Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy

Blue Farming® for sustainable and organic agriculture from Seaweed Company

• Feed and Additive • Fisheries & Aquaculture

The Seaweed Company, specializing in the cultivation of traceable seaweed species, launched Blue Farming® for accelerating the transition to sustainable and organic agriculture.

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This new project will help us understand, monitor, predict and protect the ocean

• Peter de Menocal, World Economic Forum

Our society’s capacity to mitigate and adapt to future climate impacts is dependent upon how accurately we can predict them. We are currently missing reliable and consistent ocean observations throughout more than 90% of the world’s oceans.

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Green growth: the save-the-mangrove scheme reaping rewards for women in Kenya

• Geoffrey Kamadi, The Guardian • Fisheries & Aquaculture

A community project on the Lamu archipelago trains women in preserving this vital ecosystem and provides business loans.

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What is ocean literacy and why do we need it?

• Douglas Broom, World Economic Forum

The ocean covers more than 70% of our planet’s surface. It is the last and largest unexplored area on Earth. Yet too few of us really understand how it is inextricably connected to all aspects of our lives.

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The 2021 World Food Prize recognizes that fish are key for reducing hunger and malnutrition

• Ben Belton, The Conversation • Fisheries & Aquaculture

Fish and other aquatic foods are integral to diets for more than 1 billion people worldwide. Most of these people live in low- and middle-income countries in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, close to rivers, lakes or the sea.

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This is how we empower a generation of young people to protect the ocean

• Daniela V. Fernandez, World Economic Forum

We need to empower a future generation of leaders to create a sustainable world with a healthy and thriving ocean.

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What mitigating the pandemic can teach us about aquaculture sustainability

• Tony Chen, World Ocean Initiative • Fisheries & Aquaculture

Aquaculture can use technology to get ahead of disease outbreaks, argues Tony Chen, co-founder and CEO of Manolin.

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Decarbonising aviation requires a transition to sustainable fuel. Here’s how governments can help.

• Kevin Soubly & Lauren Uppink, World Economic Forum • Energy Solutions • Tourism

Decarbonising aviation is only possible with the support of both international political leadership and public-private collaboration.

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Chickpea of the Sea

• Max Ufberg, Intelligencer • Fisheries & Aquaculture

While meat consumption has for decades been scrutinized for its contributions to climate change, the world is only just starting to reckon with the climate tolls of the commercial-fishing industry.

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A new NOAA administrator can help America build back bluer

• Margaret Spring, The Hill

On Thursday, the Senate will begin considering the nomination of Dr. Rick Spinrad to be the next administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

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What I learned about conservation while kayaking in the Gulf

• Bashar Al Huneidi, World Economic Forum

Award-winning documentary A Voyage Against Time follows three kayakers across the Gulf to spotlight the urgent need for a sustainable strategy that protects those whose livelihoods depend on it.

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These tiny plants and giant animals are helping to store vast amounts of CO2 in our oceans

• Katharine Rooney, World Economic Forum • Energy Solutions • Fisheries & Aquaculture

Some of the tiniest life forms in the sea are playing a mighty role in protecting life on Earth.

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The global eco-wakening: how consumers are driving sustainability

• Cristianne Close, World Economic Forum

New research shows support for sustainable business is growing in both developed and developing economies.

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End new oil, gas and coal funding to reach net zero, says IEA

• Nina Chestney, Reuters • Energy Solutions

Investors should not fund new oil, gas and coal supply projects if the world wants to reach net zero emissions by mid-century, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Tuesday, in the top global watchdog's starkest warning yet to curb fossil fuels.

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Why COP26 is our best opportunity to strengthen the ocean's role in fighting climate change

• Peter Thomson, World Economic Forum • Energy Solutions

A transformative scaling up of public and private financing of ocean-based economic activities will accelerate our advance to a net-zero carbon world by 2050.

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Conservationists urge regulation to cut plastic pollution as voluntary scheme launches

• Graham Readfearn, The Guardian • Plastics & Pollution

Supermarkets and multinational manufacturers have unveiled a plastics pact across Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Islands.

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Nasa leads push for electric planes in next frontier of cutting emissions

• Oliver Milman, The Guardian • Energy Solutions

Flying on batteries presents major technological challenges but companies will be demonstrating their best efforts over the next year in California.

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Could ‘engineered’ coral save the planet’s reefs from destruction?

• Robin McKie, The Guardian • Fisheries & Aquaculture

London Zoo’s latest exhibition shows how scientists hope to halt the devastation caused by overheated oceans.

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Researchers highlight the importance of aquatic foods ahead of the UN Food Systems Summit

• Megan Howell, The Fish Site • Fisheries & Aquaculture

A panel of leading policymakers and researchers has emphasised the value of diverse aquatic foods as key components of sustainable healthy diets and as drivers of food security in the Global South.

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Report finds even more reasons to restrict bottom trawling

• Marine Conservation Society • Fisheries & Aquaculture

Dr Jean-Luc Solandt, Principle Specialist in Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), and MPA Officer Frith Dunkley detail the findings of a new report.

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