Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
Ned Daly, SeafoodSource Fisheries & Aquaculture
The Conservation Alliance for Seafood Solutions has announced a series of changes aimed at helping the seafood industry achieve greater adoption of sustainable practices and innovation.
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The Economist Intelligence Unit Fisheries & Aquaculture
The role of aquatic foods – animals and plants cultivated or captured in marine and freshwater systems – in sustainable food systems is often underappreciated.
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Lou Cooperhouse, Medium Fisheries & Aquaculture
In July 2018, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) held its first public meeting on the topic of “Food Produced Using Animal Cell Culture Technology.”
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Robert Jones, et al., The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
How kelp farms can provide habitat for fish and marine invertebrates, whether there are any negative impacts on fish and marine invertebrates during maintenance and harvesting cycles, and how the benefits of restorative aquaculture can be optimised for both the aquaculture industry and nature, are among the key questions to be answered in a new study.
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Molly Masterton & Brad Sewell, NRDC Fisheries & Aquaculture
New NRDC report examines “essential fish habitat” in U.S. fisheries management.
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World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group Fisheries & Aquaculture
A guest blog by François Mosnier, financial analyst at Planet Tracker.
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Ashifa Kassam, The Guardian Fisheries & Aquaculture
Ángel León made his name serving innovative seafood. But then he discovered something in the seagrass that could transform our understanding of the sea itself – as a vast garden.
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Alessandra Prentice & Christophe Van Der Perre, Reuters Fisheries & Aquaculture
Hundreds of miles from the nearest shore, ribbon-like fronds flutter in the ocean currents sweeping across an underwater mountain plateau the size of Switzerland.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
The lack of literature relating to the welfare of many farmed aquatic species has raised grave concerns in a group of reseachers.
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Laura Anderson, Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture
California is home to a diversity of coastal ecosystems like tidal marshes, seagrass beds, and estuaries. These ecosystems provide flood and storm protection, healthy habitats for fish and birds, and recreational spaces. They may also play an important role in addressing climate change.
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Diane Kim, Ignacio Navarrete & Jessica Dutton, The Conversation Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture
Giant kelp, the world’s largest species of marine algae, is an attractive source for making biofuels.
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Rob Fletcher, The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
The development of global aquaculture over the course of the next 20 years must be more focused on helping to reduce poverty and hunger – the first two, and most important, of the UN’s sustainable development goals (SDGs).
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Kat Kerlin, UC Davis Fisheries & Aquaculture
Spanning six years and seven seagrass meadows along the California coast, a paper from the University of California, Davis, is the most extensive study yet of how seagrasses can buffer ocean acidification.
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Urchinomics Fisheries & Aquaculture
ENEOS Holdings, Inc. (“ENEOS”) a leading Japanese energy and metal conglomerate and a North American family office with a strong interest in ocean health have participated in the €4,85 million Series A for Urchinomics, the pioneering sea urchin aquaculture venture.
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Laura Anderson, Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture
Here, Giron-Nava and co-lead author Andrés Cisneros-Montemayor, the Deputy Director of the Nippon Foundation Ocean Nexus Program, discuss the importance of social well-being in fisheries and future efforts toward a resilient blue economy.
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The University of Western Australia Fisheries & Aquaculture
Human food scraps could be used to create high-quality food for farmed fish, leading to a more sustainable global fish economy, according to a team of researchers at The University of Western Australia.
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Victoria Masterson, World Economic Forum Fisheries & Aquaculture
Scientists investigating declines in California’s kelp forests credit otters with helping to protect kelp - a species of seaweed - through their fondness for eating sea urchins.
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Ben Belton, Dave Little & Wenbo Zhang, The Conversation Fisheries & Aquaculture
A tidal wave of interest is building in farming the seas. It’s part of a global rush to exploit oceanic resources that’s been dubbed the “blue acceleration.”
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Jonathan Shieber, TechCrunch Fisheries & Aquaculture
A startup from Europe is joining the race to become the first big provider of lab-grown fish.
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Megan Howell, The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
Five ways to ensure the US offshore aquaculture industry is able to grow sustainably in the wake of last year’s Executive Order by President Trump are suggested in a new study.
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