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Working globally to protect and restore life in the ocean. 🌊 Take action for the ocean with us 👉 www.bluemarinefoundation.com

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Blue Marine Foundation @bluemarinef.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
The year is 2035, the ocean called – she's been protected, restored and is thriving. Abundant with fish and life. A healthy ocean is possible. YOU can help us make this a reality, follow us to get involved! 🌍💙
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Blue Marine Foundation @bluemarinef.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Still thinking about your New Year’s resolution? Here’s how you can get involved in ocean conservation👇 ✍️ Sign a petition 🗣️Talk to your friends and family about the ocean 🏃‍♂️Take on a challenge and fundraise for us Share this post if you plan to take action for our ocean in 2026 💪
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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
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-... 👈👈
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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...
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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
❌ 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 🔽
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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
🚨 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...
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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.
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Blue Marine Foundation @bluemarinef.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
EXPOSED: Never seen before footage reveals the catastrophic impacts caused by bottom trawling ❌ @oceanauk.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzG9...
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OCEAN WITH DAVID ATTENBOROUGH | BOTTOM TRAWLING OFFICIAL CLIP | IN CINEMAS NOW | Altitude Films
YouTube video by Altitude Films
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Blue Marine Foundation @bluemarinef.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
EXPOSED: Never seen before footage reveals the catastrophic impacts caused by bottom trawling ❌ @oceanauk.bsky.social & Only One www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzG9...
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EXPOSED: Never seen before footage reveals the catastrophic impacts caused by bottom trawling [Ocean With David Attenborough]
Official clip from OCEAN with David Attenborough
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UK Youth @ukyouth.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
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
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Earth Minutes 🌿 @earthminutes.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
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
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James Mackenzie @mrjamesmack.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
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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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'.
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Sussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
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...
Report cover: UK Kelp Recovery: Barriers and Optimum Conditions
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Blue Marine Foundation @bluemarinef.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
🚨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
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Blue Marine Foundation @bluemarinef.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
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 👇👇
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Lewis Pugh @lewispugh.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
🐧 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
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Blue Marine Foundation @bluemarinef.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
🚨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✊
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Blue Marine Foundation @bluemarinef.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
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/...
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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
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Blue Marine Foundation @bluemarinef.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Actual footage of me, celebrating my inbox being organised for ✨ one whole minute ✨ #celebrate #officehumour
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Blue Marine Foundation @bluemarinef.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
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! 🌊
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Blue Marine Foundation @bluemarinef.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
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👇
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Blue Planet Society @blueplanetsociety.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
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...
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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.
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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
👏👏👏 Our government urgently needs a strategy to stop overfishing from gutting our seas. Great work @bluemarinef.bsky.social
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Richard Buxton Solicitors @rbsolicitors.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
🚨 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...
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Blue Marine Foundation @bluemarinef.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
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...
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Jade Roberts @jadeunderwater.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
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
A rainbow sea slug on a rock
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Blue Marine Foundation @bluemarinef.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
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...
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Blue Marine Foundation @bluemarinef.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
🚨 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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Bryce Stewart @bd-stew.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
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 🐟🦞🐙🪸
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Blue Marine Foundation @bluemarinef.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
GOOD NEWS: France and Spain become first in EU to ratify the High Seas Treaty This important treaty is key to protecting 30% of our #ocean by 2030. We need 60 countries to ratify for the treaty to become legally binding. Share this post if you think the UK Government should ratify! 👀
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Blue Marine Foundation @bluemarinef.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Happy Valentine’s Day! 💙 African Penguins are loyal partners and mutually share the responsibilities of parenting. Both male and female take turns incubating the eggs, tending to their young and going out to sea to feed.🐧 Show your love for penguins: only.one/act/save-afr...
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Blue Marine Foundation @bluemarinef.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
🚨 INVESTIGATIONS UPDATE: Blue Marine and BLOOM challenge the European Commission in court over decision to block crucial fisheries management measures for the protection of the marine environment in the Indian Ocean.
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NaomiH.art @naomihart.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Absolutely delighted to have my work as #artistinresidence with Convex Seascape Survey featured in @thembauk.bsky.social I'm so privileged to work with these amazing people @cezzalew.bsky.social @ap3489.bsky.social @bluemarinef.bsky.social www.yumpu.com/en/document/... pp18-19
Front cover of Marine Biologist Magazine showing a lobster Images of benthic invertebrates on a magazine page Images of benthic invertebrates on a magazine page
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Ornithologiki / BirdLife Greece @ornithologiki.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Η "Συμμαχία για τον Αμβρακικό" γιορτάζει την Παγκόσμια Ημέρα Υγροτόπων! "#Amvrakikos Alliance" celebrates #WorldWetlandsDay! Ενημερωθείτε για τις δράσεις μας και ανακαλύψτε τη διεθνούς σημασίας 🦩🐬🦆φύση του Αμβρακικού: 👉 bit.ly/amvrakikos_alliance @iseaorg.bsky.social @bluemarinef.bsky.social
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Greenhouse Communications @greenhouse.agency · 05/02/2025
NGOs and fishermen call for an urgent end to destructive fishing in 'protected' areas🎣 OnlyOne, @bluemarinef.bsky.social, Oceana and more have sent open letters to President Macron and the EU Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans. Read more in @euronewsgreen👇 www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...
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Campaign groups urge French President and EU to end bottom trawling
There is growing public support for marine protection across Europe as 73 per cent of people support a ban on bottom trawling.
