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Blue Action Fund Fisheries & Aquaculture
The Blue Action Fund is celebrating its five-year anniversary by sharing inspirational stories of the projects and people impacted by our work to support ocean protection and sustainable coastal livelihoods.
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Mirza, Z. et al., Center for American Progress Fisheries & Aquaculture
For the 50th anniversary of the National Marine Sanctuaries Act, the United States must ensure that sanctuaries are able to fulfill their mandate of protecting the ocean and Great Lakes and preserving their cultural history.
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International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) Fisheries & Aquaculture
Aquaculture is an important industry for coastal communities in the ecoregion. In the past, industry growth has been governed by profitability concerns; currently, however, environmental concerns are governing aquaculture developments. Competing interests from other human activity sectors and recreational uses in coastal areas is changing the outlook for the industry.
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Megan Howell, The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
Blue carbon is emerging as a new conservation game-changer and climate mitigation strategy, but practitioners say that investors and policymakers should think twice before they fall for the hype.
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Myles Poydras, The New York Times Fisheries & Aquaculture
From coastal Virginia to New York and New Orleans, a writer delves into the history and lore surrounding the shellfish, with a focus on the role African Americans have played over the years.
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The Nature Conservancy Fisheries & Aquaculture
This document establishes a definition of restorative aquaculture and provides clarity on how this approach can be effectively implemented and fostered.
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Zajicek, P., et al., Reviews in Fisheries Science and Aquaculture Fisheries & Aquaculture
Sustainable domestic aquaculture development is a critical component to achieving greater U.S. seafood security in the future, yet detrimental allegations have corrupted public support.
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Rob Fletcher, The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
Phil Cruver, former CEO of Catalina Sea Ranch, explains why he’s now focusing his attentions on producing food-grade seaweed in the Caribbean, using a unique, submersible system.
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Hardesty, B.D. et al., Marine Pollution Bulletin Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution
The GoC acts as a sink for ghost nets that originate from regional fishing activities. Despite multijurisdictional management efforts, increasing net numbers shows high regional input of ALDFG.
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Ocean Stewardship Coalition, UN Global Compact Fisheries & Aquaculture
The purpose of this report is to position seaweed, or marine macroalgae, as a significant nature-based climate solution with large scaling potential that can directly sequester carbon and indirectly displace greenhouse gas emissions in numerous ways, with clear economic and ecological co-benefits that make it a form of “charismatic carbon” and a holistic nature-based climate solution.
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Short, R.E. et al., Nature Fisheries & Aquaculture
Concerns that the global food system is failing to deliver safe, nutritious, sustainable and equitable diets have intensified over the past decade, leading to calls for food system transformation.
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Golden, C.D. et al,, Nature Fisheries & Aquaculture
Despite contributing to healthy diets for billions of people, aquatic foods are often undervalued as a nutritional solution because their diversity is often reduced to the protein and energy value of a single food type (‘seafood’ or ‘fish’).
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Richa Syal, Environmental Reporting Collective Fisheries & Aquaculture
Conservationists are sounding the alarm over the international race to exploit the Antarctic's krill swarms.
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Willem van der Pijl, Aqua-Spark Fisheries & Aquaculture
We at Aqua-Spark believe that aquaculture production will have to accelerate and have identified tilapia to be the fish to do so: it’s scalable and it’s healthy, sustainable, and affordable.
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Sustainable Use, Mariculture and Conservation of Giant Clams in the Marine Regulated Fishing Area of Reao Atoll, Tuamotu.
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Alexandra Talty, The Guardian Fisheries & Aquaculture
Kelp can clean New York’s polluted waters, tackle climate change and is sustainable – but growers need a law change first.
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Howells, E.J. et al., Science Advances Fisheries & Aquaculture
Reef-building corals thriving in extreme thermal environments may provide genetic variation that can assist the evolution of populations to rapid climate warming. However, the feasibility and scale of genetic improvements remain untested despite ongoing population declines from recurrent thermal stress events.
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Dee Hon, BC Business Fisheries & Aquaculture Shipping & Ports
But our growing ocean economy faces stiff competition from overseas.
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Park, J.S. et al, World Aquaculture Society Fisheries & Aquaculture
Although Korea is third in seaweed production and second in shellfish production globally, this is the first study evaluating ecosystem services of seaweed and shellfish aquaculture in Korea.
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Our Shared Seas Fisheries & Aquaculture
The purpose of this essay is to better understand the current state and future of sustainable investing in the ocean and fisheries.
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