Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
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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Offshore Source Energy Solutions
UK government to invest in tidal stream electricity in hopes of growing this emerging energy source.
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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 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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Ship Technology Shipping & Ports
Methanol, unlike ammonia, is safe for environment and not toxic in nature.
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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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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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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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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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World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group Plastics & Pollution
Can new technologies accelerate plastic recycling in Europe?
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The Guardian Tourism
Mass tourism had brought the archipelago to the brink of ecological catastrophe.
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Jos Hill & Gillian Lyons, PEW Fisheries & Aquaculture
Pacific council adopts more responsive, holistic management approach for important species.
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Xu Xiaodong & Qiao Zhi, Sustainability Times
The blue economy is an engine that drives high-quality economic growth.
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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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Megan Howell, The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
A recent panel discussion at The Economist’s World Ocean Summit Asia Pacific gave a de-brief on COP26 and the ocean – looking at how the conference addressed ocean conservation and industries.
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Charlotte Edmond, World Economic Forum Fisheries & Aquaculture
New York is becoming increasingly flood prone and one organization says oysters may form part of the solution.
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World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group
A guest blog by Chris Gorell Barnes, founding partner, Ocean 14 Capital.
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The University of Rhode Island
Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced the finalists for the $1 billion “Build Back Better Regional Challenge” that aims to boost economic pandemic recovery and rebuild American communities.
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Planet Tracker Plastics & Pollution
A revival of calls for a global plastic treaty is encouraging.
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Karen Zraick, New York Times Fisheries & Aquaculture
The oysters, which act as nonstop water filters, were added to the Hudson River as part of an ongoing project to rehabilitate the polluted waterways around the city.
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