thrive. Which country will step up next?

@oceana @OceanaUK

independent.co.uk/climate-change…

We all depend on clean & healthy water. This World Water Day join the call to end the polluting & profiteering by Big Water. The scam of privatisation has failed. Time to protect our rivers, seas & pockets.

Ask your MP to attend @labourlewis' Water Bill debate on 28 March

#WorldWaterLheqkq

I stand with Greenpeace ✊🌍

What a total injustice. Big Oil deploying bullying litigation tactics to silence environmental activists. A jury made up of multiple individuals linked to the oil industry. A complete sham & set up.

Stoked to see one of my protest surfboards on display at the brilliant @Cornwall_Museum - it has seen some big national protests against pollution, and some great waves! 🤙🪧✊🌊

This tragic event shows once again that dangerous spills occur everywhere Big Oil goes. We are now seeing toxic oil pouring from the 183-metre-long tanker into – or very near – marine protected areas. @oceana @OceanaUK ⚠️⚠️⚠️

🚨 BREAKING! Just dropped: new bombshell map for the Ocean Alliance, exposing oil pollution in UK seas. 💣 And it’s BAD. 
 
Big Oil’s dirty secret? A steady stream of spills poisoning our ocean.
 
Don’t let Big Oil hide the truth! Share this NOW. 📢

👉stopoffshoredrilling.org.uk/map
👉act.oceana.org/page/165588/ac…

Gulf of Cornwall. 🌊

Rosebank oilfield decision ruled unlawful by Edinburgh court!!

Huge win for the climate, people & planet! 🌍🐋💙🙌👏

Kudos to @StopCambo @GreenpeaceUK @tessakhan & all the campaigners, individuals & orgs that helped.

theguardian.com/environment/20…

There we have it. The customer is bailing out the privatised water industry for the work they failed to do with the money we gave them before.

@Feargal_Sharkey @GreenJennyJones @MattStaniek

So they want the tax payer to wipe the debt slate clean so they can start raking in the private profits again. Nationalise the debt. Privatise the profit. Charlatans.

theguardian.com/business/2025/…

Humpback whales back in Britain, with rise in sightings from Kent to Isles of Scilly.

@OceanaUK @oceana

theguardian.com/environment/20…

Window to stop decline of England’s nature closing fast.

“…the oceans around England likely to miss their target of being in good ecological status by 2027 as a result of pressures including overfishing and pollution”

@OceanaUK @oceana

theguardian.com/environment/20…

Daytime fox 🦊 padding past me on my lunchtime through Little Venice @ChrisGPackham

Back the Climate and Nature Bill—don’t block it!

💚 A Bill for prosperity and wellbeing.
🫂 A Bill for people and communities across the UK.
🌎 A Bill to restore nature and tackle climate change.

Prime Minister, @Keir_Starmer — will you back the #CANBill on 24 January?
@oceana

‘Pristine Environments Protect Us’

Check out my latest column on deep sea mining & the need to #DefendTheDeep in the latest issue of @Oceano_mag

🐋🌊🌎🚨

@DeepSeaConserve @GreenpeaceUK @GreenJennyJones @LouisaCasson @Seasaver @Bluemarinef @domdyer70

Ocean & Climate Victory ✊✌️🌊🐋💙

The US President is to prohibit future oil and gas leasing across parts of the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, the eastern Gulf of Mexico and the Northern Bering Sea.

@oceana @PressOceana @StopCambo @OceanaUK

washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

UK electricity cleanest ever in 2024, with record 58% from low-carbon sources.

theguardian.com/environment/20…

Stoked! Mission accomplished! 150/150 surfs in 2024 chalked up today. Perfect, empty, lefts at one of my favourite spots. 🎯💙🌊🤙🙏✊ #LifeBalance #SurfGoals @CarveMag @finisterre

Some whales are more than 100 years old, smashing previously estimated life expectancies, according to new research. 🐋 🐋

independent.co.uk/news/science/a…

Merry Christmas one & all.
Thanks for all the support this year.
🙏🤙💙🎄🐋🌊

🌊 Marine protected areas critical to #ocean health AND fisheries‼️

Protected waters provide a spillover benefit to #fisheries, even for highly migratory species like tuna.

