Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
Robert Jones, et al., The Nature Conservancy Fisheries & Aquaculture
With land-based food production already stretched and the global population continuing to grow, the sea provides crucial opportunities for resilience.
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Jennifer Bushman, Seafood Source Fisheries & Aquaculture
In this [film's] grocery store scene, something astounding happens.
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Jim Leape & Hugh Welsh, World Economic Forum Fisheries & Aquaculture
Demand for blue food is expected to roughly double by 2050, which will have environmental and social implications.
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Rob Fletcher, The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
A Singapore-based startup is looking to revolutionise South East Asia’s seaweed farming sector, by creating an innovative model that supports the entire value chain.
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Claudia Geib, Mongabay Fisheries & Aquaculture
In many places, Indigenous communities are working to restore seaweed species that have been traditional food sources or supported traditional diets.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
Forever Oceans has signed a deal with the Brazilian Government for what they claim is the “world’s largest offshore concession for sustainable seafood production”.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
Indonesian aquatech start-up eFishery* today announced that it has successfully closed a US$90 million Series C funding round, making it the largest fundraise by an aquaculture technology startup in the world.
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Bonnie Waycott, Global Seafood Alliance Fisheries & Aquaculture
Projects in Denmark and England focus on education and building climate-positive models.
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Elizabeth Claire Alberts, Mongabay Fisheries & Aquaculture
A new report using core samples taken from the seabed has determined that the Humboldt Current system off the coast of Peru was home to smaller fish during the last interglacial period, 130,000 years ago.
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Cristen Hemingway Jaynes, EcoWatch Fisheries & Aquaculture
Seaweed, a term for the diverse group of large, nonflowering marine organisms known as algae, has a wide range of uses, from food and fertilizer to fuel.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
After successful early research at Belfast’s Institute for Global Food Security (IGFS), livestock farmers throughout the UK will trial seaweed supplements to reduce methane emissions from animals.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
Farming brown kelp (Saccharina latissima) or Royal Kombu can help safeguard the environment and when incorporated into the human food chain, can reduce the climate impacts of our diets.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) has published its first ever aquaculture overview, a document that covers the Norwegian Sea ecoregion.
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Jos Hill & Gillian Lyons, PEW Fisheries & Aquaculture
Pacific council adopts more responsive, holistic management approach for important species.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
A new study from the University of British Columbia (UBC) finds that inaction on climate change could hit global stocks of farmed fish and molluscs – reducing them by 16 percent by 2090.
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Megan Howell, The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
A recent panel discussion at The Economist’s World Ocean Summit Asia Pacific gave a de-brief on COP26 and the ocean – looking at how the conference addressed ocean conservation and industries.
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Charlotte Edmond, World Economic Forum Fisheries & Aquaculture
New York is becoming increasingly flood prone and one organization says oysters may form part of the solution.
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Karen Zraick, New York Times Fisheries & Aquaculture
The oysters, which act as nonstop water filters, were added to the Hudson River as part of an ongoing project to rehabilitate the polluted waterways around the city.
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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Fisheries & Aquaculture
Recommends U.S. Research Program.
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Ed Scott-Clarke, CNN Fisheries & Aquaculture
The popularity of the European oyster was its downfall. Since the 19th century, native oyster populations have declined by 95% in the UK.
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