Blue Marine Foundation

Last week, we hosted our annual Out of the Blue event where we showcase our projects and campaigns from around the world. A series of short presentations, brilliantly delivered by team members, showed how we are using a range of strategic interventions – from policy and media to education and economics – to unstick tricky conservation conundrums. In the second half, we talked about our ‘toothier’ actions and campaigns – why we have sued both the UK government and the EU and how our campaigns have fended off overfishing in the Maldives and South Africa.   Those who came spoke about getting a sense of Blue Marine as not just a highly successful organisation but a family.  Guests were invited afterwards to celebrate our 15th birthday.   We’d like to extend a huge thank you to all those who made it to the event and to all our wonderful donors, some of whom have been supporting Blue Marine since our very beginnings.  For those who couldn’t make it, we will release a film of the event. Swipe to see some photos >>    Together we are united to protect our ocean! 🌊 #MarineConservation #30x30 #MarineProtection #OceanConservation #GenerationRestoration

Mackerel off the menu? “It’s deeply concerning to see a source of seafood that was once a sustainable choice in such decline. We’re witnessing a steady decline in numbers, and they are nearing a breaking point. Immediate action must be taken by the UK government to work with other nations to align catch limits with scientific advice” - the Good Fish Guide This was the very crux of our court action against the government. “Either the Fisheries Act 2020 is a very bad law or it is not being applied properly. We still believe it is the latter” - Blue Marine Foundation’s Charles Clover Read more in The Times by Ben Cooke https://lnkd.in/eVCEh5Kx

🎞️ The trailer for OCEAN WITH DAVID ATTENBOROUGH is here! “After living for nearly 100 years on this planet, I now understand the most important place on Earth is not on land, but at sea.” - David Attenborough Good luck to all schools who entered the ballot to attend the Future Generations' Premiere. You can watch the full film in the cinema from 8 May. Tickets on sale now 👉 oceanfilm.net OCEAN WITH DAVID ATTENBOROUGH co-produced by SILVERBACK FILMS and Open Planet Studios Directed by Toby Nowlan, Colin Butfield, and Keith Scholey Presented by David Attenborough #OceanFilm #Ocean #DavidAttenborough #Ocean #MarineConservation #MarineProtection #OceanWithDavidAttenborough

🌊 ONE DAY TO GO 🌊 Today is the last chance to submit your application to RECEIVE 15 FREE tickets to the Future Generations’ Premiere of OCEAN WITH DAVID ATTENBOROUGH at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall, London. To enter your school on the free public ballot with a chance of being selected to attend, all you need to do is complete the application form here by MIDDAY on 4 April here 👉 https://lnkd.in/ejQCXGmT If your school has been successful in the ballot, the lead contact will be emailed by the 11th April 2025. Please keep an eye on your inbox so you can meet the RSVP deadline. Thanks to the generous support of UBS and People’s Postcode Lottery for making this screening possible. FAQs available 👉 https://lnkd.in/ejQCXGmT 📸 - George Duffield SILVERBACK FILMS, Altitude Films, Southbank Centre #OceanFilm #DavidAttenborough #Attenborough #OceanwithDavidAttenborough #OpenPlanetStudios #OceanConservation #MarineProtection #UNOceanDecade

Our March positive news round up has landed 🙌 This month we celebrate the designation of new no take zones to help save the African Penguin and the discovery of hundreds of new ocean species. What is your favourite story? Let us know what gives you hope for the ocean in the comments below 👇  Oceanographic Magazine, Mongabay, Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB), Ocean Census #PositiveNews #GoodNews #OceanConservation #MarineProtection #MarineConservation

The Solent Wave - Saturday 21 June - Your chance to get involved and help make a difference! A fun day out for all, cycling from London to Solent, sailing/boating across the Solent or walking around the stunning Chichester Harbour, finishing with a BBQ altogether at the Boat House in Chichester Marina! All in support of Blue Marine Foundation and Solent Seascape Project Come and join The Solent Wave!

