Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
Marimi Kishimoto, Nikkei Asia Fisheries & Aquaculture
Thai Union Group, the world's biggest canned tuna producer, has secured its first sustainability-linked loan of $400 million from a group of financial institutions, Nikkei Asia has learned. If the company achieves set targets such as strengthening the traceability of its seafood, the interest rate will be lowered by the lenders.
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Jason Holland, Global Aquaculture Alliance Fisheries & Aquaculture
Mariculture has a key role to play in getting the global ocean economy firmly on track, finds top-level study.
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Hanna Payne, Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture
Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing is a complex, systemic issue with impacts that resonate through global supply chains and can particularly harm those most vulnerable: the workers on fishing vessels.
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BBC News Plastics & Pollution
Coca-Cola is to test a paper bottle as part of a longer-term bid to eliminate plastic from its packaging entirely.
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James Bray, World Economic Forum Shipping & Ports
Shipping accounts for 2-3% of man-made greenhouse gas emissions, which puts it about on the same level as an entire country, such as Germany or Japan, as an emitter. The industry’s emissions are projected to rise by up to 250% in the next 30 years if no action is taken.
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The Maritime Executive Shipping & Ports
France’s Michelin Group joined a growing number of global brands committing to use a sail-powered carbon-free shipping alternative for its products.
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Ann Parson, Yale Environment 360 Plastics & Pollution
Roads in which waste plastic is melted down and mixed with paving materials are becoming more common around the world. Although for now they remain a niche technology, experts say the roads could become one of a diverse array of uses for discarded plastic.
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Maritime Executive Shipping & Ports
Two additional shipping companies, ONE and Eastern Pacific Shipping, recently completed successful trials of biofuels on their in-service ships.
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Peter Lacy, Wesley Spindler and John Dutton, World Economic Forum
The circular economy represents the means to save the planet, as well as an enormous market opportunity.
There is a mismatch between multinationals struggling to keep pace with circular innovation, and entrepreneurs who lack the resources to scale up.
The Circulars Accelerator is bringing the two parties together to advance the zero-waste agenda.
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Jason Holland, Seafood Source Fisheries & Aquaculture
A team of aquaculture researchers is exploring how sea cucumbers might be used to help reduce the environmental impact of fish farming, using techniques already being used in agriculture.
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E360 Digest, Yale School of the Environment Plastics & Pollution
Scientists have long warned that the world’s major rivers and estuaries are hotspots for plastic waste, as trash and microparticles wash down tributaries and congregate before entering oceans.
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Gal Tziperman Lotan, The Boston Globe Fisheries & Aquaculture
The ocean’s growing acidity, which goes hand in hand with climate change and other human-driven factors, could have a devastating effect on the state’s coastal waters and the shellfish industries that rely on their ecosystems, according to a new report.
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Nick Lavars, New Atlas Plastics & Pollution
As millions of tons of plastic wash into the ocean everyday, scientists have their work cut out for them in trying to keep tabs on its whereabouts, but they may soon have a useful new tool at the their disposal.
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GE Research Energy Solutions
GE Research, GE Renewable Energy, and LM Wind Power, a GE Renewable Energy business were recently selected by the Department of Energy to research the design and manufacture of 3-D printed wind turbine blades.
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Brooks Hays, United Press International Fisheries & Aquaculture
By mapping where undersized fish and crustaceans are congregated, researchers hope to help fisheries managers better protect vulnerable fish and crustacean stocks.
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Hyonhee Shin, Yahoo Finance Energy Solutions
South Korea unveiled a 48.5 trillion won ($43.2 billion) plan to build the world's largest wind power plant by 2030 as part of efforts to foster an environmentally-friendly recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Recerca, University of Barcelona Plastics & Pollution
A team of the Faculty of Biology and the IRBio presents an app based on an algorithm designed with artificial intelligence techniques to automate the study and quantification of floating plastics in the sea through aerial photography.
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Emily Petsko, Oceana Plastics & Pollution
When the subject of plastic pollution comes up in the United States, Europe, or other Western countries, many people’s first instinct is to dodge responsibility and pass the blame onto other nations.
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BBC News Energy Solutions
A project to build a giant island providing enough energy for three million households has been given the green light by Denmark's politicians.
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UN News
January marked the beginning of what many within the UN and beyond view as “the most critical decade of our lives”, the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said on Wednesday, launching a major initiative to protect the world’s oceans through the next ten years.
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