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Despite being protected, sharks and rays are being drastically overfished through-out the Mediterranean. Blue Marine are working with partners to develop area-based elasmobranch protections in the Strait of Sicily and improve compliance with existing fisheries restrictions.
In the marine protected area designated by the Balearic Island, Blue Marine works with local partners to monitor illegal fishing and reduce pollution.
The migration and aggregation patterns of whales can often cross the path of international shipping – with disastrous results. Now a series of initiatives is promoting safer transport routes to avoid cetacean habitats.
We are working with local partners to deliver lasting protection for whales, dolphins and African penguins across the 9,500 sq km of NIMPA – the Namibian Islands Marine Protected Area.
At Jangamo Bay on the wildlife-rich eastern coast of Africa, we are working with partners to help designate a marine protected area, to eliminate net fishing, and empower local women to cultivate mussels.
Our target on this collaboration is 25,000 trees planted in the first year, as we try to turn abandoned aquaculture ponds back into healthy mangrove forests – and encourage the Philippines to push for 30 x 30.
Blue Marine is helping to prevent illegal fishing in Indonesia’s Raja Ampat archipelago, home to more than 1,638 reef fishes and 534 hard corals — an astonishing 67 per cent of the world’s described species.
The marine protected area (MPA) of 445,000 sq km around the South Atlantic island is part of a UK conservation programme that safeguards 4.4 million sq km of ocean – the largest and most diverse in the world.
The fishing and tourism industries of the Caribbean nation depend on the good health of its rich coral reef and seagrass. Blue Marine is working with local partners to tackle the degradation that threatens them both.
Blue Marine’s support in St Vincent and Grenadines has led to a closed season on fishing for the sea snails, and a proposal for nursery rest areas to protect juvenile populations.
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