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UN endorses NOAA’s new Guidelines for Sustainable Aquaculture

NOAA, FAO Fisheries & Aquaculture

U.S. agency provided scientific expertise on the new guidelines.

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The potential climate benefits of seaweed farming in temperate waters

Cameron D. Bullen, et al., Fisheries & Aquaculture

Seaweed farming is widely promoted as an approach to mitigating climate change despite limited data on carbon removal pathways and uncertainty around benefits and risks at operational scales.

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Magnesium hydroxide addition reduces aqueous carbon dioxide in wastewater discharged to the ocean

Vassilis Kitidis et al., Nature Communications

Ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) reduces the concentration of dissolved carbon dioxide (CO2) in seawater, leading to atmospheric carbon dioxide removal (CDR). 

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The Global Aquaculture Investment Guide

The World Bank Fisheries & Aquaculture

A living framework to guide sustainable development in the world's fatest growing food sector. 

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Environmental, economic, and social sustainability in aquaculture: the aquaculture performance indicators

Taryn M. Garlock, et al., Nature Communications Fisheries & Aquaculture

Aquaculture is a rapidly growing food production technology, but there are significant concerns related to its environmental impact and adverse social effects.

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What is Aquaculture? An Overview of Sustainable Ocean Farming

Audrey Porter, PBS Fisheries & Aquaculture

This series explores the groundbreaking work of dedicated fishers, aqua farmers, and scientists who are attempting what was once thought impossible: harvesting aquatic species to feed our growing planet while saving our oceans.

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Turning The Tide: Biden Administration Leadership On Ocean Climate Action & Recommended Next Steps

The Biden Administration Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports

As climate impacts on our ocean continue to intensify, it will be critical to build on the strong momentum for ocean climate action generated over the last several years and continue to take bold action to address the climate crisis.

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Toward a Critical Environmental Justice Approach to Ocean Equity

Brian F. O’Neill, et al., Environmental Justice

Recent oceans sustainability, coastal community development, and ocean governance policy discourse among academics and practitioners increasingly invokes “equity” and “ocean equity.” But, to what end? 

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Innovations to Support Biodiversity in Offshore Wind White Paper

SeaAhead, Orsted, Venterra Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture

This whitepaper focuses on the potential of offshore wind innovation in biodiversity protection, highlights technology and startups in the “bluetech” landscape, and classifies startups based upon their impact in the sector. 

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Seaweed Deep Dive Article

World Fund & Katapult Ocean Fisheries & Aquaculture

Macroalgae have been referred to as ‘nature’s superhero’, and the UN has called for a ‘seaweed revolution’ to help combat climate change. But how exactly is seaweed a climate solution? 

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Exploring three frontiers in marine biomass and blue carbon capture

Boston University, Phys Org

A new study offers first-time insights into three emerging climate innovations to safeguard or increase the carbon naturally captured by ocean and coastal ecosystems: rapid interventions to save the Great Barrier Reef, satellite-tracked kelp beds in the deep ocean, and seagrass nurseries in the United Kingdom.

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The EU Blue Economy Report 2024

European Commission Directorate General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries & Joint Research Centre Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports

The new edition of the EU Blue Economy Report is out, offering an in-depth analysis of European blue economy sectors and their performances based on the latest available data. 

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UNESCO State of the Ocean Report 2024

UNESCO / IOC

The State of the Ocean Report has the ambition to inform policymakers about the state of the ocean and to stimulate research and policy actions towards ‘the ocean we need for the future we want’, contributing to the 2030 Agenda and in particular SDG 14, as well as other global processes such as the UNFCCC, the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.

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Carbon export from seaweed forests to deep ocean sinks

Karen Filbee-Dexter, et al., Nature Geoscience Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture

The coastal ocean represents an important global carbon sink and is a focus for interventions to mitigate climate change and meet the Paris Agreement targets while supporting biodiversity and other ecosystem functions. 

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Financial markets value skillful forecasts of seasonal climate

Derek Lemoine & Sarah Kapnick, Nature Communications

Scientific agencies spend substantial sums producing and improving forecasts of seasonal climate, but they do so without much information about these forecasts’ value in practice.

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Beyond 30×30: Global Ocean Conservation Quality Is Lagging Behind Quantity

Elizabeth P. Pike, et al., Conservation Letters

The international community’s commitment to protect at least 30 percent of our ocean by 2030—a goal known as “30x30”—is both inspiring and challenging; but this effort must go beyond mere numbers and strive for quality, effectiveness, and holistic conservation.

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Turning the tide to a sustainable ocean economy

World Ocean Initiative, Economist Impact

Insights from the 11th annual World Ocean Summit & Expo.

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Oceanographic Magazine Interviews DEEP's President to Learn More About The Innovative Project

Sean Wolpert, Oceanographic Magazine

The future of ocean exploration may lie with DEEP, an ambitious project touted as NASA for the deep sea.

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How can a healthy ocean improve human health and enhance wellbeing on a rapidly changing planet?

High Level Panel for A Sustainable Ocean Economy

Ocean Panel Blue Paper exploring the topic of human health and its relationship with the ocean.

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2024 Climate Risk Landscape Report

UNEP FI

The 2024 Climate Risk Landscape Report serves as a comprehensive resource delving into the available tools for financial institutions to assess physical and transition climate risks and boost their institution’s resilience to related impacts.

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