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Adam Porter @ap3489.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Great to see @fishtekmarine.bsky.social #DiscoScallops landing on plates at my favourite fish restaurant #Rockfish Innovative marine research that is making for healthier #seafood and a healthier #seabed @exetermarine.bsky.social @bluemarinef.bsky.social
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Blue Marine Foundation @bluemarinef.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
We've partnered with Blue Earth Summit for the second year running! 🐋 This partnership is more than just a collaboration, it’s a commitment to action. The ocean gives us half the oxygen we breathe, absorbs one-third of global CO₂ emissions and plays a pivotal role in regulating our climate. 🌎
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Blue Marine Foundation @bluemarinef.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
This year is a significant one for our ocean. 🌊 2025 marks a halfway point through the ‘ocean decade’, a critical moment in the global commitment to protect at least 30 per cent of land and sea by 2030. Click the link below to check out 'Into the Blue'.👇 issuu.com/bluemarinefo...
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Blue Marine Foundation @bluemarinef.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Imagine a world without African Penguins. 🐧 The warning signs are there, we need to act now to protect these vulnerable and iconic species. By 2035, African Penguins could be extinct. Sign the petition to #SaveAfricanPenguins.
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Blue Marine Foundation @bluemarinef.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
The #HighSeasTreaty is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to protect almost half of our planet, but it needs to be ratified by at least 60 countries for it to enter into force and take effect. Urge leaders around the world to ratify NOW: highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratif... #RaceForRatification
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Blue Marine Foundation @bluemarinef.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
We’re #hiring! 📣 Are you oyster-ly mad for #restoring marine habitats? We might just have the role for you. We are looking for a new Solent Project Officer be working to restore the Solent’s native #oysters. 🦪 Apply by 23 Feb👇 www.bluemarinefoundation.com/vacancy/sole...
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Solent Oyster Restoration Project Officer | Blue Marine Foundation
Job Description: Blue Marine is seeking a Solent Project Officer to support the delivery of our Solent Oyster Restoration Project (SORP), which aims to restore the Solent’s native oysters to a healthy...
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Bryce Stewart @bd-stew.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Puffin food fight goes to court as UK and EU clash over sand eels www.bbc.com/news/article... #brexit ##brexitreality #fisheries #conservation 🐟
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Blue Marine Foundation @bluemarinef.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
We could choose to drill baby drill, or we could rewild baby, rewild. Which side are you on? ✊✊
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Sussex Kelp Recovery Project (SKRP) @sussexkelp.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Hello from the Sussex Kelp Recovery Project (SKRP) 👋 We're new to Blue Sky but we hope you will follow us on the rewilding journey of Sussex's kelp forests and other marine habitats. 🌊🐚🪸🦞 📸Paul Boniface/Sussex Underwater @sussexwildlife.bsky.social @bluemarinef.bsky.social
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Blue Marine Foundation @bluemarinef.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
🐟 Sandeels take centre stage at The Hague If we are serious about tackling climate change and biodiversity loss, it's imperative that we keep fish like sandeels, out of nets. Read more about the courtroom trade battle in @theguardian.com👇 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Sandeels vs the EU: how the puffin’s favourite food sparked first post-Brexit courtroom trade battle
This week the EU will argue the UK’s ban on catching the tiny fish, celebrated by conservationists, amounts to discrimination against Danish fishers
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Earth Minutes 🌿 @earthminutes.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
During our recent #VR #education sessions with @bluemarinef.bsky.social, we asked young people what the government should do to take #action for the #ocean 🐙 Check out their answers in our latest Instagram reel 🎬 www.instagram.com/p/DFNUyGszzRP/
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Blue Marine Foundation @bluemarinef.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Your weekly #ocean #news has landed 🪸 Dive into new #coral science, fisheries updates and marine protection news 👇 www.bluemarinefoundation.com/2025/01/24/w...
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Weekly Ocean News 24.01.25 | Blue Marine Foundation
Science Scientists found that the coral, Cycloseris cyclolites, moves by inflating and deflating its body, similar to how jellyfish swim! Thawing permafrost in the Canadian Arctic has revealed a glaci...
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Bryce Stewart @bd-stew.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Great to see Arran COAST here on Bluesky! They've been showing the world that 'Marine conservation begins at home' for over 30 years. Please give them a follow 🪸🐟🐙🦞
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Blue Marine Foundation @bluemarinef.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Small-scale fisheries are the back bone of our coastal communities, but funding often goes to the biggest players in the industry. Supporting the biggest players, lines the pockets of the few. ❌ Local governments must recognise the value of small-scale fisheries. Read more in @theguardian.com👇
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Blue Marine Foundation @bluemarinef.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
“If this arbitration decision goes the EU’s way it is likely to lead to France challenging trawling bans in all our offshore marine protected areas" - Charles Clover, Blue Marine co-founder.
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Blue Marine Foundation @bluemarinef.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
🐟 Small fish, big row The humble #sandeel is set to take centre stage in the first courtroom trade battle between the UK and EU since Brexit. #Overfishing this critical species has a detrimental impact on our wider marine environment. ❌ Read more from BBC News👇 www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Sandeel: Brexit fishing row heads for trade court showdown
The UK has banned European vessels from catching the silvery fish species in its North Sea waters but the EU is challenging the move.
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Blue Marine Foundation @bluemarinef.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
🪸 OCEAN NEWS Start your week by diving into the latest ocean science, conservation and ocean x climate news.👇 www.bluemarinefoundation.com/2025/01/17/w...
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Weekly Ocean News 17.01.25 | Blue Marine Foundation
Science  Do you know how fish detect colour and brightness? Some fish leave their mother’s care early due to changes in their light preference.  A recent study has highlighted significant shifts in fi...
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