Weekly Ocean News 27 March
Stay informed with the latest top ocean stories—climate impacts, marine life discoveries, coastal policies, and innovations in ocean conservation.
27 March 2026
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Interview: Clare Brook on career switch to conservation
Blue Marine Foundation’s CEO Clare Brook discusses her career path from impact investing to leading Europe’s largest marine conservation NGO.
25 March 2026
Chile’s endemic seals gain protection with new marine park
Sixty years after the discovery of a colony of Juan Fernández fur seals, previously thought to be extinct, a landmark agreement extends ‘no take’ zone around the wildlife-rich archipelago.
23 March 2026
Sussex Kelp Five Year Anniversary
The Sussex seabed is showing signs of early recovery, five years after a trawling ban by the Sussex Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority.
20 March 2026
Weekly Ocean News 20 March
Stay informed with the latest top ocean stories—climate impacts, marine life discoveries, coastal policies, and innovations in ocean conservation.
20 March 2026
Sussex seabed shows early revival five years after trawling ban
Five years after a trawling ban by the Sussex Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority, the Sussex seabed shows early recovery, with mussel beds returning and fish populations beginning to rebuild.
18 March 2026
Weekly Ocean News 13 March
Stay informed with the latest top ocean stories—climate impacts, marine life discoveries, coastal policies, and innovations in ocean conservation.
13 March 2026
Interview: Jersey’s new marine protected areas
BBC Radio Jersey interviewed Blue Marine Foundation on the expansion of Jersey’s marine protected area network.
13 March 2026
Jersey nearly quadruples marine protection
Jersey has approved one of the most ambitious marine protection plans in the British Isles, nearly quadrupling the area of its seas protected from damaging fishing practices.
12 March 2026
NGOs take Dutch government to court over destructive fishing
The area is a protected North Sea nature area, but the Dutch administration currently permits bottom trawling in majority of the area, harming threatened species which continue to live in the area.
11 March 2026
Chile protects over half of its ocean
President Gabriel Boric has signed a decree that fully protects 337,000 sq km of the waters around the Juan Fernández and Nazca-Desventuradas marine parks.
10 March 2026
Weekly Ocean News 6 March
Stay informed with the latest top ocean stories—climate impacts, marine life discoveries, coastal policies, and innovations in ocean conservation.
06 March 2026
Scampi fishing in North Sea driving ‘invisible’ climate cost
Research led by the University of Exeter examined carbon in the Fladen Ground – a large muddy seabed east of Scotland.
06 March 2026
NGOs condemn UK plan to cut climate aid and Blue Planet fund
FOI requests have revealed that the UK government is set to cut, or drastically reduce, programmes designed to protect nature and the environment in developing countries.
03 March 2026
Weekly Ocean News 27 February
Stay informed with the latest top ocean stories—climate impacts, marine life discoveries, coastal policies, and innovations in ocean conservation.
27 February 2026
BBC Radio 4: Mackerel’s off
BBC Radio 4 Today interviewed Blue Marine Foundation on Waitrose’s decision to remove mackerel from their shelves.
27 February 2026
Impact Report 2025
Blue Marine drives global ocean recovery by advancing marine protection, restoring habitats, influencing policy, supporting communities and tackling overfishing, with measurable impact across 29 countries and 446,620 sq km of ocean.
27 February 2026
2025 Annual Review
Through 2025, Blue Marine drove global ocean protection through policy, science and storytelling, securing major conservation wins, empowering communities and advancing progress towards protecting 30 per cent of the ocean by 2030.
27 February 2026
UK supermarket first to suspend sale of mackerel citing overfishing
NGOs have welcomed the decision, but say more accountability is needed from the government in monitoring and limiting catch limits.
27 February 2026
Weekly Ocean News 20 February
Stay informed with the latest top ocean stories—climate impacts, marine life discoveries, coastal policies, and innovations in ocean conservation.
20 February 2026