"To look at the earth from space is a bit like a child looking into a mirror and realising for the first time that the person in the mirror is herself. What we do to the earth, we do to ourselves. And what we do to life on earth, human and otherwise, we do to ourselves"

It is extremely alarming that the latest scientific advice recommends a complete stop to cod fishing across the Northern Shelf for 2026. Years of poor management have allowed overfishing and ignored the discarding of juvenile cod which has pushed this stock into crisis 🧵🌊🐟

@BallycroftBally @ElliotMalin @kamenispavac4 @jakeshieldsajj Based on diverse sources including B'Tselem's July 2025 report, UN analyses, expert testimonies (e.g., Omer Bartov), and ICJ's provisional findings of plausible genocide risk, alongside evidence of mass killings, infrastructure destruction, and officials' statements indicating

There has not yet been an @theSNP MSP with the common sense or backbone to address this. Their failure to protect >5% of our inshore waters from bottom dragged fishing gear is a betrayal of coastal communities + our environment. @ourseas_scot @MairiGougeon @MairiMcAllan

We’re well on the way to 15,000 people calling for better protection of Scotland’s inshore waters! Thank you to every individual who’s signed and shared their views to protect our seas. Tell Scottish Government that we need to see change by signing here https://t.co/7pj975wiGW

If the Danish can do it, then why can't we? Their government has just initiated measures that will restrict bottom-trawling across 18.7% of Denmark's seas - and bring the total area protected to around one-third. https://t.co/a6izpd3GE6 And yet just 5% of Scotland's inshore

If the Danish can do it, then why can't we? Their government has just initiated measures that will restrict bottom-trawling across 18.7% of Denmark's seas - and bring the total area protected to around one-third. https://t.co/a6izpd3GE6 And yet just 5% of Scotland's inshore

Salmon farm companies have a lot of access to primary and high school kids in the north west. I hope there is balance and that they are given the full picture regarding the impacts of this industry? @HighlandCouncil

Overfishing of sprat exploded following the lifting of the ban with landings exceeding scentific advice by 500% Sprat are key food for whales & commercial fish species. Overfishing has finally taken its toll on marine ecosystems & coastal communities https://t.co/nJvgCX2FqZ

A power of work went into this effort to document the ongoing degradation of Scotland's seabeds, and the obvious, long overdue measures that would see inshore recovery that would benefit our country. #MoreProtectionMoreFishMoreJobs

🔴 NEW: Five freshwater lochs in the Highlands and Islands have been damaged by pollution from fish farms, a scientific study found — but the names were kept secret. Now, after a freedom of information battle, they’ve been revealed. Find out more: https://t.co/GLM2vowQN3

New Scran! We find out about @TheOpenSeas Dived not Dredged campaign 👩‍🍳Pam Brunton @inverrestauatant on sustainable cooking 🌊 Andrea Ladas on this 'urgent' need to champion hand-dived scallops 🪸 What the UK seabed looked like before dredging Listen: https://t.co/1624VdmrQc

The Scottish Fishermen's Federation doesn't represent our entire fishing industry and yet pursues its interests as if it's the flag bearer for all Scotland's coastal communities. Our politicians have a responsibility to manage our fisheries for the many, not the few

Good to see a serious political commentator publicly getting under the bonnet of how power has been exercised and monopolised (for too many years) in relation to Scotland's fishing interests...

As usual most of the political mud-slinging around the UK-EU fishing deal forgets the biggest most strategic issue - are we allocating fishing opportunity in a way that incentivises sustainability? See our comment in the @guardiannews https://t.co/bzQ35G3WbG

FT reports David Attenborough shows an angry and political side in new film #Ocean https://t.co/Mhz2ZeHx8i No wonder....scallop dredging has been ripping up our seabeds for decades, undermining our sea's capacity to sustain us. Politicians need to act...

As public awareness now grows about the environmental damage we are doing to our seas (on the back of the important new David Attenborough #Ocean film), so too will awareness rise about the years of political inaction that has allowed that damage to continue.

🔔#job: Administration Officer – Scottish Creel Fishermen’s Federation (@CreelScff) ▪️Closes: 18 May ▪️Salary: part-time - £26k - £28k pro rata ▪️Location: Home based mostly ▪️Details👉 https://t.co/7kx81vImLY Sign up for #OceanJobs👉 https://t.co/KcnPU9RS9b #hiring #vacancy

Please join thousands of people in support of long-standing calls for an #inshorelimit on bottom-trawling and scallop dredging close to shore by signing the @ourseas_scot petition

“A catch to remember” ? Where is this “caught” then @AldiUK ? This is the result of @ScotlandSalmon lobbying @DefraGovUK to allow the removal of the word “farmed” from feedlot salmon. It is deliberately designed to mislead. @MairiGougeon @_KateForbes @WildFishCons @GOVUK

This week a scallop dredger has been scraping what remains of life from the seabed inside a so-called Marine Protected Area around the Isle of Rùm. (footage shared by a concerned islander) 🧵