Step inside the world’s most critical ocean conversations. The Oceanographic Roundtable is your front-row seat to the pulse of our blue planet.
22 April 2026
Government approves a ban on trawling and scalloping off the Sussex coast, protecting key marine habitats and nearly 30% of inshore waters.
20 April 2026
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
UK fishing quotas have exceeded scientific advice in the majority of cases for the sixth consecutive year, as campaigners warn that persistent overfishing is pushing fish populations towards collapse.
15 April 2026
Six years after Brexit promises to end overfishing and restore fish stocks, over half of UK catch limits are still set above scientific advice, fuelling the collapse of key fish stocks.
14 April 2026
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.
4.9M
sq km of ocean under protection, management or commitments
101
marine protected areas influenced
+367K
stakeholders supported
75
active projects with 266 current partners
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.
Greece is transforming its conservation status with a commitment to protect 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
Stay informed with the latest top ocean stories—climate impacts, marine life discoveries, coastal policies, and innovations in ocean conservation.
24 April 2026
Step inside the world’s most critical ocean conversations. The Oceanographic Roundtable is your front-row seat to the pulse of our blue planet.
22 April 2026
Government approves a ban on trawling and scalloping off the Sussex coast, protecting key marine habitats and nearly 30% of inshore waters.
20 April 2026
UK fishing quotas have exceeded scientific advice in the majority of cases for the sixth consecutive year, as campaigners warn that persistent overfishing is pushing fish populations towards collapse.
14 April 2026
Six years after Brexit promises to end overfishing and restore fish stocks, over half of UK catch limits are still set above scientific advice, fuelling the collapse of key fish stocks.
14 April 2026
Business Green interviewed Sophie Locke, Blue Marine’s Conversation Lead, on navigating ‘very steep but equally rewarding’ learning curves in her career journey to date.
10 April 2026
A new government assessment finds the UK is failing to meet basic health standards for its seas in 13 out of 15 indicators, despite Marine Protected Areas covering 38 per cent of UK waters.
08 April 2026
It is with profound sadness that we have to inform you that our beloved colleague, Dr Juliette Scott, died a few weeks ago.
08 April 2026
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