@undercur @oceana @OceanaUK

Paul Watson is Free! 🐋🌊✊

Denmark 🇩🇰 refuses to extradite Paul Watson to Japan.🇯🇵

@CaptPaulWatson @SeaShepherdFran

theguardian.com/world/2024/dec…

All to enable & maximise the profits of private water companies.

A 35 year long swindle.

Renationalisation is ultimately the only real solution.

@We_OwnIt @GreenJennyJones

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Coca-Cola ‘one of the world’s most polluting brands when it comes to plastic waste’ apparently abandons its 2030 pledges in ‘masterclass of greenwashing’. A company that seems to consistently deceive environmental NGOs & activists to protect its profits.

theguardian.com/environment/20…

Join me on Blue Sky 🦋🌊🐋🌎

@hugotagholm.bsky.social

Deep sea mining plans blocked in Norway 🇳🇴🚫

Environmental groups described the news as a “historic win” for ocean protection.

Oslo had planned to let companies apply to mine 280,000 sq km (108,000 sq miles) of its waters, an area greater than the UK, for deep-sea minerals.

Make it a Blue Friday.
More waves, less stuff.

Great to see so many MPs & Peers at the @zerohour_uk Climate & Nature Bill event in Westminster.

✊ Join the cross-party call to MPs to support this vital Bill to tackle the nature & climate crisis - and deliver a thriving future.

🐋 Email your MP today—and ask them to back the #CANBillMP @ZacGoldsmith @carla_denyer @Wera_Hobhouse @AndrewGeorge_ @sianberry 🙏🌊🌎

👉 action.zerohour.uk

So we have more failing bathing waters, higher bills, and tax-payer funded bailouts of privately owned water companies. Privatised profits? Publicly owned debt? It’s an obscene joke.

Come find us on 🦋 Blue Sky

bsky.app/profile/hugota…

On #WorldFisheriesDay just remember that half of global fisheries are overfished, and another 40% are fished to maximum levels. Big Fishing is emptying our seas of life. Eradicating biodiversity at a shocking rate. Time to #EndOverfishing & support thriving seas.

I’m posting blogs, news, & updates on LinkedIn here - linkedin.com/in/hugo-taghol…

See you on Blue Sky 🦋

bsky.app/profile/hugota…

Firing up an account on BlueSky as the community, connections & conversations evolve. If you’re on the platform too, it’d be great to connect.
🙏🤙🌎🌊🫵

Ending overfishing is a top priority to protect & restore our global ocean. For too long, big industry has taken too much from our seas, at the expense of nature and coastal communities. Time to act. @OceanaUK @oceana @Seasaver @seaspiracy @GreenpeaceUK @Bluemarinef

‘Major oil companies, including Shell and precursors to energy giants Chevron, ExxonMobil and BP, were alerted about the planet-warming effects of fossil fuels as early as 1954’

@OceanaUK @oceana @StopCambo @GreenpeaceUK

The Ocean vs Big Oil. SUCCESS! ✊The court agrees the decision to grant oil & gas licences in marine protected areas needs more scrutiny - we’ll be back in court soon to argue why the licences were granted unlawfully. Big Oil, we're coming for you. 🫵 @OceanaUK @LeighDay_Law

Super proud to see @OceanaUK in the Royal Courts of Justice today challenging offshore oil & gas licenses issued by the former government, which threaten marine ecosystems & wildlife. New licenses blow a hole in the UK’s climate & biodiversity commitments. ✊🌎🐋

Plastic pollution is changing the processes of the entire Earth system, exacerbating climate change, biodiversity loss, ocean acidification, and the use of freshwater and land, according to scientific analysis.

@sandralaville @OceanaUK @oceana @brkfreeplastic

Whales are worth more alive! 🐋🌊💙

The legacy of the whaling industry in Madeira has turned into a new economy of protection, conservation, whale watching & research.

oceanographicmagazine.com/features/whale…

@Oceano_mag @OceanaUK @Bluemarinef @Sea_Legacy

Don’t stop. Don’t lose hope.

