Blue Marine Foundation
@bluemarinef.bsky.social
Working globally to protect and restore life in the ocean. 🌊
Take action for the ocean with us 👉 https://www.bluemarinefoundation.com/
Take action for the ocean with us 👉 https://www.bluemarinefoundation.com/
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We are a UK charity dedicated to restoring the ocean to health by creating marine reserves and establishing sustainable models of fishing. Find out more here.
www.bluemarinefoundation.com
Hi BlueSky 👋
We are Blue Marine an #ocean #conservation charity working globally to:
🌊 Secure effective protection of the ocean
🐟 Tackle overfishing, exploitation and other damaging activities
🦪 Restore vital ecosystems
Find out more about us 👇
www.bluemarinefoundation.com/about/
We are Blue Marine an #ocean #conservation charity working globally to:
🌊 Secure effective protection of the ocean
🐟 Tackle overfishing, exploitation and other damaging activities
🦪 Restore vital ecosystems
Find out more about us 👇
www.bluemarinefoundation.com/about/
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Enough is enough. It’s time for a ban - starting yesterday.
Take action with us, @bluemarinef.bsky.social & Only One to save UK seas. Email the Environment Secretary, Steve Reed, telling him to BAN bottom trawling in marine protected areas. 🚫✊
💥 ACT: act.for-the-ocean.org/act/protect-... 👈👈
Take action with us, @bluemarinef.bsky.social & Only One to save UK seas. Email the Environment Secretary, Steve Reed, telling him to BAN bottom trawling in marine protected areas. 🚫✊
💥 ACT: act.for-the-ocean.org/act/protect-... 👈👈
Tell the UK Government to End the Destruction of Our Marine Havens
Bottom trawling is one of the world’s most destructive fishing practices. By dragging weighted nets along the ocean floor — some up to 240 meters wide — bottom trawling devastates coastal habitats, ki...
act.for-the-ocean.org
May 20, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Enough is enough. It’s time for a ban - starting yesterday.
Take action with us, @bluemarinef.bsky.social & Only One to save UK seas. Email the Environment Secretary, Steve Reed, telling him to BAN bottom trawling in marine protected areas. 🚫✊
💥 ACT: act.for-the-ocean.org/act/protect-... 👈👈
Take action with us, @bluemarinef.bsky.social & Only One to save UK seas. Email the Environment Secretary, Steve Reed, telling him to BAN bottom trawling in marine protected areas. 🚫✊
💥 ACT: act.for-the-ocean.org/act/protect-... 👈👈
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❌ Promise made. Promise broken?
The UK Environment Secretary, Steve Reed, VOWED to end bottom trawling.
A year on, and we are STILL waiting. 3/4 🔽
The UK Environment Secretary, Steve Reed, VOWED to end bottom trawling.
A year on, and we are STILL waiting. 3/4 🔽
May 20, 2025 at 7:36 AM
❌ Promise made. Promise broken?
The UK Environment Secretary, Steve Reed, VOWED to end bottom trawling.
A year on, and we are STILL waiting. 3/4 🔽
The UK Environment Secretary, Steve Reed, VOWED to end bottom trawling.
A year on, and we are STILL waiting. 3/4 🔽
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🚨 BREAKING: 20,000+ HOURS of suspected bottom trawling WRECKED the UK’s offshore marine “protected” areas last year, our research shows! 🌊 That would score tracks on the seabed that would stretch EIGHT TIMES around the UK. All with the government's permission! 1/4 🔽
www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
UK's marine protected areas face over 20,000 hours of bottom trawling
Bottom trawling is a fishing method where large, weighted nets are dragged across the seafloor by one or two boats to catch fish and other marine life that live on or near the bottom.
www.express.co.uk
May 20, 2025 at 7:36 AM
🚨 BREAKING: 20,000+ HOURS of suspected bottom trawling WRECKED the UK’s offshore marine “protected” areas last year, our research shows! 🌊 That would score tracks on the seabed that would stretch EIGHT TIMES around the UK. All with the government's permission! 1/4 🔽
www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
EXPOSED: Never seen before footage reveals the catastrophic impacts caused by bottom trawling ❌
@oceanauk.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzG9...
