Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
Uki Goñi, The Guardian Fisheries & Aquaculture
Vessels primarily from China switch off their tracking beacons to evade detection while they engage in possible illegal fishing.
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Peter Horn & Katherine Hanly, The Pew Charitable Trusts Fisheries & Aquaculture Shipping & Ports
Funding and related assistance programme could help developing nations improve fisheries sustainability.
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Sally Ho, Green Queen Fisheries & Aquaculture
Chicago-based food tech Aqua Cultured Foods is launching what it claims is the world’s first whole-muscle cut seafood analogue developed using microbial fermentation.
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Anastasia Quintana & Alfredo Giron Nava, The Conversation Fisheries & Aquaculture
Local trust is critical for successful marine reserves.
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Call to Earth, CNN Fisheries & Aquaculture
Australian tech company Open SC is tracking fish through the supply chain to ensure consumers get sustainably sourced products.
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Walé Azeez, World Economic Forum Fisheries & Aquaculture
A type of seaweed known as kelp is being developed for its nutritional value and its ability to absorb and lock away huge quantities of carbon dioxide.
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Maria Damanaki, World Economic Forum Fisheries & Aquaculture
More than one-third of all fish stocks are fished at unsustainable levels, degrading biodiversity, and devastating the future of fisheries and fishermen.
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Feed and Additive Fisheries & Aquaculture
The Seaweed Company, specializing in the cultivation of traceable seaweed species, launched Blue Farming® for accelerating the transition to sustainable and organic agriculture.
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Geoffrey Kamadi, The Guardian Fisheries & Aquaculture
A community project on the Lamu archipelago trains women in preserving this vital ecosystem and provides business loans.
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Ben Belton, The Conversation Fisheries & Aquaculture
Fish and other aquatic foods are integral to diets for more than 1 billion people worldwide. Most of these people live in low- and middle-income countries in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, close to rivers, lakes or the sea.
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Tony Chen, World Ocean Initiative Fisheries & Aquaculture
Aquaculture can use technology to get ahead of disease outbreaks, argues Tony Chen, co-founder and CEO of Manolin.
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Max Ufberg, Intelligencer Fisheries & Aquaculture
While meat consumption has for decades been scrutinized for its contributions to climate change, the world is only just starting to reckon with the climate tolls of the commercial-fishing industry.
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Katharine Rooney, World Economic Forum Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture
Some of the tiniest life forms in the sea are playing a mighty role in protecting life on Earth.
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Robin McKie, The Guardian Fisheries & Aquaculture
London Zoo’s latest exhibition shows how scientists hope to halt the devastation caused by overheated oceans.
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Megan Howell, The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
A panel of leading policymakers and researchers has emphasised the value of diverse aquatic foods as key components of sustainable healthy diets and as drivers of food security in the Global South.
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Marine Conservation Society Fisheries & Aquaculture
Dr Jean-Luc Solandt, Principle Specialist in Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), and MPA Officer Frith Dunkley detail the findings of a new report.
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Andy Cornish, World Wildlife Fund Fisheries & Aquaculture
Two iconic shark species — oceanic whitetip and scalloped hammerhead — as well as many other sharks and rays inhabiting the open ocean are being pushed toward extinction. Main threat? Overfishing.
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Matt Rand & Rebecca Jablonski-Diehl, The Pew Charitable Trusts Fisheries & Aquaculture
Major fleet’s catch and revenue rose after enlargement of two marine monuments.
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Ian Urbina, World Economic Forum Fisheries & Aquaculture
Environmental crimes and human rights abuses are rife at sea and their offshore status means they're largely hidden from the world.
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Wildlife Conservation Society Newsroom Fisheries & Aquaculture
A powerful, long-term study from WCS adds scientific backing for global calls for conserving 30 percent of the world’s ocean.
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