More valuable alive: Reopening gulper shark fishing is an historic mistake
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
UK’s failure to back sustainable mackerel fishing condemned as ‘pitiful’
The UK helped block a science-led cut to mackerel catches, despite a collapse in the fish stock.
19 November 2025
30×30 race
Learn how we can save our planet by protecting 30 per cent of our ocean by 2030.
06 June 2025
The Bottom Line
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
The Bottom Line wins at the Drum Awards for best environmental cause
The Bottom Line has won a prestigious Award for its impact on promoting an environmental cause.
17 November 2025
Post-Brexit law ‘failing’ to help fish stocks and communities, Government warned
The Fisheries Act gives ministers wide discretion to allocate quotas even when they exceed scientific advice.
17 November 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.
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4.8M
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+4K
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projects with more than 200 partners
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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
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Convex Seascape Survey: Secret powers of the ocean floor
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.
Solent Seascape Project: Sea, coast & land restoration
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.
Greece: 15,000km of coastline to protect
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 .
Ensuring resilient reefs in the Maldives
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.
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Protecting success in Saint Helena
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
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
Gokova
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: Ocean of Life
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
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Weekly Ocean News 28 November
Stay informed with the latest top ocean stories—climate impacts, marine life discoveries, coastal policies, and innovations in ocean conservation.
28 November 2025
Understanding Tourist Resort Seafood Sourcing Practices in the Maldives
New report by Blue Marine and Maldives Resilient Reefs explores Maldives resort local seafood supply chains and recommends future management actions.
28 November 2025
More valuable alive: Reopening gulper shark fishing is an historic mistake
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
UK’s failure to back sustainable mackerel fishing condemned as ‘pitiful’
The UK helped block a science-led cut to mackerel catches, despite a collapse in the fish stock.
19 November 2025
Saltmarsh Breakthrough
Saltmarshes remain severely under-recognised, under-protected and underfunded. They are often absent from national climate and biodiversity strategies, and lack the visibility, policy frameworks and investment flows needed to secure their future.
19 November 2025
The Bottom Line wins at the Drum Awards for best environmental cause
The Bottom Line has won a prestigious Award for its impact on promoting an environmental cause.
17 November 2025
Post-Brexit law ‘failing’ to help fish stocks and communities, Government warned
The Fisheries Act gives ministers wide discretion to allocate quotas even when they exceed scientific advice.
17 November 2025
River Hamble footage shows oyster reef ‘filled with life’
84 per cent of Cornish residents support a ban on bottom trawling in marine protected areas (MPAs)
12 November 2025