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Weekly Ocean News 12 December
Stay informed with the latest top ocean stories—climate impacts, marine life discoveries, coastal policies, and innovations in ocean conservation.
12 December 2025
‘Myopic’ fisheries managers toy with a new ‘tragedy of the commons’
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
Weekly Ocean News 5 December
Stay informed with the latest top ocean stories—climate impacts, marine life discoveries, coastal policies, and innovations in ocean conservation.
05 December 2025
Five years of the Fisheries Act
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
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
Weekly Ocean News 21 November
Stay informed with the latest top ocean stories—climate impacts, marine life discoveries, coastal policies, and innovations in ocean conservation.
21 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
Weekly Ocean News 14 November
Stay informed with the latest top ocean stories—climate impacts, marine life discoveries, coastal policies, and innovations in ocean conservation.
17 November 2025
Major step forward for ocean and climate education in England
Blue Marine celebrates the Curriculum Review Final Report for advancing climate, sustainability and ocean literacy across subjects.
14 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
Cornish residents demand government ban destructive bottom trawling
84 per cent of Cornish residents support a ban on bottom trawling in marine protected areas (MPAs)
11 November 2025
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