@oceanauk.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzG9...
OCEAN WITH DAVID ATTENBOROUGH | BOTTOM TRAWLING OFFICIAL CLIP | IN CINEMAS NOW | Altitude Films
YouTube video by Altitude Films
www.youtube.com
May 9, 2025 at 8:05 AM
EXPOSED: Never seen before footage reveals the catastrophic impacts caused by bottom trawling ❌
@oceanauk.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzG9...
@oceanauk.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzG9...
EXPOSED: Never seen before footage reveals the catastrophic impacts caused by bottom trawling ❌
@oceanauk.bsky.social & Only One
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzG9...
@oceanauk.bsky.social & Only One
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzG9...
EXPOSED: Never seen before footage reveals the catastrophic impacts caused by bottom trawling [Ocean With David Attenborough]
Official clip from OCEAN with David Attenborough
vimeo.com
May 9, 2025 at 7:59 AM
EXPOSED: Never seen before footage reveals the catastrophic impacts caused by bottom trawling ❌
@oceanauk.bsky.social & Only One
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzG9...
@oceanauk.bsky.social & Only One
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzG9...
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Held at Royal Festival Hall, the event left everyone reflecting on how vital it is to protect our seas. Huge thanks to the Players of #People’sPostcodeLottery and @bluemarinef.bsky.social for this powerful experience. 💙
#Ocean #YouthVoice #ClimateAction #UKYouth
#Ocean #YouthVoice #ClimateAction #UKYouth
May 7, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Held at Royal Festival Hall, the event left everyone reflecting on how vital it is to protect our seas. Huge thanks to the Players of #People’sPostcodeLottery and @bluemarinef.bsky.social for this powerful experience. 💙
#Ocean #YouthVoice #ClimateAction #UKYouth
#Ocean #YouthVoice #ClimateAction #UKYouth
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It was an honour to host the Future Generations world premiere of Ocean with David Attenborough 🌊
The film will be in cinemas from May 8, and on National Geographic, Disney+ and Hulu from June 8 (World Ocean Day). We can’t wait for you all to see it! 🐟
#oceanfilm
The film will be in cinemas from May 8, and on National Geographic, Disney+ and Hulu from June 8 (World Ocean Day). We can’t wait for you all to see it! 🐟
#oceanfilm
May 8, 2025 at 8:13 AM
It was an honour to host the Future Generations world premiere of Ocean with David Attenborough 🌊
The film will be in cinemas from May 8, and on National Geographic, Disney+ and Hulu from June 8 (World Ocean Day). We can’t wait for you all to see it! 🐟
#oceanfilm
The film will be in cinemas from May 8, and on National Geographic, Disney+ and Hulu from June 8 (World Ocean Day). We can’t wait for you all to see it! 🐟
#oceanfilm
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amazing that David Attenborough has put out a film about the world's seas on his 99th birthday, including footage from Scotland's beautiful inshore, all very much worthy of @emmaroddicksnp.bsky.social's motion to Parliament and comment from @bluemarinef.bsky.social news.stv.tv/scotland/sir...
Sir David Attenborough praised for 'influence' on his 99th birthday
SNP MSP Emma Roddick put forward a motion in the Scottish Parliament praising him for 'his tireless service to humanity and nature over seven decades'.
news.stv.tv
May 8, 2025 at 10:46 AM
amazing that David Attenborough has put out a film about the world's seas on his 99th birthday, including footage from Scotland's beautiful inshore, all very much worthy of @emmaroddicksnp.bsky.social's motion to Parliament and comment from @bluemarinef.bsky.social news.stv.tv/scotland/sir...
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The 1st national UK conference on kelp ecology is happening at @sussex.ac.uk today. Follow @sussexkelp.bsky.social and #KelpSummit2025 for updates through the day, and check out the new report from @bluemarinef.bsky.social sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/uks-fir...
