Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy

NOAA backs Aquaculture Opportunity Areas

The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture

Scientists from NOAA recently delivered a number of talks on how Aquaculture Opportunity Areas can develop economic and environmental resiliency, and serve as a vital complement to wild-catch fisheries.

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ADB Launches First Blue Bond Incubator to Boost Ocean Investment

Asian Development Bank

The Blue Bond Incubator is supported by ADB’s Asia-Pacific Climate Finance Fund (ACliFF) and will help scale up sovereign and corporate blue bond issuances for critical ocean investment.

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NMBU hosts multi-stakeholder alt-seafood session

The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture

The Alt Protein Project is creating a transdisciplinary capacity and collaborative environment by linking theory and practice.

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Sunscreen chemicals accumulating in Mediterranean seagrass, finds study

Safi Bugel, The Guardian Plastics & Pollution

UV filters absorbed by Posidonia oceanica may have damaging effects on ecosystems, scientists warn.

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Are blue carbon markets becoming mainstream?

World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group Energy Solutions

Mangroves, tidal marshes and seagrass meadows are powerful nature-based net-zero solutions.

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Oceans and their largest inhabitants could be the key to storing our carbon emissions

David King & Jane Lichtenstein, The Conversation Energy Solutions

It’s time to turn to our oceans for help, an approach consistent with the IPCC’s climate objectives, yet which remains relatively overlooked.

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‘Black carbon’ threat to Arctic as sea routes open up with global heating

Karen McVeigh, The Guardian Shipping & Ports

As climate crisis allows new maritime routes to be used, sooty shipping emissions accelerates ice melt and risk to ecosystems.

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Investors Critical in Bridging the Efficiency Gap in Marine Protection, Finds Planet Tracker

Planet Tracker

With widespread funding shortages seeing the majority of Marine Protected Areas fall short on conservation objectives, Planet Tracker introduces a new instrument to incentivise efficiency.

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Cooking4Climate - Episode 2

Investable Oceans Fisheries & Aquaculture

The second installment of our “Cooking4Climate” Series - kelp smoothies. Good for you and good for the planet.

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UN Oceans Forum to chart course for 'Blue Deal' on economic recovery and sustainable growth

UNCTAD

The ocean is a source of opportunities to sustain livelihoods, trade and mitigate climate change. But the health of the ocean is deteriotrating and the economies it supports are under threat.

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Industry stalwarts back unique regenerative aquaculture group

The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture

An impressive array of commercial aquaculture veterans, successful seafood entrepreneurs and venture capitalist has teamed up with Hatch Blue in order to invest in regenerative and sustainable aquaculture.

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Final warning: what does the IPCC’s third report instalment say?

Fiona Harvey, The Guardian Energy Solutions

Explainer: Key points from the final section of the IPCC’s latest review of climate science.

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'It is now or never': IPCC concludes world has the tools and financial clout to halve emissions by 2030

Michael Holder, Business Green Energy Solutions

The world already has the technologies, expertise, and financial capabilities across every sector of the economy to halve global greenhouse gas emissions by the end of the decade.

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New IPCC report: Emissions can be halved by 2030

United Nations in Western Europe Energy Solutions

New IPCC Working Group III report released today. 

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Tufts University enters research partnership with Israeli cell-cultured seafood startup

The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture

Israeli startup Wanda Fish Technologies will accelerate production of its cell-cultured fish alongside David Kaplan, a leading researcher in cellular agriculture at Tufts University.

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How Singapore is positioning itself at the forefront of aquaculture innovation

Investment Monitor Fisheries & Aquaculture

As investment in agri-food tech hits record-breaking levels, Singapore is helping entrepreneurs, industry, academia and the investment community to come together and drive new possibilities in the field of aquaculture.

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Groundbreaking Virtual Aquarium Brings Deep-Sea to the Surface

World Ocean Observatory & Schmidt Ocean Institute

A new interactive online exhibit lets audiences experience deep-sea animals and environments that are impossible to explore in-person.

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Residual water from the food industry gives seaweed cultivation a boost

University of Gothenburg Fisheries & Aquaculture

Process water from the food industry is an excellent fertilizer in land-based seaweed cultivation.

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EU mobilises €500 million in blue economy investments

The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture

The initiative will mobilise an additional €500 million of EU funds for financial intermediaries investing in this sector.

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Circular aquaculture: a fresh approach to farming

The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture

A new report on how the aquaculture sector can become more circular has been published this week.

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