Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
A new federal task force has submitted recommendations that will be the basis for a strategy to help level the playing field for the U.S. seafood exporters and importers when doing business with other countries.
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World Ocean Initiative Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports
A new report commissioned by the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy outlines the four investments with the biggest potential to secure ocean health and wealth.
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Rob Fletcher Fisheries & Aquaculture
The first ever analysis using the “One Health” approach to identify strategies by which nations can grow their aquaculture sectors sustainably has been published this week.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
Plans to establish an extensive network of aquaculture facilities in US federal waters have potentially suffered a major setback, following a decision by a Louisiana court.
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Kera Abraham Panni, Mark C. Anderson and Magdaline Southard, Monterey Bay Aquarium - Seafood Watch Fisheries & Aquaculture
A growing movement is bringing local and sustainable seafood to the table.
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Brad Plumer Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Tourism
As climate change raises sea levels, storm surges and high tides will push farther inland, a team of researchers says.
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Dona Bertarelli & Mukhisa Kituyi Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports Tourism
Mukhisa Kituyi, secretary-general of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), and Dona Bertarelli, UNCTAD’s new special adviser for the blue economy, outline what the blue recovery agenda should include. Developing countries in particular can benefit.
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Ariella Simke, Forbes Fisheries & Aquaculture
An executive order issued by President Donald Trump on May 7th moved to open up federal waters to commercial fish farming (aquaculture). The area has previously been logistically prohibitive to break into.
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Fiona Harvey Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports
Report says there are substantial economic benefits to be had from ocean conservation
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Jim Cooper Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture
In the last decade there has been a growing demand for specialist materials, chemicals and components that can solve long-term problems of scarcity, or replace things that are mined or grown.
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Cristine Morgan, Greenbiz Fisheries & Aquaculture
While increased seafood consumption may be good short-term news for the U.S. seafood industry, it also is combating other major challenges, such as severely decreased foodservice and export business due to the pandemic.
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FAO’s State of the World’s Fisheries and Aquaculture 2020 tracks growing fish production and consumption, and highlights the promise of sustainability actions
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World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group Fisheries & Aquaculture
Ocean genomes are fundamental to the abundance and resilience of the ocean, not to mention potential medical and sustainability breakthroughs, an influential report concludes.
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Carla Cantor Fisheries & Aquaculture
A Columbia study provides a blueprint for the use of genomics to help combat climate change.
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World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Tourism
In the second of our Q&As with the three winners of the Women and the ocean: Changemakers challenge, we speak to Olga Lucía Caro Jácome, chief executive and co-founder of ProcoReef, about coral-reef restoration.
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IntraFish Media Fisheries & Aquaculture
The fund will be used to further plant-based foods in the seafood space.
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Vanessa Fajans-Turner, Investable Oceans Fisheries & Aquaculture
There are three criteria for sustainable seafood: environmental protection, economic viability and social responsibility.
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Robert Anzalone Fisheries & Aquaculture
Kvarøy Arctic, a large producer of Norwegian-farmed salmon for stores like Whole Foods, announced today that it would join IBM’s blockchain-based Food Trust.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Tourism
American ‘blue economy’ worth nearly $373 billion
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BY NICOLE KRAVEC, Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture
Our growing need for food poses one of the biggest threats to the environment. Stanford ocean and food security experts explain how the ocean could produce dramatically more food while driving sustainable economic growth.
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