Mangrove restoration in the Philippines
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.
All Projects
Discover the global projects we’re involved in, the focus of our conservation efforts, and the expert teams that inspire our strategies for change.
Protecting Raja Ampat, the most biodiverse place on earth
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.
St Helena: key notch in the UK’s Blue Belt
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.
Sustainable marine management in St Kitts and Nevis
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.
Sustainable management in St Vincent & the Grenadines
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.
Scoping whale sharks in São Tomé & Principe
Whale shark populations that gather around the African island nation of São Tomé and Principe are under threat. Blue Marine is teaming up with NGO partners and local fishers to help protect the migrating megafauna.
Real protection and sustainable fisheries in Scotland
Blue Marine has been working with local partners, communities and fishers in Scotland for more than a decade to help protect and sustainably manage the marine environment.
Shell-to-Shore: restaurants and oyster restoration
The Shell–to–Shore scheme collects waste oyster shells from London restaurants and supplies them to restoration projects, to be used on the seabed as ‘cultch’, an essential element in restoring native oysters.
Marine protection in South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands
Whales migrate from South America along a ‘humpback highway’ to feed in the Southern Ocean. Blue Marine has helped protect a huge part of it, around the UK territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI).
Save the sturgeon, UK’s Critically Endangered 'dinosaur fish'
The sturgeon has existed for 200 million years, and the UK’s two native species were once widespread in its rivers and coastal waters. Blue Marine is working to restore the UK populations.
Tristan da Cunha: protection on a remote island
Located in the Atlantic between South Africa and South America, this UK Overseas Territory is the world’s remotest inhabited island. Yet the small community here has protected an area of ocean three times the size of the UK.
Turkey: Support for a conservation leader
Turkey has the largest network of highly protected marine areas in the Mediterranean. Blue Marine’s collaborates with local partners here to enforce protection – a model that we hope to reproduce in locations around the world.
Persuading Uruguay’s shark fishers to diversify
Shark fins for export are the main target of the Uruguayan fishing fleet. But now the government intends to protect 30 per cent of its Exclusive Economic Zone by 2030. Blue Marine is helping them achieve that goal.
We took the UK government to court for overfishing
In March 2025, Blue Marine sued the British government for allocating fishing quotas in excess of scientific advice. The courts found against our claim, but we now intend to appeal the decision.
UK restoration: the Wild Oysters Project
For the Wild Oysters Project, Blue Marine extended its proven model for community restoration of the loveable bivalves to Scotland, Wales, and the North-East.