Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
Sophie Ryan, World Ocean Initiative Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture
As one of the most resource-efficient protein production sectors and one of the most nutritious foods available, farmed fish has the potential to meet growing demand for food in a way that serves people and protects the planet. But can it live up to the promise, asks Sophie Ryan, chief executive officer of the Global Salmon Initiative.
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Marine Technology News Energy Solutions
Controls technology company Proserv Controls has teamed up with power system monitoring firm Synaptec to develop a cable monitoring system for offshore wind farms.
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Toby Hill, Business Green Energy Solutions
Investment bank Macquarie and German tech giant Siemens have teamed up to launch a new flexible energy joint venture, Calibrant Energy, in a bid to offer comprehensive energy-as-a-service (EaaS) solutions for corporate and industrial clients as well as municipalities, universities, schools and hospitals.
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Toby Hill, Business Green Energy Solutions
A UK firm pioneering carbon capture storage and utilisation (CCUS) technology is set to deploy its equipment for the first time at a Dutch power plant that generates energy from waste, it announced this week.
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World Economic Forum Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports
The ocean economy is one that has been overlooked by COVID-19 stimulus packages to date, write World Resources Institute experts. However, supporting the ocean economy has significant benefits, with every $1 invested returning $5.
Here are 5 ocean priorities can help its economic output and support the wider economy.
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Stephanie Wood, Fisheries & Aquaculture
Coastal ecosystems like salt marshes sequester millions of tonnes of carbon, but have been whittled away over the decades. Now Canadian scientists are looking to re-flood marshes in an effort to mitigate the impacts of sea-level rise and store carbon, and seaweed is having its moment in the spotlight.
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Marine Technology News
Oilfield services company Baker Hughes has launched a vessel-deployed subsea wellhead cutting system called the Terminator.
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Tiffany Duong, Investable Oceans
During climate week and beyond, we must protect our oceans alongside our climate
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Jouffray, JP., et al., Principles for Responsible Investment Fisheries & Aquaculture
Can finance contribute to seafood sustainability? This is an increasingly relevant question given the projected growth of seafood demand and the magnitude of social and environmental issues associated with its production.
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U.S. aquaculture supplies sustainable seafood, provides jobs, and enhances ecosystems.
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Andrea Miller, CNBC Fisheries & Aquaculture
Seaweed is used in more than just sushi. The ocean-grown crop can be found as a food additive in almond milk or in plant-based meats. It’s even in moisturizers, fertilizers, animal feed and can be used as an alternative food source.
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Katie Anderson, The Independent Plastics & Pollution
Wildlife, across land and sea, face harm as disposable waste surges, say environmental action groups.
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Eliza Northrop, Mansi Konar, Nicola Frost and Liz Hollaway, World Resources Institute
The ocean economy, which contributes upwards of $1.5 trillion in value added to the global economy, was particularly hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, with a projected loss of $1.9 billion for international shipping carriers alone.
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Adele Peters, Fast Company Fisheries & Aquaculture
Running Tide grows kelp, which sucks carbon from the atmosphere. Then it just lets it sink to the ocean floor, where the carbon will stay for a thousand years
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Leonardo Martinez-Diaz, World Resources Institute Energy Solutions Plastics & Pollution
Climate risk is not one risk, but bundles of complex risks that interact with each other and with existing vulnerabilities in our financial system. Also, these risks are heading toward us at an accelerating pace.
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Ian Johnson, Press Association Plastics & Pollution
An enzyme made by bacteria living on seaweed is being used to make environmentally-friendly laundry detergents.
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Margaryta Kirakosian, Citywire
Credit Suisse has partnered with Rockefeller Asset Management to launch a thematic equity fund that focuses on ocean preservation, Citywire Selector has learned.
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MÉLISSA GODIN for TIME Fisheries & Aquaculture
As climate change wreaks havoc on ecosystems across the planet, the world is turning to seaweed as a potential climate change solution
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Editorial staff, Salmon Business Fisheries & Aquaculture
Long-term annual harvest potential of 30,000-45,000 tonnes.
In a press release on the Oslo Stock Exchange, Grieg Seafood writes that it has been granted five new farming licenses in Newfoundland, Canada, reaching eight licenses in the region, corresponding to a total production capacity of up to 30 000 tonnes of the annual harvest.
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Writing staff, NZ Herald Fisheries & Aquaculture
Aquaculture startup CH4 Global is increasing its New Zealand operations to turn sustainable red seaweed into methane-busting livestock feed.
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