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Good fisheries management is good carbon management

• Natalie F. Anderson, et al., Nature • Energy Solutions • Fisheries & Aquaculture

Climate change is causing persistent, widespread, and significant impacts on marine ecosystems which are predicted to interact and intensify

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Emerging Protein-Rich Ingredients For Aquaculture Report 2024

• Hatch Blue • Fisheries & Aquaculture

A recently published report, compiled with support from the Moore Foundation by Hatch Blue, takes a deep dive into nine of the most promising protein-rich aquafeed ingredients.
 

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Why Oceans and Marine Biodiversity Matter as Investment Issues

• Andre Ranchin, Hymans Robertson • Energy Solutions • Fisheries & Aquaculture • Plastics & Pollution

A sustainable and growing blue economy can provide investment opportunities and a significant environmental return.

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Satellite Mapping Reveals Extensive Industrial Activity at Sea

• Fernando Paolo, et al., Nature • Fisheries & Aquaculture

We combine satellite imagery, vessel GPS data and deep-learning models to map industrial vessel activities and offshore energy infrastructure across the world’s coastal waters from 2017 to 2021.

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The Mangrove Breakthrough Financial Roadmap

• Jennifer Ring, Marieta Stefanova, Raiditya Roebiono and Katherine Stodulka, Systemiq • Energy Solutions • Fisheries & Aquaculture

Unlocking investment at scale in critical coastal ecosystems.

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From Risk to Reward: The Business Imperative to Finance Climate Adaptation and Resilience

• BCG, Global Resilience Partnership & USAID • Energy Solutions • Fisheries & Aquaculture • Shipping & Ports

From Risk to Reward: The Business Imperative to Finance Climate Adaptation and Resilience is a new study published by BCG in collaboration with the Global Resilience Partnership (GRP) and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) that lays out the investment thesis for the private sector to finance climate adaptation and resilience.

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2023 Seafood Stewardship Index

• World Benchmarking Alliance • Fisheries & Aquaculture

The third iteration of the Seafood Stewardship Index ranks the sustainability performance of the world’s 30 most influential companies in the seafood industry, representing about a quarter of the world’s global seafood industry revenue.

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The Crimes Behind The Seafood You Eat

• Ian Urbina, The New Yorker • Fisheries & Aquaculture

China has invested heavily in an armada of far-flung fishing vessels, in part to extend its global influence. This maritime expansion has come at grave human cost.

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The Ocean as a Solution to Climate Change: Five Opportunities for Action

• High Level Panel for A Sustainable Ocean Economy • Energy Solutions • Fisheries & Aquaculture • Shipping & Ports

Climate change poses stark risks to the health of the ocean and to the realisation of a prosperous and sustainable ocean economy. Acidification and rising ocean temperatures are negatively impacting important industries such as fishing and tourism, as well as the well-being of coastal populations. There is an urgent need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and limit further temperature rise.

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30x30 From Global Ocean Treaty to Protection at Sea

• Greenpeace • Fisheries & Aquaculture

The oceans face large-scale threats and there is little time left to deliver 30x30.

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Analysis of Farmed Seaweed Carbon Crediting and Novel Markets to Help Decarbonize Supply Chains

• The Nature Conservancy and Bain & Company • Fisheries & Aquaculture

In partnership with Bain & Company, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) examined the potential to support significant near-term growth over the next five to ten years in seaweed farming through two analyses. 

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Fishing for a Recovery

• François Mosnier, et al., Planet Tracker • Fisheries & Aquaculture

Globally, at least 65 fisheries could benefit from a blue recovery bond, where fishers are paid to temporarily fish less in order to recover fish populations.

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Global Seaweed New And Emerging Markets Report

• The World Bank • Fisheries & Aquaculture

The Global Seaweed New and Emerging Markets Report has identified ten global seaweed markets with the potential to grow by an additional USD 11.8 billion by 2030. 

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Alaska’s newest gold rush: Seaweed

• Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post • Fisheries & Aquaculture

The act of raising sea plants and bivalves — known as mariculture — is accelerating across the globe. Once largely concentrated in Asia, the industry has expanded to Europe and the United States.

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Carbon Sequestration and Climate Change Mitigation Using Macroalgae: A State of Knowledge Review

• Rita M. Franco-Santos, et al., Biological Reviews • Energy Solutions • Fisheries & Aquaculture

An examination of over 180 publications synthesizes evidence regarding macroalgal forest carbon sequestration potential.

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The Blue Carbon Handbook

• Oliver S. Ashford, et al., High Level Panel for A Sustainable Ocean Economy • Energy Solutions • Fisheries & Aquaculture

A guide to managing blue carbon ecosystems as a nature-based solution for supporting sustainable development.

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Vulnerability of blue foods to human-induced environmental change

• Cao, L. et al., Nature Sustainability • Fisheries & Aquaculture

Global aquatic or ‘blue’ foods, essential to over 3.2 billion people, face challenges of maintaining supply in a changing environment while adhering to safety and sustainability standards.

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The Trillion-Dollar Auction to Save the World

• Gregory Barber, Wired • Fisheries & Aquaculture

Ocean creatures soak up huge amounts of humanity’s carbon mess. Should we value them like financial assets?
 

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Into the Blue: Securing a Sustainable Future for Kelp Forests

• United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) • Fisheries & Aquaculture

Into the Blue: Securing a Sustainable Future for Kelp Forests global synthesis report is the most comprehensive knowledge review on kelp to date, revealing the state of science on the world’s kelp forests and providing recommended actions to build the recovery of the world’s kelp forests.

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Avoiding Aquafailure: Aquaculture diversification and regeneration are needed to feed the world

• Planet Tracker • Fisheries & Aquaculture

Analysis from Planet Tracker finds diversifying farmed seafood production can close supply gap while tackling biodiversity risks.

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