Coastal communities can be powerful agents for change but systemic barriers have eclipsed their potential and hindered their progress.
We focus on removing the systemic barriers that prevent coastal communities from leading ocean protection and securing their futures.
Funding is allocated early and non-competitively, giving partners consistent, adaptable resources to scale and sustain their efforts.
Practical resources and peer exchanges support partners to share knowledge, respond to challenges, and implement local solutions.
Support strengthens coastal leadership and builds coalitions that bring community perspectives into policy and resource management.
Partners lead monitoring and data use, ensuring communities own and apply information for decision-making.
Driving flexible multi-year funding to local organisations on the frontlines of the ocean emergency, allowing coastal communities to drive their own priorities and strengthen stewardship of their seas.
Communities and partners are supported with training, data and tailored capacity strengthening.
Partners collectively advocate for reform and share tools and best practices to support fishers across the globe.
Community and partner voices are heard and elevated in policy spaces, at local, national, and global levels, ensuring that fundamental rights are respected and equity isn’t undermined in the rush to conserve ocean life.
Regional Advisory Councils facilitate inclusive, participatory, and informed delivery of our mission to support coastal communities to strengthen stewardship of their coastlines and drive lasting recovery.
Flexible, multi-year funding flows directly to local organisations on the frontline of the ocean emergency, guided by Blue Ventures’ 2030 Strategy for community-powered change. Climate resilience builds. Local livelihoods are transformed. Community fisheries become regenerative. Life recovers. Fishers thrive. Oceans thrive.
Blue Ventures is a marine conservation organisation working alongside coastal communities across the tropics to rebuild fisheries, restore ocean life and strengthen local livelihoods. Our approach puts people first, supporting communities to secure their rights, lead local management, and build resilient, thriving futures.
The Fund is part of our broader vision for Community-Powered Change, outlined in our 2030 Strategy.
