Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
Hallee Meltzer, NOAA Fisheries & Aquaculture
Sea Grant today announced $4.7 million in federal funding to support 12 research projects to advance the understanding of the economics of aquaculture businesses and provide the industry with important market information to aid sustainable growth in the U.S.
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Power Engineering International Energy Solutions
The National Carbon Capture Center has announced the “first fire” of its new natural gas infrastructure, paving the way for the first test runs of carbon capture technologies using actual natural gas-derived flue gas.
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World Resources Institute
WASHINGTON (January 27, 2021)—President Biden signed sweeping Executive Orders to address climate change, protect biodiversity, improve environmental justice and create clean energy jobs across America.
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National Ocean Service, NOAA Fisheries & Aquaculture
Understanding vulnerability to coastal acidification: scientists, oyster growers and restoration specialists working together in the Chesapeake Bay.
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GRID-Arendal Plastics & Pollution
Mangrove ecosystems are at particular risk of being polluted by plastic carried from rivers to the sea.
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Clayton Starr, The Liquid Grid Fisheries & Aquaculture
Nature-based or natural climate solutions involve managing ecosystems to respond to climate change. One strategy with increasing buzz is macroalgae aquaculture and restoration.
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Manish Bapna and Christina Chan, World Resources Institute Energy Solutions
The COVID-19 pandemic did not break the world, but rather revealed a world already broken. COVID-19 and the climate crisis exposed the fragility of economies and societies, upending the lives of people worldwide and, in particular, harming vulnerable communities and countries already facing multiple challenges.
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Jazmin Goodwin, CNN Business Energy Solutions
Europeans got more of their electricity from renewable sources than fossil fuels for the first time last year, according to an annual report from Ember and Agora Energiewende.
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Nick Lavars, New Atlas Plastics & Pollution
A group of scientists studying the flow of plastic into the ocean have found a startling amount of pollution exiting South Asia's largest river systems.
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Sarah Riddle, The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
Sarah Riddle, director of business engagement at the Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC), looks at four key areas where the sector is likely to evolve during the next 12 months.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
A new initiative to promote promote both social and environmental sustainability in small-scale shrimp farms in Southeast Asia has been launched this week.
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Fiona Harvey, The Guardian Fisheries & Aquaculture
Only a third of the UK’s key fish populations are in a healthy state, and catches of key species such as cod should be reduced this year as the UK negotiates fishing rights with the EU, according to the first post-Brexit assessment of the UK’s fisheries.
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Taylor Clayton, World Economic Forum Plastics & Pollution
The pandemic has exacerbated the already severe problem of plastic pollution. Here are eight young people from around the world who are leading the fight against our throwaway culture.
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University of Plymouth, Science Daily Plastics & Pollution
New research shows the Ganges River - with the combined flows of the Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers - could be responsible for up to 3 billion microplastic particles entering the Bay of Bengal every day.
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Tiffany Duong, EcoWatch Plastics & Pollution
This month, a new era began in the fight against plastic pollution.
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Nathalie Chalmers, World Economic Forum Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution
Solutions tackle a range of ocean challenges including coral reef restoration, scaling restorative aquaculture, unearthing technologies for marine protection and helping invest in nature-based solutions.
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The Ocean Foundation Tourism
On January 19, 2021, The Ocean Foundation in partnership with Metroeconomica and World Resources Institute of Mexico (WRI) hosted a workshop to present the results of their study “Economic Valuation of the Ecosystem Services of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System”.
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News Desk, Global Village Space Fisheries & Aquaculture
Considered as the new blue revolution in aquaculture, Biofloc technology is currently the most profitable technique being used by the fish farmers.
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NOAA
NOAA today released its Blue Economy Strategic Plan for 2021-2025, laying out a roadmap for new ways to advance America’s Blue Economy and enhance a global ocean economyoffsite link expected to double in value to $3 trillion over the next decade.
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Dharna Noor, Gizmodo Plastics & Pollution
The industry is already banking on plastic to save itself amid decreasing fuel demand and an increase in sustainable energy policies around the world.
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