BLUE SEAS PROTECTION
registered charity no. 1189529
professional qualified marine medics, marine conservationists, divers, and oceanologists
members of the Isle of Wight Chamber of commerce.
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no staff are paid or salaried,
we work for free with passion,
fire and commitment to protect.
"Fighting for our Oceans"
"We're never out of our depth"
" We fight against marine ecocide"
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INVESTAGATING MARINE ORGANISMS AND MARINE BIODIVERSITY
"RAY OF LIGHT"
Isle of Wight.
The Isle of Wight has many rare and varied species of flora and fauna and is currently designated a recognised "biosphere" by UNESCO (see www.wightaonb.org.uk for more details). There are 600 Biospheres globally but only 6 in the UK. Sandown Bay is a Marine Conservation Zone within this Biosphere and we hope that the rare Raja Undulata (undulate ray) listed as endangered globally on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species within the waters of the Bay will help this Cause.
SUPPORTING JOANNA IS OUR LONG STANDING FRIEND AND PATRON
TO BLUE SEAS PROTECTION
DR. BRIAN MAY C.B.E
WHO SAID TO US QUOTE
"ONE DAY MAN WILL ANSWER IN A COSMIC COURT FOR HIS CRIMES ON OUR PLANET EARTH" BRIAN IS A LEGEND AND POWERFUL PASSIONATE ANIMAL PROTECTOR AND ALSO THE LEAD GUITARIST OF THE LEGENDARY ROCK BAND " QUEEN "
"FIGHTING FOR OUR OCEANS"
"FIGHTING FOR OUR OCEANS"
THE ONE AND ONLY,
THE WORLD AMBASSADOR
THE PEOPLE'S CHAMPION
A LADY OF GREAT STRENGHT DISTINCTION
AN EPITOME OF GLAMOUR
"THE ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS "
JOANNA LUMLEY O.B.E.
"GIVE US HOPE JOANNA "
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The explosion of foreign supertrawlers in UK MPAs.
Fishing time in the first half of 2020 doubles 2019 effort.
Fishing by large foreign-owned pelagic supertrawlers over 100m in length in UK Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) has rocketed this year and has been increasing significantly since 2017 Fifteen of the supertrawlers operating in UK waters in 2019 were Russian-owned. Nine were Dutch-owned, and one was Polish-owned. One of the supertrawlers active in UK waters, the Frank Bonefaas, is UK-flagged, but under Dutch ownership.
A DEFRA spokesperson said: “The UK is a global leader in the fight to protect our seas with our ‘Blue Belt’ of protected waters nearly twice the size of England.
What you can do to STOP
this crime in our ocean?
Sign our petition below
"CHANGE LAW
TO PROTECT DOLPHINS"
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In 2019, supertrawlers spent 2,963 hours fishing in 39 protected areas, while in the first six months of 2020, supertrawlers spent 5,590 hours fishing in 19 protected areas “Our government allowing destructive supertrawlers to fish for thousands of hours every year in MPAs makes a mockery of the word ‘protected’.”
The British public overwhelmingly backs a ban on supertrawler operations in UK MPAs. A YouGov poll showed that four in five UK adults back a ban, with support cutting across political divides. In October 2020, over 50 MPs signed an open letter to environment secretary George Eustice urging him to commit to a ban on supertrawler operations in UK MPAs. Over 80 MPs signed but he still wont ban them why?
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) was created as a conservation tool, intended to provide sustainable seafoods this has NOT WORKED.
Its know become a money making organisation that does little for the oceans or fish stocks, instead concentrating on its £24,000,000 income per year.
-positive incentives that would improve the status and management of fisheries.
During its 15 years, the MSC, which has an annual budget of close to £20 million, has attached its logo to more than 170 fisheries.
These certifications have not occurred
without protest. Despite high costs and difficult procedures, conservation organizations and other groups have
filed and paid for 19 formal objections to MSC fisheries certifications. Only one such
objection has been upheld such that the fishery was not certified. Here, we collate and summarize main principles: sustainability of the target fish stock, low impacts on the ecosystem, and effective, responsive management. An analysis of the formal objections indicates that
"MSC-sustainable fishing" means that the MSC label may be misleading consumers. We believe it is misleading customers through false advertising. Also the MSC is a "not for profit" charity making £20,000,000 + per year.
how can this be???
