Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
Alison Gillespie, NOAA Fisheries & Aquaculture
The Argo array is made up of a fleet of robotic instruments that measure temperature and salinity in the global ocean
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Mark John Costello, World Economic Forum Fisheries & Aquaculture
Marine protected areas provide benefits beyond fisheries, creating jobs and boosting local economies.
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Catalina Lopez, Economist Fisheries & Aquaculture
It is essential to recognise that aquatic animal welfare extends beyond ethical considerations.
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Ken Silverstein, Forbes Fisheries & Aquaculture
Caribbean ingenuity is helping reduce carbon emissions by 8 million metric tons by harvesting sargassum seaweed and turning it into fertilizer and paper pulp.
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Danielle Rossingh, Impact Investor Fisheries & Aquaculture
Lissy Smit, CEO of sustainable aquaculture investment fund Aqua-Spark talks to Impact Investor about fundraising, the sector’s first unicorn and why it is launching a new Africa fund.
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Songlin Wang and Lebin Liu, Impact Economist Fisheries & Aquaculture
Experts have observed the importance of recognizing and incentivizing the contribution of small-scale aquaculture operations in China.
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ABHAY H. PANDE AND J. ANAKHA, Maritime Executive Fisheries & Aquaculture
The primary focus of Blue Biotech is to enhance accessibility of marine resources and how we can benefit from them.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
Hatch Blue has announced that is has now raised €75 million for its Blue Revolution Fund.
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Impact Economist Fisheries & Aquaculture
40% of all the startups in the seaweed sector are now led by women.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
A new tool is in its first iteration and will be used to collect insights into aquaculture supply chains.
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Ocean 14 Capital Fisheries & Aquaculture
Since 2012, mass mortality events (MMEs) affecting farmed salmon have become more frequent and severe
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
Marking an important step towards the mass cultivation of seaweeds, Sea6 Energy has launched the world’s largest mechanised tropical seaweed farm off the coast of Lombok, Indonesia.
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The Maritime Executive Fisheries & Aquaculture
The EPA has opened solicitations for grant money totaling $3 billion, primarily aimed at reducing emissions and diesel exhaust pollution for cleaner ports.
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Andrea Willige, World Economic Forum Fisheries & Aquaculture
KAUST in Saudi Arabia has released the Global Ocean Gene Catalog 1.0. It contains more than 317 million gene clusters and is the largest open-source catalogue of marine microbes to date.
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Rashid Sumaila, The Conversation Fisheries & Aquaculture
Study finds that without nurturing ocean life, addressing climate change becomes an uphill battle.
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Scott Spillias, World Economic Forum Fisheries & Aquaculture
Potential benefits of marine permaculture include ecosystem restoration, pollution reduction and empowerment of local communities.
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Emmy Hawker, ESG Investor Fisheries & Aquaculture
Sustainable aquaculture can serve climate objectives. Fish farms can be co-located with new renewable energy sites and farmed seafood is a comparatively low-carbon source of protein.
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Tom Crowfoot, World Economic Forum Fisheries & Aquaculture
Companies around the world are making the most of an unexpected tool in the world’s fight to tackle the climate crisis – seaweed.
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A new reef insurance policy will help with reattaching broken corals and debris clean-up; the insurance payouts will provide community assistance activities that will alleviate food and water security concerns caused by storm damage.
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Linda Chen, Hatch Fisheries & Aquaculture
An analysis of the $808 million invested in the aquaculture industry by venture funds in the last 12 months.
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