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The coming of summer is a time of hope, and Blue Marine Foundation is focusing on the optimism of regeneration as we build-up to World Ocean Day and the “super month” of June, culminating with the UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon.
01 June 2022
Blue Marine is calling for stricter compliance with existing laws and regulations, for private access agreements to be made more transparent and accountable, and for decision makers to be led by science at the upcoming meeting of the IOTC, rather than by greed, self-interest and short-term gain at the expense of the livelihoods and food security of coastal communities. Yellowfin tuna overfished, bigeye tuna subject to overfishing and skipjack’s catch limit ignored for the past three years.
16 May 2022
The Trustees present their report and the audited Consolidated Financial Statements of Blue Marine Foundation (“Blue Marine” “the charitable company”) for the year ended 31 March 2022.
21 April 2022
Happy World Earth Day! To celebrate we would like to share with you the news that at last destructive fishing is to be banned on Dogger Bank.
20 April 2022
Jersey has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to show global leadership by creating a Marine Park in its waters that delivers for people and nature, and reveal the Island as one of the world’s most accessible marine eco-tourism destinations.
15 April 2022
To assess the opportunities and constraints of implementing a ‘low impact model’ for Jersey’s commercial fisheries, a part of which incorporates a static gear only Marine Park.
07 April 2022
Universally, the management of drifting fads is weak, characterised by an absence of responsibility on the part of owners and operators for the impacts of their fads on ocean ecosystems.
14 March 2022
Blue carbon, the term given to marine habitats that sequester and store carbon dioxide, represents an incredibly exciting opportunity for marine conservation and restoration.
07 March 2022
David Tudor, Projects Director at the Blue Marine Foundation – “There are lots of barriers, but clearly none of these are insurmountable. There is a huge potential for offshore wind farms to enable both nature enhancement and a net zero carbon world.”
17 February 2022
31 December 2021
Jersey’s commercial fisheries play a crucial role in the island’s economy and daily life, while also supporting significant activity in its surrounding waters.
14 December 2021
Blue Marine’s 2021 Review and Newsletter
31 December 2021
All life on Earth depends on the health of our ocean. However, the ocean is in crisis, pushed to its limits by overfishing, which is threatening the ocean’s capacity to provide its vital functions of providing oxygen, absorbing CO2 and regulating the Earth’s temperature.
28 November 2021
“To share what we know about cuttlefish and their fishery and to start a collaborative discussion about what is needed to protect their populations and establish a sustainable and viable fishery for the future. We hope we can all ultimately and collectively input to the development of a fisheries management plan for cuttlefish.”
Sam Fanshawe, from Blue Marine Foundation
25 November 2021
This report was commissioned by the North Sea Wildlife Trusts, Blue Marine Foundation, WWF and the RSPB to assess the extent, scale, distribution, and potential of the current blue carbon sinks in the English North Sea. The focus was to review the current extent and distribution of each blue carbon habitat, estimate the quantity of carbon currently stored within these habitats, establish the average net sequestration rate and estimate the potential net total sequestration of each blue carbon habitat.
08 November 2021
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