April 2, 2025 at 9:20 AM
The 1st national UK conference on kelp ecology is happening at @sussex.ac.uk today. Follow @sussexkelp.bsky.social and #KelpSummit2025 for updates through the day, and check out the new report from @bluemarinef.bsky.social sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/uks-fir...
🚨Governments pledged to protect at least 30% of the ocean by 2030, yet bottom trawling is still allowed in "protected" areas.
Join the Week of Ocean Action & demand bottom trawling is banned in Europe’s marine protected areas.
🌍 Click here to demand action: bit.ly/41RiLea
#ForTheOcean
Join the Week of Ocean Action & demand bottom trawling is banned in Europe’s marine protected areas.
🌍 Click here to demand action: bit.ly/41RiLea
#ForTheOcean
March 26, 2025 at 10:48 AM
🚨Governments pledged to protect at least 30% of the ocean by 2030, yet bottom trawling is still allowed in "protected" areas.
Join the Week of Ocean Action & demand bottom trawling is banned in Europe’s marine protected areas.
🌍 Click here to demand action: bit.ly/41RiLea
#ForTheOcean
Join the Week of Ocean Action & demand bottom trawling is banned in Europe’s marine protected areas.
🌍 Click here to demand action: bit.ly/41RiLea
#ForTheOcean
Our friends @oceanauk.bsky.social are in court today, fighting to get big oil out of our ocean.
This is a court case to keep a close eye on 👇👇
This is a court case to keep a close eye on 👇👇
🚨 Big Oil want us silent. They want us to accept more oil, more destruction, more climate chaos. We say no. We’re at the High Court in London right now for our case challenging the latest oil and gas licences.
JOIN US. 🌊
NO MORE OIL. #OceanVsOil
act.oceana.org/page/168228/...
JOIN US. 🌊
NO MORE OIL. #OceanVsOil
act.oceana.org/page/168228/...
March 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Our friends @oceanauk.bsky.social are in court today, fighting to get big oil out of our ocean.
This is a court case to keep a close eye on 👇👇
This is a court case to keep a close eye on 👇👇
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🐧 GREAT OCEAN NEWS 🐧
The SA government has finally declared no-take zones around key African Penguin breeding colonies.
My friends at SANCCOB have worked tirelessly for many years to make this happen, and they deserve to be widely praised for this hard-fought victory.
1/2
The SA government has finally declared no-take zones around key African Penguin breeding colonies.
My friends at SANCCOB have worked tirelessly for many years to make this happen, and they deserve to be widely praised for this hard-fought victory.
1/2
March 20, 2025 at 12:25 PM
🐧 GREAT OCEAN NEWS 🐧
The SA government has finally declared no-take zones around key African Penguin breeding colonies.
My friends at SANCCOB have worked tirelessly for many years to make this happen, and they deserve to be widely praised for this hard-fought victory.
1/2
The SA government has finally declared no-take zones around key African Penguin breeding colonies.
My friends at SANCCOB have worked tirelessly for many years to make this happen, and they deserve to be widely praised for this hard-fought victory.
1/2
🚨The great UK fishing scandal continues as 54% of catch limits are set above scientific advice for 2025, further jeopardising our dwindling fish populations and struggling small-scale fishing fleets.
The Labour government must and can turn this around for people & the planet. Share if you agree✊
The Labour government must and can turn this around for people & the planet. Share if you agree✊
March 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
🚨The great UK fishing scandal continues as 54% of catch limits are set above scientific advice for 2025, further jeopardising our dwindling fish populations and struggling small-scale fishing fleets.