ENTER THE PUBLIC BALLOT to receive tickets for your school to attend the Future Generations’ Premiere of OCEAN WITH DAVID ATTENBOROUGH, on Tuesday 6 May 2025, at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall, London. Through spectacular sequences featuring coral reefs, kelp forests and the open ocean, Attenborough explains why a healthy ocean keeps the entire planet stable and flourishing. 🌊 Submit your schools application for this once in a lifetime opportunity here 👉 https://lnkd.in/ejQCXGmT Thanks to the generous support of UBS and People's Postcode Lottery’s Postcode Lottery for making this screening possible. FAQs available 👉 https://lnkd.in/ejQCXGmT SILVERBACK FILMS, Altitude Films, Southbank Centre #OceanFilm #DavidAttenborough #Attenborough #OceanwithDavidAttenborough  #OpenPlanetStudios #OceanConservation #MarineProtection  #UNOceanDecade 

Are you a school teacher looking to educate and inspire students about the ocean? 🌊 You could receive 15 FREE tickets for your school to attend the Future Generations’ Premiere of OCEAN WITH DAVID ATTENBOROUGH, on Tuesday 6 May, 2025, at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall, London. The powerful documentary takes viewers on a breathtaking journey to show us that there is nowhere more vital for our survival, full of life, wonder, or surprise, than the ocean. To enter your school on the free ballot with a chance of being selected to attend, all you need to do is complete the application form by MIDDAY on 4 APRIL, 2025 👉 https://lnkd.in/ejQCXGmT Thanks to the generous support of UBS and People's Postcode Lottery’s for making this screening possible. FAQs available 👉 https://lnkd.in/ejQCXGmT #OceanFilm #Education SILVERBACK FILMS, Altitude Films, Southbank Centre #DavidAttenborough #Ocean #OceanLiteracy #OceanEducation

A High Court judge has dismissed Blue Marine Foundation's judicial review of the way the majority of fishing quotas are allocated above scientific advice, leading to the collapse of fish populations and the decline of fishing communities. Blue Marine will seek to appeal the judgment handed down today.   Charles Clover, co-founder of Blue Marine, said: “Is it right or legal that the entire adult spawning stock of a fish can be sacrificed, just so the fishing fleet can go on fishing for other species? That is utterly perverse when there are other alternatives, such as area closures, which would grow that stock for the future.    “This judgement has condoned irresponsibility. It says that ministers have the discretion to make bad and irresponsible decisions like this, without proper justification, even if they are manifestly against the public interest, against those of the natural world and even against the stated objectives of the Fisheries Act.   “Either the Fisheries Act 2020 is a very bad law or it is not being applied properly. We still believe it is the latter. We are going to persist in asking the courts as to whether what has been going on is a legal and responsible way of managing public assets or wild animal species.”   Dr Tom Appleby, head of legal affairs at Blue Marine said: “This is a challenging day for the health of our seas and for jobs in what’s left of the UK fishing industry. “The court has upheld a process where decisions over the public’s fishery have led to its deliberate and reckless overexploitation, through quotas being consistently set in excess of scientific advice. Even in the short term, this is bound to lead to stock collapse.   “This year, yet again, despite explicit policies to the contrary, fishing quotas for 54% of species failed the government’s own metrics for sustainability – including quotas for staple stocks such as mackerel. The continuation of these sorts of decisions, year on year, has collapsed cod, whiting and now pollack – the last major stock on which the inshore fleet depended."   “We have lost nearly 30% of the jobs in the fishing industry since 2016, as a direct result of decisions like these. The UK is now down to around 6,500 active full-time jobs. The entire industry would fit into the Dover Athletic football stadium."   “This judgment seems to indicate that there is no single decision where we can hold ministers and the civil service to account under the Fisheries Act, there is no duty to give us members of the public any indication of how these (often bizarre) decisions come about beyond the merest smattering of random detail, and that somehow it is rational to make decisions which inevitably will collapse stocks." Read more here: https://lnkd.in/e3-vfxP6 #overfishing #ukoverfishing #courtjudgement #attackonnature

  Yesterday, Blue Marine went to No.10 to talk all things ocean.     We were delighted to discuss what we believe should be key areas of focus for the Government on ocean policy, including:      🌊 Enforcing real, meaningful protection by banning destructive practices from the UK's marine protected areas 🎣 Redistribute the allocation of UK fishing quota to support regeneration of fish populations and small-scale fishers' livelihoods 🌏 Ratification of the High Seas Treaty to progress global policy on protecting 30% of the ocean by 2030 🦑 Upholding the moratorium on deep sea mining at the International Seabed Authority, to protect the most vulnerable parts of our ocean for decades to come.     The recovery of our marine life and our climate resilience relies on a healthy, thriving ocean.  Thank you to staff at No. 10 for hosting us, together we can create a better future for our ocean.     Clare Brook, Aisling McGarrigle #OceanConservation #30x30 #DefendTheDeep #MarineProtection