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2022 Ocean Awards finalists: Local Hero Award

The Local Hero Award, one of the categories at this year’s Ocean Awards, is presented to the individual or group that has impacted the most positive change within the marine environment in their local community.

08 April 2022

Blue news

Mediterranean

Lionfish or Grouper: Pick the Alien

The ecosystems and biodiversity of the Mediterranean are threatened by the invasion of around a thousand marine alien species, caused partly by human activity such as maritime traffic, canals and aquaculture.

05 April 2022

Blue news

British Isles

Fish in Bognor Regis

Marine conservation charity Blue Marine Foundation has today launched a film to celebrate one fisherman’s fight to bring Bognor Regis fishing back from the brink.

05 April 2022

Blue news

Mediterranean

Connecting marine protected areas in Italy  

The new network aims to protect tens of thousands of species in the coastal waters of Italy, many of which are found nowhere else. 

29 March 2022

Blue news

Indian Ocean

Yellowfin tuna catches must be cut by 30% to save the stock

23 February 2022

Blue news

British Isles

A marine park in Jersey

28 January 2022

Blue news

Mediterranean

Partnership and marine protection in Sardinia

The ocean provides 50 per cent of the oxygen on earth and is home to delicate ecosystems.

25 January 2022

Blue news

UK Overseas Territories

Green turtles in Ascension

These females were a tiny handful of the thousands of turtles which make their way to Ascension Island every year between November and June, to reproduce and nest.

25 January 2022

Blue news

British Isles

Oceanographic

English North Sea Blue Carbon

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

08 November 2021

Blue news

Global

Oceanographic

Blue Carbon as climate change solution

A new UK Blue Carbon Forum has been announced today to support and develop the UK’s role in protecting its precious “blue carbon” habitats, vital to mitigate the effects of climate change.

05 November 2021

Blue in the news

Indian Ocean

Oceanographic

‘Rewilding the Sea: How to Save Our Oceans’ Charles Clover

Ebury imprint Witness Books has acquired Rewilding the Sea: How to Save Our Oceans, the new book by author and environmental campaigner Charles Clover.

26 October 2021

Blue news

Indian Ocean

Oceanographic

Marine pollution in Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles

The remote Aldabra Atoll is an idyllic tropical paradise in the Seychelles archipelago.

04 October 2021

Blue news

UK Overseas Territories

Ascension launches plan for marine protected area

 Giant tuna, marlin, swordfish and sailfish are among the vast abundance of marine wildlife in this UK Overseas Territory, as well as 11 species of coastal fish found nowhere else on earth.

10 September 2021

Blue news

Indian Ocean

Maldives’ sustainable fishing: Laamaseelu masveriya

The Laamaseelu Masveriyaa programme aims to create a local sustainable market for responsibly caught reef fish by resorts in the Maldives.

07 September 2021

Blue news

Global

Maldives Project Manager, Shaha Hashim, gains Rehendhi Award

The award was presented by President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih in the archipelagic state capital Male.

06 September 2021

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