Every year, thousands of dolphins, seals, sharks, and seabirds are accidentally caught in fishing nets and gear.

The popular seaside activity crabbing (catching crabs using strong smelling bait on a simple drop line) has received a lot of coverage in the news lately regarding questions surrounding the…

The Your Shore Conference 2026 brought together Cornwall’s passionate marine conservation community, celebrating the achievements of all its volunteers.

Dan Barrios-O'Neill, Head of Marine Conservation at Cornwall Wildlife Trust, reflects on calls for a ban on bottom trawling, the 2025 UN Ocean Conference, and the importance of working…

Dan Barrios-O'Neill, Head of Marine Conservation at Cornwall Wildlife Trust, explores the topic of our 2025 panel discussion, Can we have healthy seas and productive fisheries?

Ruth Williams, Head of Marine Conservation at The Wildlife Trusts, formally Head of Marine at Cornwall Wildlife Trust, explains why saving our seas is key to saving our world.

All around the Cornish coast between November and March, it’s worth keeping an eye out to sea – as, if you are very lucky, you may encounter an experience that will take your breath away.

Diving over a maerl bed is best described as like flying over a shagpile carpet made up of purple twiglets! It is an incredible sight. A huge diversity of fascinating marine creatures live in and…

This week Cornwall Wildlife Trust completed another successful Shoresearch week. Running for the twelfth year, the five days of surveying Cornwall's rocky shores was as popular as ever, with…

Guest blogger Lauren Holford on the natural wonders to be found along the shorelines of Cornwall's coast