This issue of ‘Into the Blue’ covers the High Seas Treaty coming into force in January 2026, the pressures facing Antarctic krill, the World Trade Organisation’s agreement to curb harmful fishing subsidies and increased funding for the UK’s Blue Belt Programme.
22 December 2025
Annual multi-lateral fisheries negotiations have made some progress this year. The government is starting to listen to scientific advice on catch limits, but whether this will result in recovery of depleted stocks remains unclear.
16 December 2025
Learn how we can save our planet by protecting 30 per cent of our ocean by 2030.
06 June 2025
Theo James plays a diner at a smart restaurant who orders a seemingly sustainable fish course. But his evening takes a horrifying turn when an enormous net of rotting bycatch and oil is dumped on him and his table as the ‘extras’ to his “sustainable” plaice.
08 June 2025
There are many examples of “tragedies of the commons,” whether in the atmosphere as a result of carbon dioxide pollution, or in the oceans because of marine plastics. Charles Clover argues the largest in the world is caused by overfishing.
09 December 2025
The Fisheries Act, which established the legal framework for managing UK fisheries after Brexit, entered into law in November 2020. Five years on, Blue Marine Foundation’s co-founder shares his views on what the act might have achieved – and how it has failed.
04 December 2025
Blue Marine is dedicated to protecting and restoring life in the ocean. Our mission is to see at least 30 per cent of the ocean protected by 2030 and the whole ocean sustainably managed. We support low-impact fishing and equitable use of the ocean and address overfishing – one of the world’s biggest environmental challenges.
4.8M
sq km of ocean protected
+4K
direct beneficiaries
75
projects with more than 200 partners
28
marine protected areas
Blue Marine is working to tackle the emptying of oceans of life, one of the largest, most pressing and yet most solvable environmental challenges we face.
Clare Brook
Blue Marine Foundation CEO
The Convex Seascape Survey is a pioneering five-year research project that is attempting to unlock one of the great mysteries of our time – the role of seabed carbon in mitigating climate change.
The Solent Seascape Project aims to recover a dynamic network of habitats, where ocean meets coastline, as the first project of its kind in the UK.
Rich in sea life, poor in conservation – Greece aims to transform that narrative with a recent commitment to protecting 32 per cent of its waters by 2030. Blue Marine supports ocean protection here across ten different projects .
The reef ecosystem of the island nation is the seventh largest in the world and the most extensive in the Indian Ocean. Blue Marine is working with our locally affiliated NGO to make the reefs more resistant to climate change.
This film showcases the long term conservation journey of St Helena, where Blue Marine Foundation has been working closely with local partners to secure and sustain meaningful marine protection.
09 June 2025
AMORGORAMA is a unique example of cooperation between fishers, scientists, institutions, civil society, local and national authorities with the common goal of protecting the sea and the people that depend on her.
13 May 2025
A compelling documentary that demonstrates how former fishers in Turkey have become rangers, who patrol a Marine Protected Area in the Mediterranean to ensure fish populations can thrive for generations to come.
03 April 2025
Ascension Island is a British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic, a thousand miles from the nearest land. Since 2019, it has been home to a 100% marine protected area (MPA) of 445,000 sq. km — the second largest no-take zone in the Atlantic and one of the largest in the world.
13 May 2025
This issue of ‘Into the Blue’ covers the High Seas Treaty coming into force in January 2026, the pressures facing Antarctic krill, the World Trade Organisation’s agreement to curb harmful fishing subsidies and increased funding for the UK’s Blue Belt Programme.
22 December 2025
Annual multi-lateral fisheries negotiations have made some progress this year. The government is starting to listen to scientific advice on catch limits, but whether this will result in recovery of depleted stocks remains unclear.
16 December 2025
Stay informed with the latest top ocean stories—climate impacts, marine life discoveries, coastal policies, and innovations in ocean conservation.
12 December 2025
There are many examples of “tragedies of the commons,” whether in the atmosphere as a result of carbon dioxide pollution, or in the oceans because of marine plastics. Charles Clover argues the largest in the world is caused by overfishing.
09 December 2025
The Fisheries Act, which established the legal framework for managing UK fisheries after Brexit, entered into law in November 2020. Five years on, Blue Marine Foundation’s co-founder shares his views on what the act might have achieved – and how it has failed.
04 December 2025
New report by Blue Marine and Maldives Resilient Reefs explores Maldives resort local seafood supply chains and recommends future management actions.
28 November 2025
Maldivian government’s decision to to reopen gulper shark fishing from 1 November 2025 puts the Maldives’ reputation and ocean-tourism economy at risk.
20 November 2025
The UK helped block a science-led cut to mackerel catches, despite a collapse in the fish stock.
19 November 2025
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