Shark Guardian
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UK Charity for Shark & Marine Conservation Worldwide Conservation - Education - Research - Expeditions Our campaigns: #FinspireChangeUK and @flywithoutfins
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Queensland’s $88M shark control expansion faces legal action and federal scrutiny. 👉 Read the full story: 🔗 https://t.co/hUBxk244eF
#SharkGuardian #MarineConservation #StopSharkCulling #SharkNets #Australia #OceanProtection
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Queensland’s $88 million shark control expansion plan—relying heavily on lethal nets and drum lines—is facing legal and federal scrutiny for its devastating impact on marine life. With over 1,600...
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This is why we demand that MSC certification should ONLY be given to fisheries that meet global best practices - unconditionally. Conditional certification must stop. Learn more about why this matters: https://t.co/BPglQwvGKi 📖
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Instead of prioritising improvements in fishing practices, MSC’s model allows fisheries to expand certification without meeting best practice, while the MSC itself earns millions from licensing fees.
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Right now, out of 273 MSC certified fisheries globally, the research reveals that only 73 meet the highest standards across all 28 performance indicators. The rest? They operate with conditions that often remain open for years.
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This misleads consumers who pay a premium for sustainable seafood and harms fisheries that actually meet best practices 🎣
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The new analysis finds that 91.8% of fisheries certified under the MSC programme receive certification with conditions at their first assessment. Many of them never fully close these conditions, yet continue to market their products as "sustainable” ❌
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🚨 New research from On the Hook reveals a major problem with the Marine Stewardship Council’s standard: most seafood carrying the label is not fully certified - it’s *conditionally certified* meaning it has actually failed to meet best-practice levels 🧵👇 #SustainableSeafood
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But seriously, how long can the global seafood industry (looking at you @Tesco!) afford to hide behind this garbage from the @MSCecolabel? Each year:- 🚩128,000 fishers are subjected to forced labor. 🚩100,000 fishers lose their lives at sea. 🚩Abuses like grueling hours,
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@MSCecolabel FAIRWASHING ALERT: The @MSCecolabel ecolabel consider themselves the "Gold Standard" for sustainable seafood. However the MSC label currently allows fishing companies to avoid accountability for worker exploitation in certified fisheries. Seems like the MSC is more like the
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Did the seafood on your dinner table come with a side of forced labor? @MSCecolabel requires companies to submit unverified self-declarations on labor and human rights issues. This is disingenuous and a complete joke! It misleads people into thinking that the MSC helps protect
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BREAKING: The shark-abuse-enabling Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) certification allows companies to conceal labor abuses in their supply chains. Labour and environmental groups have sent an open letter (which we proudly co-signed) to @MSCecolabel urging them to take
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FAIRWASHING ALERT: The @MSCbluefish ecolabel is seen as the "gold standard" for sustainable seafood, but it currently allows companies to avoid accountability for worker exploitation in certified fisheries. See the open letter from @Globallabor @ITFglobalunion @greenpeaceusa
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Hi @MSCintheUK @MSCecolabel have you seen this new academic paper? Would you care to comment? ⏱️ https://t.co/xxDxTmIrkW
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Is it time to change the law? Modern day slavery and other human rights abuses, even murder, is rampant in the shark-killing global tuna industry. Please be careful which canned tuna you choose in the supermarket! Have a listen to @Shark_Guardian's @alexhofford speaking to @LBC
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Shark Guardian reflects on a year filled with impactful projects, groundbreaking discoveries, and continued advocacy for shark conservation, education, Research and Expeditions. Ready full article.. https://t.co/q7MQhyYQoK
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Hi @Keir_Starmer! Please can you confirm that the #tuna you eat for lunch was not caught by slaves? #moderndayslavery
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@linmeitalks @BylineTimes @Bluemarinef @MSCecolabel @ian_urbina @Greenpeace @SlaveFreeSeas @ejfoundation @SkyNews
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1/3 of Sharks, Rays & Chimaeras Threatened! Overfishing & bycatch are driving these species to extinction. The IUCN calls for urgent action. Sharks are vital to ocean health! Learn more & take action now. #SaveOurSharks #SharkConservation #ProtectOurOceans #MarineBiodiversity
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Tuna Giant FCF in Hot Water Again Over Environmental and Human Rights Violations https://t.co/yoQ8NLOgpI via @thenewslensintl
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Taiwanese fishing giant FCF continually disregards human rights and environmental concerns despite international agreements.
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🎃 Happy Halloween from the Depths! 🦈 👻 Dive into the spooky world of Ghost Sharks (Chimaera) this Halloween! With glowing eyes and venomous spines, they’re the ocean’s real-life phantoms! Read more in our latest blog. https://t.co/1yPHpiLPux
#GhostShark #HalloweenSpecial
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Shark Guardian investigation: Global tuna giant Fong Chun Formosa fails to act on shocking environmental and human rights. An investigation by Shark Guardian has found sustainability pledges and commitments to action by Taiwanese tuna giant Fong Chun Formosa (FCF) are empty
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One of the world’s biggest suppliers of canned tuna which supplies global supermarket chains is failing to act on shocking environmental
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