Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy

Baker Hughes Launches Subsea Wellhead Cutting System

• Marine Technology News

Oilfield services company Baker Hughes has launched a vessel-deployed subsea wellhead cutting system called the Terminator.

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If we want to stop the Climate Crisis, we need to look towards our oceans

• Tiffany Duong, Investable Oceans

During climate week and beyond, we must protect our oceans alongside our climate

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The big blue: financing sustainable seafood

• 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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Nine Things You Probably Didn't Know About Aquaculture

• NOAA • Fisheries & Aquaculture

U.S. aquaculture supplies sustainable seafood, provides jobs, and enhances ecosystems.

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Food, fertilizer, fuel: Why the worldwide demand for seaweed is growing

• 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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Coronavirus PPE pollution: Can we stop the mounting plastic pandemic?

• 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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Using the Ocean As a Tool for Global Economic Recovery

• 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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Forget planting trees: This company is making carbon offsets by putting seaweed on the ocean floor

• 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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Why the CFTC’s New Report on Climate Change and Financial Stability Matters

• 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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Newcastle University study reveals how seaweed could change the way we wash our clothes

• 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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Exclusive: Credit Suisse launches ocean engagement fund with Rockefeller AM

• 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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The ocean farmers trying to save the world with seaweed

• 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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Grieg Seafood granted five new licenses to farm 30,000 tonnes of salmon in Newfoundland

• 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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Global investors boost New Zealand red seaweed farming venture

• 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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The wealth of oceans: New research shines a light on ocean accounting

• World Ocean Initiative

The development of ocean accounts provides an unprecedented opportunity to showcase the value of the ocean and with it the prospect of long-term sustainability.

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Mussels to be poured on mussel shell reef to revive 'devastated' population

• Chloe Ranford • Fisheries & Aquaculture

A boatload of mussel shells have been sunk off Marlborough’s shores to create a reef that will help revive marine life and a multimillion-dollar industry.

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Silicon Valley billionaires want to geoengineer the world's oceans

• Mark Harris • Energy Solutions

Should billionaires be able to start tinkering with the climate without asking the rest of us?

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Why science and innovation are crucial for a blue recovery

• WORLD OCEAN INITIATIVE • Energy Solutions • Fisheries & Aquaculture • Plastics & Pollution • Shipping & Ports • Tourism

The latest World Ocean Initiative webinar highlights recent developments in promoting ocean science, developing technological innovations and boosting financing instruments.

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Seaweed: The food and fuel of the future?

• Adrienne Murray • Energy Solutions • Fisheries & Aquaculture

Seaweed production has boomed. Between 2005 and 2015 volumes doubled, surpassing 30 million tonnes annually, reports the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization.

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Can sustainable aquaculture feed the world?

• James Richens • Fisheries & Aquaculture

With wild-fish stocks falling, a huge increase in farmed fish will be needed to meet the protein needs of the planet. James Richens reports on how the search for sustainable sources is focusing on the deep oceans, on land and even the laboratory

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