OUR AIMS AS A CHARITY
MAKE AWARENESS AND BRING ABOUT
WORLD CHANGE TO RESTORE THE OCEANS
BY TACKLING
"OVERFISHING"
"THE WORLDS BIGGEST ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM"
-by Sir David Attenborough
1.
BAN WHALING
WORLDWIDE BY ANY MEANS. SUPPORT US
THERE IS NO PLACE IN THE 21ST CENTURY FOR
COMMERCIAL WHALING: TRADITION OR NOT !
STOP THE HORRIFIC KILLING!
OF WHALES AND DOLPHINS ANYWHERE, IN THE U.K.
THE FAROES, ICELAND, JAPAN, DENMARK, OR FRANCE
BY ANY MEANS
FREE ALL CAPTIVE DOLPHINS AND WHALES RETURN THEM TO THE SEA.
BAN SUPERTRAWLERS WORLDWIDE THE MASS WORLD DOLPHIN KILLERS
STOP THE USE OF ELECTRIC PULSE FISHING IN UK. WATERS.
SUCCESS! ore aim has now banned this from Jan 2021
BAN MONOFILAMENT NYLON NETS WORLDWIDE
WITH A MILLION TONS OF LOST NETS PER YEAR THAT CATCH
CONTINUOUSLY FOREVER ON THE SEABED
WE PROMOTE BIODEGRADABLE, TRACKABLE NETS
WE WILL LOCATE & RECOVER LOST FISHERMEN's GHOST NETS
WHERE WE CAN STOP UNNECESSARY KILLING.
4.
PROVIDE PROTECTION
TO MCZS (MARINE CONSERVATION ZONES)
LINKING WORLDWIDE TO PROTECT
AGAINST COMMERCIAL OVER FISHING
5.
PREVENT THE CATCHING
AND MARKETING OF JUVENILE FISH
CHANGE COMMERCIAL FISHING PRACTICE AND LEGISLATION
TO ONLY ALLOW SUSTAINABLE METHODS. ALLOW WILD FISH TO MATURE
TO FULL SIZE AS MOST MARKETED FISH ARE ONLY JUVENILE FISH
ABOUT 1/5TH OF THEIR ADULT SIZE.
THERE IS NO LOGIC IN CATCHING IMMATURE FISH
THAT COULD REPOPULATE
THE OCEANS IF ALLOWED TO GROW TO MATURITY.
6.
A CRIMINAL OFFENCE FOR OVERFISHING
WITH PROCEEDS OF CRIME GOING BACK TO FISHERY ENFORCEMENT.
WE MUST NOT ALLOW
"CRIMES IN OUR OCEANS" TO PAY.
WITH 3000 BREACHES OF FISHERY LAW LAST YEAR (2019) IN SCOTLAND ALONE
NO ONE WAS SENTENCED TO PRISON, WITH A £80,000,000.00
FISH SCANDAL IN SCOTLAND, WITH 30 PLUS FISHERMEN INVOLVED,
NOBODY WENT TO PRISON, NO BOATS WERE CONFISCATED.
BLUEFIN TUNA IS THE COCAINE OF THE SEAS
WE HAVE TO PROTECT THEM FROM THE CRIMINALS WHO EXPLOIT THEM,
WITH ONE SPANISH FISHERMAN REAPING £300,000,000.00
LAST YEAR FROM GIANT BLUEFIN TUNA.
7.
BAN SUPERTRAWLERS AND SUPERSEINERS WORLDWIDE
ALL SUPER TRAWLERS MUST BE SCRAPPED. BY REDUCING THE SIZE OF FISHING VESSELS AND THUS THEIR HAUL CAPACITY SOME FISH IN A SHOAL CAN ESCAPE CAPTURE ALLOWING THEM TO REPRODUCE RATHER THAN AN ENTIRE POPULATION BEING WIPED OUT IN ONE GO.
