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
Our film showed the grisly reality of trawling bycatch, and moved 17,000 people to sign our petition to ban industrial fishing in UK marine reserves.
2025 – Present
This inspiring collaboration has helped the UK’s overseas territories to protect more than 4 million sq km of ocean.
2015-Present
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
A successful campaign that drew 40,000 signatures forced the closure of commercial fisheries around six major breeding colonies.
2024-2025
It’s a fishing technique that destroys wildlife – but in just one month our alliance achieved a major victory against it.
2024
In the Maldives and St Helena, we called on the operators of whale-shark tours to abide by a code of conduct.
2023
With the Deep-Sea Conservation Coalition, we changed UK government policy on seabed extraction – and secured a moratorium that still stands.
2022-2023
Our aim in Greece was to persuade consumers, fishers and restaurateurs that invasive marine species can – and should – be eaten.
2022 – 2023
We asked the public to sign a petition to #BringBackBritishCod and set quotas at sustainable limits by the end of 2022.
2022
When the pandemic triggered the fishing of protected and vulnerable species, Blue Marine raised awareness of which fish not to catch.
2020
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
This inspiring collaboration has helped the UK’s overseas territories to protect more than 4 million sq km of ocean.
2015-Present
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