Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
Brent Addleman, The Center Square Fisheries & Aquaculture
Supporting Maine’s aquaculture and economy is the focus of a new bipartisan U.S. House bill.
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Rob Fletcher, The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
Seaweed’s greatest potential to be both commercially successful and environmentally positive is using it as a biostimulant in order to increase terrestrial crops yields, while reducing the traditional agriculture sector’s reliance on chemical fertiisers, rather than as a means of sequestering blue carbon.
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Rob Jordan, Standford News Fisheries & Aquaculture
Quantifying mangroves’ value as a climate solution and economic engine.
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Hanna Gezelius , IntraFish Fisheries & Aquaculture
The blue economy is attracting growing investor interest, and more capital is coming into the sector, but there are still not enough funds to support the sector, Ocean 14 Capital co-founder Chris Gorell-Barnes said during a panel discussion at the event, which ran May 23 - 24.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
According to a new report published by non-profit financial think tank Planet Tracker, even in the most optimistic scenario of improving current aquaculture practices, a 50 million tonne supply gap would still exist by 2050, meaning change is critical.
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United Nations Fisheries & Aquaculture Shipping & Ports Tourism
The ocean can provide vast opportunities for developing countries to build more innovative and resilient economies, but climate change, pollution and overfishing threaten the livelihoods of some three billion people who rely on it for food and income.
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Vincent Doumeizel, World Ocean Initiative Fisheries & Aquaculture
A blog by Vincent Doumeizel, senior adviser for ocean at the UN Global Compact and director of the food programme at Lloyd’s Register Foundation.
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Zeke Reed, KCRW Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture
Part incubator, part research facility, and part educational institution, AltaSea supports scientists, entrepreneurs, and students working to make Los Angeles a global hub for the so-called “blue economy” — the aquatic equivalent of the sustainable green economy on land.
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Mark Hillsdon, Reuters Fisheries & Aquaculture Tourism
Several partnerships are looking to bring businesses and governments together to start protecting mangroves and other blue carbon at scale.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
An impressive number of startups are due to showcase their technologies at the forthcoming Blue Food Innovation Summit.
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Gemma Conroy, Nature Fisheries & Aquaculture
Analysis estimates that kelp forests are at least three times more valuable for food and the planet than previously thought.
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World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture
Experts at the 10th annual World Ocean Summit highlighted how blue-energy projects can be designed to support conservation, aquaculture and more.
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Kris Atkinson, Money Marketing Fisheries & Aquaculture
After nearly two decades in the making, the newly agreed UN High Seas Treaty marks a major step forward for ocean preservation, aiming to mitigate the impact of climate change on marine biodiversity and ocean ecosystems.
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World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture
Experts at the 10th annual World Ocean Summit stressed the importance of co-creating solutions.
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World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture
Mangroves, tidal marshes and seagrass meadows are powerful nature-based net-zero solutions.
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Institute for Sustainable Investing, Morgan Stanley Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Shipping & Ports Tourism
Tackling climate change, protecting biodiversity and fostering inclusive economic growth will require more than $3 trillion of investments in the world’s oceans in the coming decades.
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Dan Primack, Axios Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture
Carbonwave, a Boston-based startup that "upcycles" Sargassum seaweed into biomaterials, raised $5 million in venture capital funding led by an affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
Project to reintroduce European native oysters unveils first predicted impact of species’ return and aims to improve water quality, enhance marine biodiversity and increase carbon storage in the Dornoch Firth over the next decade.
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Karen Demavivas, World Economic Forum Fisheries & Aquaculture
As our global population expands, so too does demand for nutritious and climate-friendly food.
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Jeff Kart, Forbes Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution
Making bioplastics from seaweed is becoming fashionable. And that’s not a dig.
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