About us

Blue Ventures is a science-led social enterprise that works with coastal communities to develop transformative approaches for nurturing and sustaining locally-led marine conservation initiatives.

We have created the largest locally managed marine protected areas in the Indian Ocean, catalysed a sea change in community-led fisheries management, established sustainable aquaculture and ecotourism businesses, and developed new approaches to addressing community health needs.

Over the past decade our models have guided national fisheries policy in Madagascar and been replicated by communities, NGOs, businesses, funders and government agencies along thousands of kilometres of coastline.