Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy

4 reasons ocean industry should embrace data sharing

• Mogens L. Mathiesen, World Economic Forum

With collaborative action and data sharing the industry has an opportunity to build a sustainable blue economy.

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Companies race to stem flood of microplastic fibres into the oceans

• Damian Carrington, The Guardian • Plastics & Pollution

New products range from washing machine filters and balls to fabrics made from kelp and orange peel.

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U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg Announces Over $241 Million in Grants for America’s Ports

• Marine Administration, US Department of Transportation • Shipping & Ports

The Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 PIDP includes priorities related to job creation, climate change, and environmental justice impacts.

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Sustainable shipping has a two-speed setting

• Paul Hickin and Surabhi Sahu, S&P Global • Shipping & Ports

Shipping's ability to meet decarbonization targets seem both extremely easy and very tough.

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‘There’s no more time’: green light needed for swift movement on blue economy, says Sen. Galvez

• Alice Chen, The Hill Times

There's 'huge potential' for the country to take advantage of the economy driven by ocean resources, says Independent Senator Rosa Galvez, but this comes with 'a lot of responsibility' for the government.

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Hot topic: can travel to the Arctic ever be sustainable?

• Kerry Walker, National Geographic • Tourism

With the Arctic warming three times faster than the rest of the planet, can travel to the region ever be sustainable? Select tours to Svalbard suggest small group trips may be a force for good.

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UK farmers turn to seaweed in a bid to reduce livestock methane emissions

• 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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Tidal Energy has the Potential to Become a Viable and Reliable Renewable Energy Source

• Offshore Source • Energy Solutions

UK government to invest in tidal stream electricity in hopes of growing this emerging energy source. 

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What are the impacts of farming brown kelp?

• 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 International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) has published its first ever aquaculture overview, a document that covers the Norwegian Sea ecoregion.

• 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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Rolls-Royce to launch mtu methanol engines for sustainable shipping

• Ship Technology • Shipping & Ports

Methanol, unlike ammonia, is safe for environment and not toxic in nature.

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The Quest for a Disposable Mask That Won't Pollute

• K Oanh Ha, Bloomberg • Plastics & Pollution

Companies experiment with ways to make the plastic used in most face coverings biodegradable, so it won't threaten marine life. 

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Restoring an island paradise

• World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group • Tourism

An innovative resort in Indonesia is simultaneously providing jobs for locals and protecting the marine environment.

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Tips for a More Sustainable Holiday Season

• Investable Oceans

We invite you to make this holiday and 2022 a little more BLUE – check out our five tips to reduce your impact this season and beyond. 

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A new blue economic frontier

• World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group

World Ocean Summit Asia-Pacific: Investing in a blue economy raised the stakes on the role of blue finance for our planet’s future.

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Insight Hour: Plastics and circularity—closing the plastic loop

• World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group • Plastics & Pollution

Can new technologies accelerate plastic recycling in Europe?

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Phi Phi islands’ sustainable tourism renaissance – in pictures

• The Guardian • Tourism

Mass tourism had brought the archipelago to the brink of ecological catastrophe.

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New Anchovy Protections Will Help People, Wildlife, and Ocean Health

• Jos Hill & Gillian Lyons, PEW • Fisheries & Aquaculture

Pacific council adopts more responsive, holistic management approach for important species.

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The ‘blue economy’ can help transform our use of the oceans

• Xu Xiaodong & Qiao Zhi, Sustainability Times

The blue economy is an engine that drives high-quality economic growth.

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Global supplies of farmed seafood at risk if we refuse to act on climate change

• 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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