Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
Editorial, Nature
Fourteen nations have made an unprecedented and welcome commitment to use marine ecosystems sustainably. It is equally important to establish a system to hold them to account.
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Jane Lubchenco et al., Nature Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports Tourism
Unleash the ocean’s potential to boost economies sustainably while addressing climate change, food security and biodiversity.
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Katherine Harmon Courage, Smithsonian Magazine Fisheries & Aquaculture
A vast, mostly invisible ecosystem shapes life on Earth, from the food we eat to the air we breathe. And the more scientists learn, the more they say it’s in trouble.
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World Wildlife Fund Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution
The Bezos Earth Fund has awarded World Wildlife Fund (WWF) $100 million to harness the power of nature to stabilize the climate crisis.
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Globe Newswire, Street Insider Shipping & Ports
Waterfront Shipping renews fleet with 8 new methanol dual-fuel vessels.
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Editorial staff, Salmon Business Fisheries & Aquaculture
On November 6, “Guoxin 101” was launched out of the port city of Taizhou, to set out on the East China Sea, where the ship will undergo testing, reports tv station Qingdao News, according to Undercurrent News.
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Efua Konyim Okai, The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
The Nigerian government has announced plans to establish six new “fish farming estates” around Lagos as a means of increasing fish production and promoting employment.
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Marine Technology News Energy Solutions
A project has been launched in the UK to explore the viability of developing an offshore charging facility for vessels as part of the industry’s efforts to decarbonize its vessel operations.
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Toby Hill, Business Green Energy Solutions
European energy giant unveils investment strategy that will see it invest €160bn directly in green infrastructure, while leveraging a further €30bn from other parties.
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Ed Scott-Clarke and Tom Page, CNN Fisheries & Aquaculture
Off the northernmost tip of Northern Ireland, a small island could have a hand in the future of food production.
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Cliff White, SeafoodSource Fisheries & Aquaculture
A new boutique investment firm is seeking to make an impact in the aquaculture sector by tying capital financing in with the integration of environmental and social governance (ESG) principles.
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David Hume, The Liquid Grid Shipping & Ports
Once considered a novelty, electric vehicles (EVs) are now becoming increasingly common as batteries improve and costs decline.
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BBC News Plastics & Pollution
A new decade-long survey of sea animals harmed by plastic rubbish in US waters has revealed data on which animals are being affected by plastic pollution.
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Blue Power Connectors Team, World Ocean Initiative Energy Solutions
A new competition seeks new concepts to integrate wave energy with autonomous underwater vehicles.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
A brand-new aquaculture facility has been opened in the New Zealand port of Tauranga as part of a $13 million algal biotechnology research project.
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Plastic Pollution Coalition Plastics & Pollution
Last week, the UN held the final Expert Group meeting on marine litter and microplastics, one of the last formal steps before United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) discusses creation of an international negotiating committee.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
The growth and improvement of freshwater aquaculture systems should not be neglected, despite a widespread tendency by investors and policymakers to look towards the oceans as the key area for the growth of global fish farming.
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Karen McVeigh, The Guardian Plastics & Pollution
More than two-thirds of UN member states have declared they are open to a new agreement to stem the rising tide of plastic waste.
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Allen Kim, CNN Energy Solutions
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announced Monday that he will give $791 million in grants as part of his Bezos Earth Fund to 16 organizations that are working to protect the environment.
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Economic Development, UN News Fisheries & Aquaculture
In the first story of a two-part series looking at the opportunities and challenges facing Ocean farming, we take a look at the huge potential role of seaweed in mitigating climate change, cutting marine pollution, and achieving the UN goal of Zero Hunger.
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