Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
Observer Research Foundation Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Shipping & Ports
Eighty per cent of world trade happens using the seas, 40 per cent of the world’s population live near coastal areas, and more than three billion people access the oceans for their livelihood.
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Diane Stirling, Syracuse University News Fisheries & Aquaculture
Can Kelp Help? Research Examines Dairy Farmer, Dairy Nutritionist Attitudes on Adding Feed Additive to Cut Methane Emissions
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Urban Ocean Lab Fisheries & Aquaculture
An informative factsheet on what regenerative ocean farming is, why it matters, and the benefits it provides.
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The Japan Times Fisheries & Aquaculture
Local fisheries cooperatives, governments and companies in the Kushiro district in eastern Hokkaido are pushing to increase the amount of “blue carbon” — a term referring to carbon captured by coastal and marine ecosystems — absorbed by artificial seaweed beds installed along the shore.
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Michael van Niekerk, Investment Magazine Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports Tourism
The ocean or the global “blue economy” contributes US$2.5 trillion ($3.8 trillion) a year in economic output – equivalent to world’s seventh-largest economy by GDP – and is expected to expand at twice the rate of the mainstream economy, reaching US$3 trillion a year by 2030.
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Anis Uzzaman, Forbes Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports
As the world deals with climate change and rising energy prices, green technology is more important than ever. Entrepreneurs stand to benefit by coming up with green technology business ideas to serve a growing market need.
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The Nature Conservancy Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture
Later this year, representatives from countries around world will meet at the UN Convention on Biological Diversity to agree on a new global framework to guide biodiversity protection the rest of this decade—a “New Deal for Nature.”
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Emily Underwood, Nautilus Fisheries & Aquaculture
Ocean conservation science is experiencing a data explosion—but can we utilize it properly?
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Jessica Byrne, Thred Fisheries & Aquaculture
Oceanologists are using their knowledge to help fishermen increase their income while improving the sustainability of their catches. If implemented across Europe, it could transform the fishing industry in the Mediterranean.
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Christopher Flavelle and Catrin Einhorn, The New York Times Fisheries & Aquaculture
If worsening coastal storms damage the reefs, the Nature Conservancy will get a payout and use the money to repair the coral — work that state officials can’t afford to do.
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Kate Wing, David Millar, Aaron Roan Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports Tourism
The next wave of transformation in ocean understanding will come from improving our ability to discover and connect this data, giving us a clearer picture of what’s happening under the waves and envisioning new ocean solutions.
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Lucy Sheriff, Fortune Fisheries & Aquaculture
Seaweed is having its moment in the sun: Use of the marine plant is a rapidly growing trend that could aid in everything from global food security to climate change.
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Prof C Greg Lutz, The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
Most of the fish currently farmed in the sea are carnivores, but there’s a strong argument for producing more marine herbivores, which don’t depend on diets containing fish meal and fish oil.
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Martin Koehring, Economist Impact Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports
A blog by Martin Koehring, head of Economist Impact’s World Ocean Initiative and keynote speaker at the 30th anniversary of the John Nurminen Foundation
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
Cascadia Seaweed has received $4.3 million in funding from Sustainable Development Technology Canada to construct a 100 ha ocean farm and agrifeed processing facility in northern British Columbia.
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Nasdaq Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports Tourism
Oceans and other bodies of water cover a vast majority of Earth, but a case can be made that investors’ portfolios are too dry when it comes to sustainable ocean investing concepts.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
Seaweed Generation, a UK start up that sinks Sargassum into the deep ocean for CO2 removal, has raised $1 million from AeraVC and Graph Ventures to scale its novel carbon removal technology.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
Israeli food tech startup Forsea Foods has developed an innovative method for creating cell-cultured eel meat that relies on fewer growth factors.
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Peter Cluskey, The Irish Times Fisheries & Aquaculture
Dutch seaweed farmers complete world’s first offshore mechanical harvest. Feat marks first step towards large-scale development of commercial seaweed farms in North Sea, says farmers’ group.
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Sangita Khadka Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) introduces its second cohort of 10 ocean innovators.
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