Political decisions in recent decades have brought the UK’s fisheries to the point of collapse. Marine life, fishers, coastal communities and the wider UK public are all suffering. These problems have deep historical roots, but the ocean has remarkable powers of recovery. Simple choices by the government can begin to turn the tide.
Into the Blue: November/ December 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
