Save the Sanctuary
Urge the Maldivian government to keep gulper shark fishing banned and protect the only shark sanctuary in the Indian Ocean.
2025 – Present
Feature campaigns
Ongoing campaigns
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The Bottom Line
The UK protects its overseas waters to a high level – now it’s time to guarantee that same protection closer to home.
2025 – Present
Back the Blue Belt
This inspiring collaboration has helped the UK’s overseas territories to protect more than 4 million sq km of ocean.
2015-Present
Protect Maldives Seagrass
Blue Marine’s campaigning partnership convinced more than 25 per cent of the country’s high-end resorts to protect their seagrass meadows.
2019-Present
Historic campaigns
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Save African Penguins
A successful campaign that drew 40,000 signatures forced the closure of commercial fisheries around six major breeding colonies.
2024-2025
Against Longlining
It’s a fishing technique that destroys wildlife – but in just one month our alliance achieved a major victory against it.
2024
Be Gentle to Giants
In the Maldives and St Helena, we called on the operators of whale-shark tours to abide by a code of conduct.
2023
Deep Sea Mining
With the Deep-Sea Conservation Coalition, we changed UK government policy on seabed extraction – and secured a moratorium that still stands.
2022-2023
Pick the Alien
Our aim in Greece was to persuade consumers, fishers and restaurateurs that invasive marine species can – and should – be eaten.
2022 – 2023
Bring Back British Cod
We asked the public to sign a petition to #BringBackBritishCod and set quotas at sustainable limits by the end of 2022.
2022
Fish For Tomorrow
When the pandemic triggered the fishing of protected and vulnerable species, Blue Marine raised awareness of which fish not to catch.
2020
Protect Maldives Seagrass
Blue Marine’s campaigning partnership convinced more than 25 per cent of the country’s high-end resorts to protect their seagrass meadows.
2019-Present
Back the Blue Belt
This inspiring collaboration has helped the UK’s overseas territories to protect more than 4 million sq km of ocean.
2015-Present