Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
Chloe Ranford Fisheries & Aquaculture
A boatload of mussel shells have been sunk off Marlborough’s shores to create a reef that will help revive marine life and a multimillion-dollar industry.
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WORLD OCEAN INITIATIVE Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports Tourism
The latest World Ocean Initiative webinar highlights recent developments in promoting ocean science, developing technological innovations and boosting financing instruments.
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Adrienne Murray Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture
Seaweed production has boomed. Between 2005 and 2015 volumes doubled, surpassing 30 million tonnes annually, reports the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization.
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James Richens Fisheries & Aquaculture
With wild-fish stocks falling, a huge increase in farmed fish will be needed to meet the protein needs of the planet. James Richens reports on how the search for sustainable sources is focusing on the deep oceans, on land and even the laboratory
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Conrad Prabhu Fisheries & Aquaculture
Underscoring the Omani government’s ambitions to develop a thriving aquaculture industry in the Sultanate, Blue Waters (BWs) – a group company of Fisheries Development Oman (FDO) wholly owned by Oman Investment Authority (OIA) – recently took delivery of the largest shipment of fish fingerlings for its maiden fish farming project currently under implementation off Qurayyat in Muscat Governorate.
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Dan Vermeer, SeaAhead Fisheries & Aquaculture
While there is a lot of enthusiasm for expanding seaweed production and use, we haven’t yet seen the industry take off. What can be done to help sustainable seaweed live up to its potential?
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Ilana Mayid Fisheries & Aquaculture
According to a 2018 Markets and Markets report, the commercial seaweed industry is expected to reach $21 billion in revenues and grow at a compounded rate of 8.4% by 2023 due to seaweed’s functional properties in food processing and a growth in demand for a wider-array of seaweed-based products.
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Laura Rose, Global Aquaculture Alliance Fisheries & Aquaculture
Experts agree that aquatic proteins deserve a bigger share of the plate.
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A new federal task force has submitted recommendations that will be the basis for a strategy to help level the playing field for the U.S. seafood exporters and importers when doing business with other countries.
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World Ocean Initiative Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports
A new report commissioned by the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy outlines the four investments with the biggest potential to secure ocean health and wealth.
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Rob Fletcher Fisheries & Aquaculture
The first ever analysis using the “One Health” approach to identify strategies by which nations can grow their aquaculture sectors sustainably has been published this week.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
Plans to establish an extensive network of aquaculture facilities in US federal waters have potentially suffered a major setback, following a decision by a Louisiana court.
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Kera Abraham Panni, Mark C. Anderson and Magdaline Southard, Monterey Bay Aquarium - Seafood Watch Fisheries & Aquaculture
A growing movement is bringing local and sustainable seafood to the table.
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Brad Plumer Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Tourism
As climate change raises sea levels, storm surges and high tides will push farther inland, a team of researchers says.
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Dona Bertarelli & Mukhisa Kituyi Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports Tourism
Mukhisa Kituyi, secretary-general of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), and Dona Bertarelli, UNCTAD’s new special adviser for the blue economy, outline what the blue recovery agenda should include. Developing countries in particular can benefit.
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Ariella Simke, Forbes Fisheries & Aquaculture
An executive order issued by President Donald Trump on May 7th moved to open up federal waters to commercial fish farming (aquaculture). The area has previously been logistically prohibitive to break into.
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Fiona Harvey Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports
Report says there are substantial economic benefits to be had from ocean conservation
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Jim Cooper Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture
In the last decade there has been a growing demand for specialist materials, chemicals and components that can solve long-term problems of scarcity, or replace things that are mined or grown.
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Cristine Morgan, Greenbiz Fisheries & Aquaculture
While increased seafood consumption may be good short-term news for the U.S. seafood industry, it also is combating other major challenges, such as severely decreased foodservice and export business due to the pandemic.
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FAO’s State of the World’s Fisheries and Aquaculture 2020 tracks growing fish production and consumption, and highlights the promise of sustainability actions
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