Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
Bubba Cook Fisheries & Aquaculture
The COVID-19 crisis has laid bare some of the challenges and inadequacies of the global seafood supply chain.
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Mark Stopha, Alaska Fish & Wildlife News Fisheries & Aquaculture
Fledgling kelp farmers are joining Alaska’s wild kelpers in developing a promising new industry in Alaska waters.
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David Hume, World Ocean Initiative / The Economist Group Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports
Guest blogger David Hume, marine energy manager with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in the US, considers the role of innovation hubs in nurturing blue economy businesses.
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UN News Fisheries & Aquaculture
More people than ever rely on fisheries and aquaculture for food, and income, but the seafood industry is facing a “dangerous” sustainability divide when comparing trends in the developed world versus those in poorer regions, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) revealed on Monday.
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Tatiana Schlossberg, NYT Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution
Machine-learning applications are proving to be especially useful to the scientific community studying the planet's largest bodies of water.
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Amy Woodyatt, CNN Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution
Marine life in the world's oceans could recover to healthy levels in the next thirty years if decisive and urgent action is taken, an international review has found.
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Fundamental changes in seawater chemistry are occurring throughout the world's oceans. The ocean absorbs about a quarter of the CO2 we release into the atmosphere every year, so as atmospheric CO2 levels increase, so do the levels in the ocean.
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Annie Sneed, Scientific American Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture
A U.S. agency is funding projects to help create a bioenergy industry based on macroalgae.
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Liza Mayer Fisheries & Aquaculture
A bill that seeks to establish national standards for offshore aquaculture in the US was re-introduced March 11 at the US House of Representatives.
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Robert Jones Fisheries & Aquaculture
Seafood is one of the most important food sources for the world’s seven billion people—for as many as three billion people, it is a key source of protein. That significant demand is projected to rise as the population adds upward of two billion more people in the next 30 years.
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Charlotte Edmond, World Economic Forum Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture
Spiky, voracious and multiplying at an alarming rate, sea urchins are destroying marine ecosystems around the world. The solution? Eat them, according to one company.
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James Richen, Responsible Investor Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution
James Richens, editor of The Economist Group’s World Ocean Initiative, takes stock of Responsible Investor’s survey of investment risks and opportunities in the blue economy.
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Ker Than. Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture
In 2000, Stanford marine ecologist Larry Crowder read an intriguing scientific paper that introduced the concept of mobile marine protected areas, or mMPAs – ocean sanctuaries whose boundaries can shift in space and time to protect animals that follow changing ocean features like the Gulf Stream.Read more → (7 minute read)
Paul Brinkmann, U.S. News Fisheries & Aquaculture
A new land-based salmon farm, described by industry groups as among the world's largest, is raising millions of the healthy popular fish in giant warehouses about 30 miles southwest of Miami.Read more → (7 minute read)
Alexandra Ossola, Quartz Fisheries & Aquaculture
If you’ve only heard about the negative aspects of algae, like how its blooms clog waterways and kill off species, you’re missing half the story. Now scientists and engineers are discovering new ways to harness algae’s unique qualities.Read more → (3 minute read)
Martin Koehring, The Economist Group- World Ocean Initiative Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports
Safeguarding and harnessing the ocean’s ability to provide for people and the planet is crucial for sustainable development, says Martin Koehring, head of the World Ocean Initiative.
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World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group Fisheries & Aquaculture
The first blue paper commissioned by the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy finds that, if mariculture is better managed, the world can both produce more food, and do so profitably.
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Mindy Weisberger Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution
When workers with a whale strandings agency in Scotland performed a necropsy on a recently beached sperm whale, they found a gruesome surprise: The animal had died with around 220 lbs. (100 kilograms) of trash in its stomach.Read more → (4 minute read)
Michael Crispino Fisheries & Aquaculture
Our planet’s health—and our own well-being—is dependent on a vibrant ocean rich with natural resources. Oceans provide but must also thrive. Sustainable fishing can be an effective way to balance the needs of people and nature by protecting complex, interconnected ecosystems while providing food security and livelihoods for coastal communities.Read more → (4 minute read)
Olivia Rosane Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution
Discarded plastic fishing equipment, dubbed "ghost gear," is especially dangerous to marine life because it was designed to trap and kill it.Read more → (3 minute read)