8.
MAKE ECOCIDE A CRIME IN LAW THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
THE PATHWAY HAS BEEN SET BY THE LATE MISS POLLY HIGGINS
NOW WE HAVE TO CARRY IT THROUGH TO MAKE WORLD LAW.
NOT HARM OUR LANDS OUR SEAS, ANIMALS OR FISH IN THE SEAS
THIS IS NOT PIE IN THE SKY DREAM THIS IS NEAR MAKING LAW AND NOW HAS BEEN ADOPTED BY MANY COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE
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Help change law to protect dolphins in the UK.
IMMINENT THREAT! URGENT ACTION REQUIRED.
BAN THE SUPERTRAWLER FROM UK WATERS!
Over 10,000 dolphins were killed in UK waters last year in 2019. In 2020 it's still going on, even now in coronavirus lockdown, it continues.
They're killed by commercial pelagic fishing, this has to STOP!
LAW MUST BE CHANGED TO PROTECT DOLPHINS, HOW?
The government can stop this, by changing the law, and with your help,
we will make a change and STOP the killing of dolphins.
Support BLUE SEAS PROTECTION
who want to make a law to protect dolphins, here's how.
Make it:
1. ILLEGAL TO INTEND TO HARM A DOLPHIN U.K.WATERS
2. ILLEGAL TO HARM A DOLPHIN IN U.K. WATERS
3. ILLEGAL TO KILL A DOLPHIN IN U.K. WATERS
to date over 3000 people have signed
Joanna Lumley calls for WW2 bombs being cleared for wind farms to be quietly 'burnt out' because blowing them up is making dolphins deaf
Some 100,000 tonnes of unexploded munitions lurk in the waters around Britain
Before wind farms can be built, these bombs must be cleared from the sea bed
However, detonating them can directly harm and deafen marine mammals
Ms Lumley and marine conservation charities are calling for a better approach
'Low order deflagration' can destroy bombs both more quietly but also cheaply
Actress Joanna Lumley has called on wind farm developers to stop blowing up unexploded WWII bombs in the seas around Britain because she says it deafens whales and dolphins.
It is estimated that some 100,000 tonnes of unexploded wartime munitions lurk in Britain's waters — much of which needs clearing to make way for new wind farms.
But the traditional way of disposing of these bombs on the sea bed — blowing them up with another explosive device — has the potential to harm marine life.
Not only can blast waves physically injure whales and dolphins, but the sound of the explosion can damage their hearing, which is key for navigation and communication.
Confused and disoriented by the sounds, the marine mammals can end up stranded on beaches and shorelines — a situation which can easily prove fatal.
The continued use of the 'blow-it-up' approach is 'completely nuts', Ms Lumley said — especially given that there is a far less dangerous approach available.
'To date, detonating large ordnance in the marine environment has been a necessary method in attempts to build offshore wind capacity that will enable us to reduce our carbon footprint,' said Marine Connection co-founder Liz Sandeman.
Despite the end benefits, she explained, 'detonating 500 kilogram explosives has far more serious consequences that cannot be fully mitigated — including auditory damage to marine mammals.'
'It’s crazy to me that wind farm developers — aided by government regulations that are far too relaxed — are able to just blow up bombs that are leftover from the Second World War,' said Ms. Lumley.
'Of course, we need to be finding new ways of getting our energy, such as offshore wind power – I fully support that.'
'It just seems completely nuts to me that we are allowing these giant explosions to cause considerable harm to some of our most precious whale and dolphin species when there is a viable alternative available — and a British-inspired one too.'
The low-order deflagration was developed by Chippenham-based explosives company Alford Technologies back in the early 2000s — and has the added advantage of being cheaper to implement than its less subtle counterpart.
Ms Lumley has teamed up with animal welfare organizations Advocating Wild, Marine Connection, and the World Cetacean Alliance to launch the Stop Sea Blasts campaign and help minimize the harm to our sea life.
