Blue Marine Foundation's Podcasts

Ocean Awards 2021: The Science Award

Dr Lauren Biermann from the Plymouth Marine Laboratory was awarded the Ocean Awards 2021 Science Award for her work using satellite data to find patches of floating plastic litter from space. Speaking here to Charles Clover of Blue Marine Foundation, she describes how she developed a machine learning algorithm to help the satellites distinguish between ocean debris and plastics, helping take the first step in removing plastic litter from our oceans.

Ocean Awards 2021: The Innovation Award

Dr Chris Wilcox was awarded the Ocean Awards 2021 Innovation Award for two devices that are improving the way we monitor and protect the ocean. Here, he talks to

BOAT International's Sacha Bonsor about the devices and his hopes for them.

Blue Oysters

Our native British oyster is a remarkable creature.  Not only are they ecosystem engineers, a single oyster can filter 200 litres of water a day!  Discover how the Blue Marine Foundation has been working in the Solent to set an example for how to recover this critical habitat.

Fish For Tomorrow

Take a deep dive with the Blue Marine Resilient Reefs team as they guide you round the exotic world of groupers and parrot fish who swim through the azure seas and coral reefs off the Maldives. Find out why these species are under threat, what can be done to protect them and support a sustainable fishing and tourist industry in these paradise islands. Find out more from the Blue Marine Foundation's website here.

Ocean Awards 2020 Science Winner Dr Rainer Froese

BLUE’s executive director Charles Clover talks to Ocean Awards Science winner Dr Rainer Froese whose work counting fish leads him to believe that 2020 may see the end of overfishing in European waters as a result of Covid-19 – which has created the opportunity to restore fish stocks forever. 

Local Fish for Dinner

How Blue is connecting local sustainable fishing direct to consumers as Covid shuts down usual routes to market and customers.