Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
Rachel Hopkins, The Pew Charitable Trusts Fisheries & Aquaculture
Progress on catch limits, illegal fishing and bycatch offer hope for a sustainable future for valuable tuna fisheries.
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Salomé Gómez-Upegui, The Guardian Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution
Study in Florida finds ‘widespread’ traces of a total of 58 medications including heart drugs, opioids, antidepressants and antifungals in increasingly rare bonefish and their prey.
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Oliver Milman, The Guardian
New research warns pressures of rising heat and loss of oxygen reminiscent of ‘great dying’ that occurred about 250m years ago.
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World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group Shipping & Ports
Electrification, futuristic designs and energy efficiency are transforming ocean travel.
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Heather Clancy, GreenBiz Energy Solutions
Elon Musk’s willingness to throw lots of money at lots of things has been well-demonstrated, as Twitter’s board can attest.
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Can brands make reusable packaging more attractive than single-use plastic? NFTs could be the answer
Emma Samson, World Economic Forum Plastics & Pollution
The reusable packaging market could be a $10 billion opportunity to eliminate single-use plastic.
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Karen Shapiro & Emma Zhang, The Conversation Plastics & Pollution
Typically when people hear about plastic pollution, they might envision seabirds with bellies full of trash or sea turtles with plastic straws in their noses.
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Sonia Fernandez, UC Santa Barbara Fisheries & Aquaculture
With swift, concerted and careful action, the ocean can be sustainably cultivated to provide food for future populations.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
The Climate Foundation’s SeaForestation project has won a Milestone XPRIZE for carbon removal, from Elon Musk’s foundation.
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Jon Ungoed-Thomas, The Guardian Energy Solutions
Experts say Wales has huge potential for generating renewable marine power, yet, so far, ambitious schemes have been ignored.
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CJ Clouse, The Guardian
Frustration among scientists as many islands, hard hit by Covid and hurricanes, struggle to fight stony coral tissue loss disease.
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Investable Oceans Fisheries & Aquaculture
The third installment of our “Cooking4Climate” Series - kelp burgers. Regenerative and really good!
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Reef Builders Fisheries & Aquaculture
You might have heard of a seed bank but have you ever heard of a Living Coral Biobank?
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Richard Orange, The Guardian Fisheries & Aquaculture
From high-protein food to plastics and fuel, Swedish scientists are attempting to tap the marine plant’s huge potential.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
Aqua-spark has released its second edition of the Aqua Insights report and focuses its analysis on the investment landscape for digital aquatech.
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World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group Shipping & Ports
The shipping industry is essential for global trade and yet also responsible for around 2.5% of greenhouse-gas emissions (GHGs), which could rise by 50-250% by 2050 if shipping is not decarbonised, according to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO).
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Carolyn Cowan, Mongabay
The seventh Our Ocean Conference took place in the Pacific island nation of Palau on April 13 and 14.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced 24 marine initiatives at the Our Ocean Conference, which took place in Palau this week.
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Micheline Khan & Eliza Northrop, World Resources Institute
Sustainability and equity are two sides of the same coin.
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Back to Blue Initiative Fisheries & Aquaculture
At least 14 firms, from Hong Kong to Montreal, are “cultivating” seafood entirely in laboratories.
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