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News & Announcements

Restoring the Dogger Bank as the heart of the North Sea August 2025
Accelerating bottom trawling bans in UK inshore waters June 2025
Strengthening legal protection for European seas April 2025
Honduras expands coastal marine protection April 2025
Strengthening ocean governance through investigative journalism March 2025
Denmark proposes ban on bottom trawling in over 17% of its waters February 2025
Strengthening ocean protection in West Africa February 2025
Unlocking new markets for ocean farmers February 2025
Sweden takes first steps to ban bottom trawling in marine protected areas January 2025
New law protects over half of Argentina’s kelp forests December 2024
68,000 sq km of Bahamian waters to benefit from enhanced protection & management November 2024
$51.7 million pledge for high seas marine protection October 2024
Australia adds 523,000 sq km of no-take zones, protecting 23% of its ocean October 2024
Protecting kelp forests in Argentine Patagonia September 2024
Europe moves to ban harmful bisphenols in food packaging June 2024
EU Council adopts Nature Restoration Law June 2024
Sweden announces bottom trawling ban in territorial waters June 2024
Ensuring the High Seas Treaty becomes a reality April 2024
EU court ruling: overfishing laws clarified, but incomplete January 2024
Restoring mangrove ecosystems in the Bahamas and El Salvador November 2023
Agreement between Canada and Greenland marks major step forward for protection of shared Arctic ecosystem October 2023
The Nature Conservancy announces mainland Africa’s first debt swap for ocean conservation in Gabon August 2023
Campaign update: stopping overfishing in Canada June 2023
UN adopts world’s first treaty to protect the high seas June 2023
Australian marine park to almost triple in size to an area larger than Germany June 2023
Global Fishing Watch to reveal all human activity at sea with investment through The Audacious Project June 2023
Canada rejects Arctic mine expansion project after years of fierce protest November 2022
Increasing public support for climate action through data-driven communications November 2022
Advancing the protection of up to one million square kilometres of marine and coastal habitat in Canada November 2022
Extension of funding to securing an expanded UK MPA network which covers 30% of UK national waters by 2030 October 2022
Blue Bonds for Ocean Conservation project in Barbados will conserve 30% of marine and coastal environments September 2022
Fair Seas launches new report identifying areas of interest for Marine Protection in Irish Waters June 2022
Expanding and strengthening protected areas in the European Union June 2022
Colombia, WWF and Partners Announce $245M Agreement to Permanently Protect Vital Systems of Nation’s Protected Areas June 2022
Canada reaches over 14% marine protection as it declares 44K sq km protected off Nova Scotia June 2022
We are now the Becht Foundation September 2022
Campaigning to end overfishing in Canada and restore abundance to Canada’s wild fish May 2022
Award for innovation – bond structure (sustainability bond); and Sustainability bond of the year – sovereign: Belize’s blue bond April 2022
Legal first: CJEU must decide if ministers broke law with unsustainable fishing limits February 2022
Replicating and scaling up regenerative ocean farms to create jobs and protect the planet December 2021
Advancing sustainable fisheries and marine protection in UK waters December 2021
Increasing transparency and traceability in the seafood supply chain through Electronic Monitoring in longline industrial fishing December 2021
Accelerating mangrove conservation and restoration in Colombia and supporting expansion of blue carbon credits December 2021
Supporting Mangrove Action Project to scale up CBEMR (Community-Based Ecological Mangrove Restoration) December 2021
The Tristan da Cunha Marine Protection Zone (~690,000 sq km) is a physical reality August 2021
Over 90,000 sq km across Western James Bay and North Ontario coast moving towards protected status August 2021
Increasing ocean protection by 15% (4 million sq km) towards the goal of 30 by 30, whilst ensuring sustainable economic development through TNC’s Blue Bonds July 2021
Better protecting human health, wildlife, and the environment from harmful chemicals, particularly EDCs through new legislation in the EU July 2021
Advancing protections for up to 780,000 sq km of important ocean habitat across the Canadian Arctic July 2021
Achieving ambitious legislation to protect Ireland’s marine resources by 2025 and highly protecting 10% of its EEZ with a clear pathway towards protecting 30% by 2030 July 2021
Providing cost-effective, high impact MPA monitoring solutions that are globally scalable January 2021
Public campaigning to ban bottom trawling in MPAs within the European Union January 2021
The largest fully protected marine reserve in the Atlantic and 4th largest in the world designated around Tristan da Cunha November 2020
Enabling provision of clean drinking water in a Malagasy village through installation of Elemental Water Foundation’s plug and play desalination unit September 2019
Creating a network of highly & fully protected MPAs in 30% of UK waters August 2020
Scaling challenger brands with righteous causes through investment in The Craftory August 2019
Ensuring robust EU legislation against Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) by funding CHEM Trust June 2020
Protecting half the planet by supporting High Seas Alliance in their work towards a UN treaty to protect the high seas June 2020
Empowering grassroots communities to protect their coastal seas in the biodiversity-rich Mesoamerican Reef by funding Rare’s Fish Forever programme June 2020
Accelerating creation of Indigenous and marine protected areas with Oceans North in Canada June 2020
Creating over 4 million km<sup>2</sup> of protected marine ecosystems in the eastern Pacific Ocean with Oceana June 2020
Advancing high-protein alternatives for soybean meal in animal & fish feed, by investing in UK Agritech company, DryGro April 2020
Stronger enforcement of fishing quotas, better implementation of protected areas and limiting pollinator harming pesticides by supporting ClientEarth March 2020
Tackling ocean health & climate change through investment in AiiM Partners February 2020
Revival of tropical fisheries in east Africa and south-east Asia through grant to Blue Ventures January 2020