Led by RSPB and National Geographic Pristine Seas, Blue Marine supported the project in partnership with Becht Family Charitable Trust.Ģ019: With support from Blue Marine, 100 per cent of the waters around Ascension Island were designated a marine reserve, creating the largest fully protected marine reserve in the Atlantic, an area nearly the size of France.Ģ019: Following Blue Marine’s #StopElectricFishing campaign, undertaken in collaboration with Bloom Association, the European Parliament’s Committee on Fisheries voted to ban electric pulse fishing in EU waters.Ģ018: Azerbaijan declared the first MPA in the Caspian Sea, the largest inland body of water on the planet. 2021: The Scottish government announced an emergency MPA to protect the critically endangered flapper-skate egg site near the Isle of Skye after pressure from a campaign supported by Blue Marine.Ģ021: A byelaw, supported by Sir David Attenborough and Blue Marine through the Help Our Kelp coalition, protected 300 square kilometres of seabed off the Sussex coast from damaging trawl fishing.Ģ021: Blue Marine placed thousands of oysters into the sea to create the Solent’s first oyster restoration reef in Langstone Harbour.Ģ021: Based on evidence gathered by Blue Marine and our partners, the Maldivian Government designated six new protected areas, encompassing coral reefs, mangroves and seagrass meadows.Ģ020: Following a threat of legal action from Blue Marine, the UK Government brought forward a consultation on the future of fishing in offshore marine protected areas, starting with the Dogger Bank.Ģ020: The Tristan da Cunha community designated 687,000 square kilometres of their territorial waters as a no-take zone.
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