Unfortunately, the damage has already been done by the detonation technique.
In 2011, for example, 39 long-finned pilot whales became stranded — and 19 eventually perished — at the Kyle of Durness, an inlet on the north coast of Scotland, after they entered the bay at high tide.
A Government report subsequently concluded that bomb disposal operations in the area in the days leading up to the tragedy were 'the only external event with the potential to cause' the whale strandings.
Experts estimate that each detonation may cause up to 60 marine mammals to lose their hearing. At present, some 50 such explosions are unleashed in British waters each year — a figure likely to rise as demands for wind farm construction increases.
'For whales and dolphins […] ammunition removal by blasting is a particular hazard as it can cause severe physical injury, hearing loss or death.'
'Less harmful, evidence-based alternatives are available — and government regulators and wind farm developers should immediately take notice.'
Stop Sea Blasts has launched a petition on Change.org.
MAN IS WIPING OUT OUR OCEANS
IN JUST 20 YEARS FROM NOW
by 2040, within one generation scientists say the
World’s Oceans will be empty of fish ,with hands on extensive marine experience above and sub sea,
we predict it will be sooner
the great unseen threat to our
own human survival
if we don’t change our ways ...
THE OCEANS WILL WITHOUT DOUBT BE EMPTY OF FISH
how can this be ?
Become Ocean Aware - read the Facts:
ocean over fishing , ocean vandalism, crimes in our oceans.
TOGETHER WE MUST CREATE A MASSIVE SEA CHANGE
of ocean life
awareness to permanently end our devastating and irresponsible action
as if there was no tomorrow there's no second chance ,no plan B
to implement sustainable ocean management practices for our children’s future ,
wouldn't it be great if there was a charity who could fight these problems, for you well there is
BLUE SEAS PROTECTION charity
If you want to do something about it help us, act now before its to late ,do people care ?
do people do anything ? yes but it takes combined massive effort to make change ,help us , you can donate if you wish ,helping a marine charity for the next generations protecting all life at sea .
We are NOW offering free membership to BLUE SEAS PROTECTION support JOIN us ,go to contact & donate page and fill out our membership form
MAN IS WIPING OUT OUR OCEANS
IN JUST 20 YEARS FROM NOW
by 2040, within one generation scientists say the
World’s Oceans will be empty of fish ,with hands on extensive marine experience above and sub sea,
we predict it will be sooner
the great unseen threat to our
own human survival
if we don’t change our ways ...
THE OCEANS WILL WITHOUT DOUBT BE EMPTY OF FISH
how can this be ?
Become Ocean Aware - read the Facts:
ocean over fishing , ocean vandalism, crimes in our oceans.
TOGETHER WE MUST CREATE A MASSIVE SEA CHANGE
of ocean life
awareness to permanently end our devastating and irresponsible action
as if there was no tomorrow there's no second chance ,no plan B
to implement sustainable ocean management practices for our children’s future ,
wouldn't it be great if there was a charity who could fight these problems, for you well there is
BLUE SEAS PROTECTION charity
If you want to do something about it help us, act now before its to late ,do people care ?
do people do anything ? yes but it takes combined massive effort to make change ,help us , you can donate if you wish ,helping a marine charity for the next generations protecting all life at sea .
We are NOW offering free membership to BLUE SEAS PROTECTION support JOIN us ,go to contact & donate page and fill out our membership form
Short films of "Protection Of The Ecosystems"
Stop Ecocide: Change The Law
Just imagine how much easier it would be to protect what we love and what supports life – from honeybees to chimpanzees, from rivers to rainforests to oceans, if it were a crime to destroy ecosystems. It would make all the difference. And it’s not a pipe dream… this essential law is already visible on the horizon.
video by Stop Ecocide
www.stopecocide.earth
Blue Seas Protection
Blue Seas Protection
registered and working with the United Nations to protect the marine environment and fight against plastic and all other pollution.
