Sand Bay Summer OSPAR survey beach clean Join us on beautiful Sand Bay for a Summer clean-up! The plan - meet on the beach, they'll be a short safety briefing, equipment will be handed out and then we ...

29 Jun 2025 Positive ocean news: June '25 edition It's been a great month for making progress to protect and restore our seas. We round up the top good news stories for the ocean to celebrate the wins ...

There are about 2,000 gigatonnes of carbon stored on land. In comparison, the ocean holds a massive 37,700 gigatonnes of carbon. That’s over 18 times more! Most of this carbon stays locked in the ...

There are no appropriate management measures in place for Argentine shortfin squid caught in international waters. Unregulated fishing is of significant concern. This fishery is responsible for around ...

Cod stocks around Greenland were benchmarked in 2023, resulting in a number of changes to the understanding of the various stocks. Therefore, 2023 is the first year of advice based on the new approach ...

19 countries ratified the treaty during the conference, while other nations, such as the UK, formally committed to ratifying ...

The first step to protect our ocean is to ratify the High Seas Treaty as soon as possible by urgently laying it before Parliament. At the UN Ocean Conference in June, the UK Government committed to ...

Thanks to the hard work of volunteers all across the UK and Channel Islands, this year's Great British Beach Clean was a smashing success! We were delighted to see even more of you join us at the ...

This spring’s update to the Good Fish Guide sees Northeast Atlantic mackerel caught by midwater trawl move from a 3 to a 4, recommending that businesses do not source it. Mackerel caught in this way ...

Luke’s enthusiasm and interest in the species and the information that Marcus had to share is encouraging and we will continue to work closely with him to support his championing of pink sea fans in ...

Our beach clean data has shown an average drop of 80% in carrier bags found washed up on UK beaches. Following the introduction of charges on carrier bags over the last decade, data from our ...

Humpback sightings around the UK have become increasingly common in recent years. This may be due to the recovery of populations following the end of commercial whaling, which has resulted in the ...