The Labour government must and can turn this around for people & the planet. Share if you agree✊
The Labour government must and can turn this around for people & the planet. Share if you agree✊
BREAKING NEWS 🚨 SANCCOB, BirdLife SA, the fishing industry and the South African government agree to new no-take zones to commercial fishers around penguin breeding colonies. 🐧
Thank you for supporting this campaign to #SaveAfricanPenguins.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Thank you for supporting this campaign to #SaveAfricanPenguins.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Hope for endangered penguins as no-fishing zones agreed off South Africa
Deal will restrict fishing near colonies on Robben Island and Bird Island for 10 years, after long debate between industry and conservationists
www.theguardian.com
March 18, 2025 at 2:52 PM
BREAKING NEWS 🚨 SANCCOB, BirdLife SA, the fishing industry and the South African government agree to new no-take zones to commercial fishers around penguin breeding colonies. 🐧
Thank you for supporting this campaign to #SaveAfricanPenguins.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Thank you for supporting this campaign to #SaveAfricanPenguins.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Actual footage of me, celebrating my inbox being organised for ✨ one whole minute ✨
#celebrate #officehumour
#celebrate #officehumour
March 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Actual footage of me, celebrating my inbox being organised for ✨ one whole minute ✨
#celebrate #officehumour
#celebrate #officehumour
Blue Marine is thrilled to be celebrating its 15th year of working to protect the ocean. 🎊
We would like to thank all our partners who have been instrumental in helping us deliver our mission.
Here's to the next 15 years of uniting to protect the ocean! 🌊
We would like to thank all our partners who have been instrumental in helping us deliver our mission.
Here's to the next 15 years of uniting to protect the ocean! 🌊
March 12, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Blue Marine is thrilled to be celebrating its 15th year of working to protect the ocean. 🎊
We would like to thank all our partners who have been instrumental in helping us deliver our mission.
Here's to the next 15 years of uniting to protect the ocean! 🌊
We would like to thank all our partners who have been instrumental in helping us deliver our mission.
Here's to the next 15 years of uniting to protect the ocean! 🌊
Another big environmental court case is coming. This time from our friends @oceanauk.bsky.social
It’s time to get big oil out of our marine protected areas. This case is one to keep up to date on👇
It’s time to get big oil out of our marine protected areas. This case is one to keep up to date on👇
🚨 Our legal fight against new North Sea oil & gas licences is happening THIS MONTH at the Royal Courts of Justice. We're rising up and saying it loud: NO MORE OIL & GAS IN UK SEAS! 🌊
This will be a defining moment for our ocean and climate - stay tuned for updates.
This will be a defining moment for our ocean and climate - stay tuned for updates.
March 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Another big environmental court case is coming. This time from our friends @oceanauk.bsky.social
It’s time to get big oil out of our marine protected areas. This case is one to keep up to date on👇
It’s time to get big oil out of our marine protected areas. This case is one to keep up to date on👇
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The UK Government went against scientific advice when it set maximum fishing quotas for 2024.
@Bluemarinef.bsky.social
is bringing legal action against Defra, saying it acted contrary to its commitments to protect the UK’s marine environment 👏
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
@Bluemarinef.bsky.social
is bringing legal action against Defra, saying it acted contrary to its commitments to protect the UK’s marine environment 👏
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
Government went against scientific advice in setting fishing quotas, court told
Blue Marine Foundation is bringing legal action saying the quotas contribute to a long-term decline in fish stocks and fishers’ employment.
www.independent.co.uk
March 6, 2025 at 11:59 AM
The UK Government went against scientific advice when it set maximum fishing quotas for 2024.
@Bluemarinef.bsky.social
is bringing legal action against Defra, saying it acted contrary to its commitments to protect the UK’s marine environment 👏
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
@Bluemarinef.bsky.social
is bringing legal action against Defra, saying it acted contrary to its commitments to protect the UK’s marine environment 👏
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
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👏👏👏 Our government urgently needs a strategy to stop overfishing from gutting our seas. Great work @bluemarinef.bsky.social
Today, we take the government to court for allowing decades of overfishing.
The aim of the case is to reform fisheries management at a government level – to support thriving coastal communities and the recovery of our marine life.
Read more 👇 www.bluemarinefoundation.com/2025/03/05/b...
The aim of the case is to reform fisheries management at a government level – to support thriving coastal communities and the recovery of our marine life.
Read more 👇 www.bluemarinefoundation.com/2025/03/05/b...
March 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
👏👏👏 Our government urgently needs a strategy to stop overfishing from gutting our seas. Great work @bluemarinef.bsky.social
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🚨 Today, we're in the High Court representing @bluemarinef.bsky.social in their case challenging fishing quotas exceeding scientific advice, harming ocean & industry health. Counsel: David Wolfe KC & Brendon Moorhouse. www.richardbuxton.co.uk/case/blue-ma...