The fact of the matter is that together we have to respond to the twin nature & climate crisis, whether individual administrations believe in the science or not. The impacts are there for all to see, weakening our society, infrastructure, wellbeing, and erosion of nature, and the climate events from floods to fires, are unfolding before the worlds eyes.

This needs a massive & swift response.

We know that our prosperity, economy, and health relies on a thriving environment & stable climate.

The shift to a less extractive economy, a lower carbon economy, and businesses more sensitive nature is inevitable and very much underway. No one can turn back the clock on this. People want a bright & hopeful future, that will sustain us all. In all parts of the world.

There are millions of good people already working in all corners of society to drive this transition. We mustn’t be dispirited or give up. We mustn’t turn to negativity or hopelessness. The odds may have changed but we must drive forward together.

We need to in the interests of all people in their day to day lives & struggles.

We live on an amazing planet, even in its precarious state. And we can change odds in our favour, and in natures favour.

We must also work with all people and administrations, to make the case the what is good for Planet Ocean is also good for people & long term prosperity.

Let’s not be dragged down at this moment but rather lift each other up, and champion solutions and action for people & planet.

Why wouldn’t we use this moment to redouble our resolve & accelerate our plans.

🌊🌎✊🐋🌡️

Thousands march for cleaner water and an end to 'poisoning' British waterways express.co.uk/news/uk/197101… @StephSpyro @RiverActionUK @OceanaUK

Great to hit the airwaves with @lizbonnin today at the @MarchforWater to talk clean water, protecting our rivers & seas, and the need for swift action from the government to end the water quality crisis. @RiverActionUK @OceanaUK @SkyNews 🌊🐋✊🌎

Great to see you @TheJimMurray - incredible turnout for the @MarchforWater - Looking forward to hatching plans to stop industrial salmon farming killing our seas! 🤙💪✊💙🐋

Huge congrats & kudos to @RiverActionUK & the @MarchforWater allies for the amazing action in Westminster today. Massive turnout demanding that @Keir_Starmer & @SteveReedMP put an end to sewage pollution once & for all. 👏💪✊🌎🌊

Incredible turnout for the @MarchforWater - brilliant to see so many people taking to the streets to demand an end to sewage pollution. Time for the government to act to stop the corporate greed & pollution. @lizbonnin @RobGMacfarlane @GreenJennyJones @HughFW

128/150 surfs in 2024
Empty, clean, fun at my favourite place
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Take Action! Join the @MarchforWater this Sunday 3rd November to demand an end to the pollution of our rivers, lakes & seas. It’s time for action. ✊🌎🌊#floodthestreets @RiverActionUK @Feargal_Sharkey @GreenpeaceUK

Fixed it for you.

Surprised?! Extractive & toxic industries are shockingly often allowed in protected areas - destructive fishing, oil & gas, salmon farms & much more. Some industries specifically take the biodiversity - industrial fishing.

‘Protected’ must = protection. 🌎

@COP16Oficial @oceana

Blue Hope! 🐋🌎🌊🤙🙌

The biggest Marine Protected Area (MPA) in the North Atlantic was recently announced as the Azores designated 30% of its waters as marine sanctuaries with half banning fishing completely 👏💪🐋🌎🌊🙌

Honoured to co-chair the brilliant @SaveTheWaves Coalition, working with the amazing global team on promoting, protecting & safeguarding surf ecosystems worldwide. Stoked to talk ocean activism, leadership, protecting waves, and surfing for their podcast series, The Lead. ⬇️🌊

How do we rescue & protect 30% of the global ocean by 2030? How can local communities help deliver Marine Protected Areas? How do we use data to accelerate results? Who finances protections? Great panel at @BlueEarthSummit

Always stoked to talk ocean conservation, campaigning, & activism at the brilliant @BlueEarthSummit alongside some amazing environmental & sustainable business leaders. See you tomorrow 🌎🤙🐋💙🌊