Directed by Ella Rose
Empty Oceans
Will the ocean ever run out of fish? - Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Jennifer Jacquet
Overfishing-The consequences
Revolution Movie
An in-depth look at overfishing with world-renowned scientist Boris Worm, Ecology Action Centre's Mark Butler and WildAid's Peter Knights, narrated by Rob Stewart, Director of the film Revolution.
Here’s what we’ve been working on
PLEASE SUPPORT US TO BE YOUR VOICE TO CALL FOR
"PLENTY OF FISH"
IN THE SEA
ANY MORE !
OVERFISHING or "GREEDFISHING"
We are racing to ... only 20 years of fish left, nothing left for our grandchildren only stories
to tell them what once was..
WAKE UP CALL!
BEFORE ITS TOO LATE
WE ARE NOW AMIDST A WORLD CATASTROPHE NEVER KNOWN TO MAN BEFORE, AN EMPTY OCEAN WITH NO FISH!
WITHOUT WRITING PAGES OF THE EFFECTS THIS WILL HAVE ON MANKIND.
There needs to be a massive reduction in the world's fishing vessel fleets and clear action from the U.N. world lawmaking to start this, fishing companies with their massive industrial-scale fishing and corruption need to be stopped
the largest fishing companies and nations need to be scaled down.
we need sustainable fishing worldwide its time for change
IF YOU HAVE THE MEANS TO HELP US PLEASE GET IN TOUCH OR INFORMATION ON CRIMES AT SEA PLEASE SHARE WITH US
BY SUPPORTING US WE CAN BRING ABOUT CHANGE
THE ARRC
HIGH-SPEED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION RESCUE VESSEL
FOR DOLPHIN & WHALE PROTECTION .
THIS AUTONOMOUS RESCUE RESEARCH PATROL VESSELS IS CAPABLE OF A SPEED OF 45 KNTS PLUS,
BUILT TO HIGHEST SPECIFICATION FOR B.P. NORTH SEA
TO OPERATE IN ALL WEATHER CONDITIONS WITH NO RESTRICTION,
WITH A ON BOARD HOSPITAL , HELIDECK WINCH AREA , CAPACITY FOR 30 PERSONS, B.P. 20 TONS EST , 2800 H.P.MAX
PROVIDING FULL EMERGENTENCY SERVICES
DIVING ROV. & SALVAGE ,FIREFIGHTING & OIL POLLUTION ITINERARY TO BE STATIONED ISLE OF WIGHT
PROTECTING OUR SEAS, OCEANS , SOUTH COAST & ISLAND SHORES FLORA AND FAUNA.
"In my short lifetime, I have seen the destruction of the West countries' vast mackerel stock. In the 1970s-80s the shoal was 26 miles long by 1.5 wide off Falmouth to Plymouth. This could only be fished by hand methods e.g. feathers, until the introduction of the midwater trawl. Then it was plundered to death until there was nothing left.
Not for human consumption but for fertilizer.
Now, most mackerel go to pig feed pellets and to aquaculture feed for salmon farms.
It's not sustainable, but it could have been! "if only we acted then" if only we act ... or will it be too late?"
- Capt Garry Oates
The International marine council for the seas, a worldwide body who advises governments on fish stock levels, said on 2nd Feb 2019: "There must be a 68% decrease in catches of mackerel and we have set a catch limit of 360,000 tons" but the fishing industry set their own limit at 680,000 tons.
The fishing industry is not fit to protect our fish stock.
please help us to create change support us now.
Update July 2019: mackerel now classed as endangered fish. December 2020 Supertrawlers in the English Channel decimate remaining mackerel stock there, prior to Brexit
Get in touch!
Address
BLUE SEAS HOUSE H.Q.
29 FORT ST
SANDOWN
ISLE OF WIGHT
UNITED KINGDOM
PO36 8BA
Contact
SENIOR MARINE OFFICERS
CAPT. GARRY OATES CHAIR
MISS SUZY BETTS SECRETARY
MISS AISHA EVELEIGH TRUSTEE
MR "BARNEY" BARNES TRUSTEE
MS TIENA ECCLES TRUSTEE
MRS LISA OBBARD REYNOLDS TRUSTEE
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