Blue Economy Governance: The Building Blocks of Sustainable Success
February 24, 2026 By Andy Hamflett, Co-Founder and Director, NLA International A diverse collection of marine and maritime stakeholders gathered today in the Philippines to explore the emerging potential of the Blue Economy in the Philippines. The Blue Economy Nature Forum – convened by the British Embassy in Manila – was opened by Seema Malhotra […]
The Ghost Gear Crisis: Adopting a Win-Win Circular Blue Economy Approach
February 5, 2026 By Nata Tavonvunchai, NLAI Associate. Early in 2025, a 400m-long abandoned fishing net trapping dozens of seabirds, fish, crabs, and lobsters was found off the Southwest coast of England. Beneath the surface of Plymouth Sound National Marine Park, volunteer divers from the local marine charity Fathoms Free discovered what one of their […]
Securing a Sustainable Blue Economy: West Africa’s Fight Against Illegal Fishing
January 26, 2026 By John O. Oladipo, NLAI Associate In a region where the ocean is a vital source of food, jobs, and economic stability, West African nations are strengthening their response to illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing (IUUF), a practice that costs Africa an estimated $11 billion annually. That eye-watering figure was cited during […]
Safeguarding Space from the Sea: NLAI Completes Navigational Risk Assessment for SaxaVord Spaceport
NLAI recently successfully completed a major Navigational Risk Assessment (NRA) for SaxaVord Spaceport, which is located on the northernmost tip of the Shetland Islands. The assessment supports their application for a marine licence to carry out vertical launch operations into orbit and sub-orbit from the island of Unst. Led by Associate Director Al Wilson, the […]
Use case: Seabed mapping innovation
The world’s oceans cover 70% of the Earth. This is about 362 million square kilometres of the total surface area (Eakins and Sharman, 2010). Seabed 2030 ambition is to source, acquire and collate global ocean coverage of seabed mapping by the end of year 2030. To date we have acquired, processed, and made seabed mapping […]
Governance and Finance in the Blue Economy: What’s happening
Welcome to the first edition of NLAI's Blue Economy Pulse. Over time, Pulse will explore the many facets of the Blue Economy, including marine planning and implementation, combining synergistic sustainable ocean activities, stakeholder inclusion and science, technology and innovation. In this edition we focus on blue economy governance and finance, two areas ripe for innovation […]
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Collaborating for Future Conservation in the Sargasso Sea
The Sargasso Sea Commission, formed after the signing of the Hamilton Declaration, is primarily a group of independent scientific experts that have been hard at work in their stewardship role reviewing, researching and safeguarding this two-million square mile iconic area of ocean.
Don’t Take Your Satnav Position for Granted
NLAI Associate Director Capt Phil Buckley highlights the need to improve maritime navigation system integrity. The Blue Economy is underpinned by an oft overlooked but critical capability. Since the very first humans set out to sea the ability to understand position and time has allowed safe navigation. Local knowledge and familiarity with coastal terrain was supplemented by advances […]
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