Friends of Ocean Action is a unique, informal group of 54 ocean leaders who are fast-tracking solutions to the most pressing challenges facing the ocean.

Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing depletes fish stocks, destroys marine habitats, distorts competition and puts honest fishers at an unfair disadvantage.

Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing is a scourge, particularly in the Pacific where the loss in revenue to the formal economy is USD 4.3-8.3 billion.

In Sustainable Development Goal 14 (Life Below Water or ‘the ocean goal’), governments set out to end IUU fishing by 2020.

Global biodiversity loss is taking place at an increasingly fast rate and is close to reaching a critical point.

Effective management of ocean resources is fundamentally undermined by a profound lack of information. Scientific data on ocean conditions is temporally and spatially limited.

The ocean is the ultimate resource for all. It covers 70% of the Earth’s surface, is the planet’s largest biosphere and is home to 50–80% of life on Earth.

Friends of Ocean Action is exploring the role of the ocean and other aquatic resources in adequately, safely and sustainably feeding the planet now and into the future.

A world without plastic waste and pollution is possible

In order to shift to a zero-carbon maritime sector, a deeper understanding of zero-emission fuels and ambitious policy measures is required by the industry, and to turn this into demonstr...

There is considerable evidence to support the idea that progress on many of the SDGs accelerates when women are empowered to bring about change.

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), 33% of the world’s fish populations are overfished, and 60% are being fished to their sustainable limit.

The Virtual Ocean Dialogues, 1-5 June 2020, hosted by Friends of Ocean Action with the World Economic Forum, was the first global online conference for a healthy ocean that was open to all.

The Ocean Finance Handbook is a new guide that seeks to demystify the investment landscape of the sustainable blue economy.

Now is the time to pull together to protect natural resources – for the good of people, the natural world and business sustainability alike

Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing robs nations of up to $23.5 billion annually, undermining fisheries management and cheating legal fishers.

The Friends of Ocean Action is an informal, impact-driven group of leaders who are fast-tracking solutions to the most pressing challenges facing the Ocean