Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
Schmidt Marine Technology Partners Fisheries & Aquaculture
Funding to support development of new technologies that increase fisheries sustainability.
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NOAA Office for Coastal Management
The Takeaway: Coastal wetlands research, restoration, tools, data, workshops, and partners—NOAA brings every blue carbon asset to the fight against climate-change-related hazards and harm.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
A new seaweed farming project has been launched in a bid to provide Tamil Nadu's struggling fishing communities with alternative, sustainable livelihoods.
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Future Planet Capital
Future Planet Capital, the international venture capital and impact investor, is pleased to announce the close of a new €20m Blue Ocean mandate aimed at tackling key issues affecting the world’s oceans.
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Paddison, L. et al., The Guardian Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports
Collaborative investigation shows ships regularly discharge ‘bilge’ water illegally instead of treating it, with toxic effect on marine life.
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Victoria Masterson, World Economic Forum Energy Solutions
Could the waves in our oceans and seas help tackle the global energy crisis?
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Investable Oceans
How to explain Investable Oceans in less than 2 minutes
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Karen McVeigh, The Guardian
Conservationists despair at ‘glacial pace’ of negotiations to protect wildlife and oversee fishing amid high seas’ ‘governance vacuum’.
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Katanga Johnson, Reuters Energy Solutions
The U.S. securities regulator on Monday proposed requiring U.S.-listed companies to disclose a range of climate-related risks and greenhouse gas emissions, part of President Joe Biden's push to join global efforts to avert climate-related catastrophes.
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Elizabeth Fitt, Mongabay
Hopes were high that after 10 years of discussion and three previous negotiating sessions, delegates to the meeting would finalize a legally binding treaty.
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Declan McAdams & Torleiv Njaa, World Economic Forum Plastics & Pollution
Paint is a major source of microplastics in the ocean, although the scale of the issue has only recently been highlighted.
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World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group
Guest writer James Harper, COP26 lead for UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), dives into the magic of our saltwater world.
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Global Environment Facility
First beta version of framework marks an important step by the market to tackle the risk of nature loss and incorporate nature-related risk and opportunity analysis into the heart of corporate and financial decision making.
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Megan Howell, The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
Though seaweed operations are diverse – specialising in various species and operating in different economic circumstances – today’s macroalgae practitioners need to stay grounded in science as they work towards their scale and sustainability goals for 2030.
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The Pew Charitable Trusts
Agreement can complement current efforts to manage valuable species such as tunas.
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United Nations in Western Europe
40% of the world’s population live near coastal areas, more than 3 billion people utilize the oceans for their livelihood, and 80% of world trade is achieved using the seas.
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Eric Niiler, The Wall Street Journal Energy Solutions
Tinkering with the water’s chemistry, trying ways to send CO2 to the deep sea: Scientists and entrepreneurs look at innovative methods to boost carbon capture—and the risks they could bring. Read the full story here
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Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic Fisheries & Aquaculture
A new study found two common reef-builders can cope with 2ºC of global warming.
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Karen McVeigh, The Guardian
Negotiators aim to agree on legal framework for protecting international waters that are key to ‘life as we know it’.
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Rob Fletcher, The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
According to Ohad Maiman, founder and CEO of The Kingfish Company, they can indeed – although he warned that sustainability is by no means “a free pass” to profitability.
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