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Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy

Venture fund joins US aquaculture lobby

• The Fish Site • Fisheries & Aquaculture

Early Charm Ventures, which specialises in turning scientific discoveries made at universities into companies focused on growth, has joined Stronger America Through Seafood (SATS).

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Indian startup gains ground in UAE

• The Fish Site • Fisheries & Aquaculture

FreshToHome is raising support from the Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) for activities including the development of its “nano farm aquaculture technology”.

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North Sea seaweed gets greener with world's first floating solar aquaculture project

• Darius Snieckus, Recharge • Energy Solutions • Fisheries & Aquaculture

Oceans of Energy development off northern Netherlands aims to accelerate commercialisation of offshore renewables-powered aquaculture.

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A Blue Path to Recovery: The Power of Finance to Rebuild Ocean Health

• UNEP Finance Initiative

The economic activities of ocean-based industries as well as the assets, goods and services of marine ecosystems, the ‘Blue Economy’, has been estimated to generate over USD$2.5 trillion a year.

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Scientists Create Open Source Technology to Track Plastic Pollution

• Editorial Staff, Yale Environment 360 • Plastics & Pollution

Using GPS and satellite tags inside plastic bottles, scientists have found that plastic pollution can travel thousands of miles in just a few months.

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5 Things to Know About Plastic Pollution and How to Stop It

• Tara Lohan, The Revelator • Plastics & Pollution

Researchers continue to find new information about how widespread plastic pollution has become, but also how we can help stem the tide.

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The fateful eight: the latest investment opportunities in aquaculture and beyond

• Rob Fletcher, The Fish Site • Fisheries & Aquaculture

Four months after joining the world’s only aquaculture and alternative seafood accelerator programme, eight startups from Hatch’s latest cohort pitched their ideas to investors in an entertaining online event today.

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Mortenson, GE Renewable Energy partner with Clearway to repower 160-MW Texas wind farm

• Clarion Energy Content Directors, Renewable Energy World • Energy Solutions

Mortenson has completed construction on the expansion and repowering of an 11-year-old Texas wind farm.

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5 Pillars of a New Ocean Agenda

• Nicola Frost and Kristian Teleki, World Resources Institute • Energy Solutions • Fisheries & Aquaculture • Plastics & Pollution

At this unprecedented moment in time, one message has never been clearer: It is time to forge a new relationship with the ocean — one in which ocean protection and economic production and prosperity go hand-in-hand.

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Norway’s Prime Minister: Ocean science can boost jobs and wellbeing

• Erna Solberg, Nature • Energy Solutions • Fisheries & Aquaculture • Plastics & Pollution

Why I put my political will behind knowledge to benefit the ocean and humanity.

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World leaders are waking up to the ocean’s role in a healthy planet

• Editorial, Nature

Fourteen nations have made an unprecedented and welcome commitment to use marine ecosystems sustainably. It is equally important to establish a system to hold them to account.

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Five priorities for a sustainable ocean economy

• Jane Lubchenco et al., Nature • Energy Solutions • Fisheries & Aquaculture • Plastics & Pollution • Shipping & Ports • Tourism

Unleash the ocean’s potential to boost economies sustainably while addressing climate change, food security and biodiversity.

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Why Seagrass Could Be the Ocean's Secret Weapon Against Climate Change

• Katherine Harmon Courage, Smithsonian Magazine • Fisheries & Aquaculture

A vast, mostly invisible ecosystem shapes life on Earth, from the food we eat to the air we breathe. And the more scientists learn, the more they say it’s in trouble.

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The Bezos Earth Fund & WWF: investment in community and climate

• World Wildlife Fund • Fisheries & Aquaculture • Plastics & Pollution

The Bezos Earth Fund has awarded World Wildlife Fund (WWF) $100 million to harness the power of nature to stabilize the climate crisis.

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Shipping Industry To Welcome New, Lower Emission, Methanol Dual-Fuel Vessels

• Globe Newswire, Street Insider • Shipping & Ports

Waterfront Shipping renews fleet with 8 new methanol dual-fuel vessels.

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China is building an armada of fish farm vessels. Now the first ship has been launched

• Editorial staff, Salmon Business • Fisheries & Aquaculture

On November 6, “Guoxin 101” was launched out of the port city of Taizhou, to set out on the East China Sea, where the ship will undergo testing, reports tv station Qingdao News, according to Undercurrent News.

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Nigeria launches new aquaculture initiatives

• Efua Konyim Okai, The Fish Site • Fisheries & Aquaculture

The Nigerian government has announced plans to establish six new “fish farming estates” around Lagos as a means of increasing fish production and promoting employment.

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Offshore Charging Station for Electrified Offshore Vessels Being Developed in UK

• Marine Technology News • Energy Solutions

A project has been launched in the UK to explore the viability of developing an offshore charging facility for vessels as part of the industry’s efforts to decarbonize its vessel operations.

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Enel powers up €190bn green energy investment blitz through to 2030

• Toby Hill, Business Green • Energy Solutions

European energy giant unveils investment strategy that will see it invest €160bn directly in green infrastructure, while leveraging a further €30bn from other parties.

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This underwater farmer wants us to eat more seaweed

• Ed Scott-Clarke and Tom Page, CNN • Fisheries & Aquaculture

Off the northernmost tip of Northern Ireland, a small island could have a hand in the future of food production.

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