March 5, 2025 at 9:48 AM
🚨 Today, we're in the High Court representing @bluemarinef.bsky.social in their case challenging fishing quotas exceeding scientific advice, harming ocean & industry health. Counsel: David Wolfe KC & Brendon Moorhouse. www.richardbuxton.co.uk/case/blue-ma...
Today, we take the government to court for allowing decades of overfishing.
The aim of the case is to reform fisheries management at a government level – to support thriving coastal communities and the recovery of our marine life.
Read more 👇 www.bluemarinefoundation.com/2025/03/05/b...
The aim of the case is to reform fisheries management at a government level – to support thriving coastal communities and the recovery of our marine life.
Read more 👇 www.bluemarinefoundation.com/2025/03/05/b...
March 5, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Today, we take the government to court for allowing decades of overfishing.
The aim of the case is to reform fisheries management at a government level – to support thriving coastal communities and the recovery of our marine life.
Read more 👇 www.bluemarinefoundation.com/2025/03/05/b...
The aim of the case is to reform fisheries management at a government level – to support thriving coastal communities and the recovery of our marine life.
Read more 👇 www.bluemarinefoundation.com/2025/03/05/b...
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Yesterday I spotted my first rainbow sea slug! They’ve been known in the southwest since 2022 - but so happy to have finally spotted my own!!
🩵🦑🤿🇬🇧🌊
#nudibranch #rockpooling #UKunderwater
🩵🦑🤿🇬🇧🌊
#nudibranch #rockpooling #UKunderwater
March 2, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Yesterday I spotted my first rainbow sea slug! They’ve been known in the southwest since 2022 - but so happy to have finally spotted my own!!
🩵🦑🤿🇬🇧🌊
#nudibranch #rockpooling #UKunderwater
🩵🦑🤿🇬🇧🌊
#nudibranch #rockpooling #UKunderwater
We’re #hiring!
Are you an exceptionally organised and efficient facilitator looking for a new role? We are looking for our first executive assistant to join the Blue Marine team.
Full details here👇 www.bluemarinefoundation.com/vacancy/exec...
Are you an exceptionally organised and efficient facilitator looking for a new role? We are looking for our first executive assistant to join the Blue Marine team.
Full details here👇 www.bluemarinefoundation.com/vacancy/exec...
February 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
We’re #hiring!
Are you an exceptionally organised and efficient facilitator looking for a new role? We are looking for our first executive assistant to join the Blue Marine team.
Full details here👇 www.bluemarinefoundation.com/vacancy/exec...
Are you an exceptionally organised and efficient facilitator looking for a new role? We are looking for our first executive assistant to join the Blue Marine team.
Full details here👇 www.bluemarinefoundation.com/vacancy/exec...
🚨 New research from On The Hook MSC reveals a major issue with the Marine Stewardship Council’s standard: most seafood carrying the label is not fully certified—it’s *conditionally certified* meaning it has failed to meet best-practice levels 🧵👇 #SustainableSeafood (1/6)
February 20, 2025 at 9:39 AM
🚨 New research from On The Hook MSC reveals a major issue with the Marine Stewardship Council’s standard: most seafood carrying the label is not fully certified—it’s *conditionally certified* meaning it has failed to meet best-practice levels 🧵👇 #SustainableSeafood (1/6)
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Great talk tonight on Marine Protected Areas by Jean-Luc Solandt @bluemarinef.bsky.social for the SHIPS project in Plymouth. Take home message: Marine conservation is hard & messy & takes time, but we are making progress. Don't let perfection be the enemy of the good #oceanoptimism 🐟🦞🐙🪸
February 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Great talk tonight on Marine Protected Areas by Jean-Luc Solandt @bluemarinef.bsky.social for the SHIPS project in Plymouth. Take home message: Marine conservation is hard & messy & takes time, but we are making progress. Don't let perfection be the enemy of the good #oceanoptimism 🐟🦞🐙🪸