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Y Môr a Ni Endorsed by the UN Ocean Decade

The Y Môr a Ni strategy and the King's Baton Relay events have successfully received endorsement as official activities of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (the UN Ocean Decade). The endorsement recognises activities that make a meaningful contribution towards the Ocean Decade's vision of delivering “the science we need for the ocean we want” and aligns them with a global network of initiatives addressing key ocean challenges.

Launch of the CaSP Website

The Wales Coasts and Seas Partnership has launched its new website to support shared action for the health and resilience of the seas around Wales. The site provides information on the work of the Partnership, and its key themes, and also providers updates on current projects, community partnerships and opportunities to get involved.

Y Môr a Ni and partners at Porthdinllaen

Y Môr a Ni represents Welsh seas for the King's Baton Relay

Y Môr a Ni and its partners – North Wales Wildlife Trust, Project SIARC (led by the Zoological Society of London and Natural Resources Wales), the British Sub-Aqua Club (BSAC), and Pen Llŷn a’r Sarnau Special Area of Conservation – are joining forces with Team Wales to celebrate Wales’ seas, wildlife and coastal communities as part of the King's Baton Relay.

Launch of MARINE Fund Cymru

The MARINE Fund Cymru was officially opened for contributions by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs at the Coastal Futures Conference on 29 January 2026.

Young people on a beach listening to someone talk

The Coastal Coordinator Challenge Fund

In Autumn 2025, the Welsh Government and the Wales Council for Voluntary Action ran a Challenge Fund, seeking to appoint Coastal Coordinators to help strengthen coastal capacity across Wales.

Pilot Festival of the Sea events

To coincide with the launch of Y Môr a Ni, the Welsh Ocean Literacy Coalition (WOLC) delivered two pilot Festival of Sea events in Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire and Flint, Flintshire. The festivals were the first tangible outputs of Y Môr a Ni, co-designed with local community groups and marine practitioners.

Launch of Y Môr a Ni

A new initiative led by the Wales Coasts and Seas Partnership (CaSP Cymru) has launched ‘Y Môr a Ni’ (The Sea and Us) – a framework for Ocean Literacy in Wales, which is a first of its kind in the UK. The strategy aims to grow people's relationship with our coasts and seas.