Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
Janelle Kirkland, USC Fisheries & Aquaculture
Scientists at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Australia have found they can quadruple the immune response of farmed fish by adding powdered seaweed to their diet.
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Kate Connolly, The Guardian Energy Solutions
Germany’s supreme constitutional court has ruled that the government’s climate protection measures are insufficient to protect future generations, after a complaint brought by environmentalist groups.
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Tiffany Duong, EcoWatch Fisheries & Aquaculture
How can you tell that the fish on your plate is the real thing? You can't — and that's the problem.
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Sam Purkis, The Conversation
The Chagos Archipelago is one of the most remote, seemingly idyllic places on Earth. Coconut-covered sandy beaches with incredible bird life rim tropical islands in the Indian Ocean, hundreds of miles from any continent. Just below the waves, coral reefs stretch for miles along an underwater mountain chain.
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World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group Fisheries & Aquaculture
Intensive fisheries management is leading to a recovery in some tuna stocks, but improvements are not consistent across regions.
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David Hume, The Liquid Grid
The ocean tech startup community could certainly benefit from more financial capital, but for tech startups that build their businesses around disruptive innovation, more emphasis needs to be placed on two oft forgotten ingredients that fuel innovation: social and human capital.
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Harrison Tasoff, The Current UCSB Fisheries & Aquaculture
Researchers say cultivated seaweed can soak up excess nutrients plaguing human health and marine life.
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Karen McVeigh, The Guardian Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution
Increasing chemical and plastic pollution are “significant” contributors to the decline of fish and other aquatic organisms, yet their impact is being missed by regulators, according to a report by environmentalists.
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Reynard Loki, Independent Media Institute Fisheries & Aquaculture
How much is too much? The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has warned that more than a third of the world’s fish stocks are being overfished.
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Olivia Rosane, EcoWatch Fisheries & Aquaculture
My Octopus Teacher, the heartwarming story about a man's friendship with a common octopus, took home the Oscar for best documentary feature Sunday night.
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CBS News Fisheries & Aquaculture
Fish farms haven't always had the best reputation, but that seems to be changing fast. Many scientists and chefs believe fish farms may be the future of food due to a combination of factors, including overfishing in our oceans and a global population that keeps rising.
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TPN/Lusa, The Portugal News
The number of "dead zones" in the oceans has almost doubled in a decade, demonstrating the "widespread failure" to protect the seas and the need for new "ambitious" global targets, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said.
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Kate Sullivan & Kevin Liptak, CNN Energy Solutions
President Joe Biden on Thursday kicked off a virtual climate summit attended by 40 other world leaders by announcing an ambitious cut in greenhouse gas emissions as he looks to put the US back at the center of the global effort to address the climate crisis and curb carbon emissions.
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Tom Szaky & Erin Simon, World Economic Forum Plastics & Pollution
We need cross-sector consensus to define the standards of reusable packaging so businesses can innovate and scale-up solutions.
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Graham Readfearn, The Guardian Energy Solutions
Swirling and meandering ocean currents that help shape the world’s climate have gone through a “global-scale reorganisation” over the past three decades, according to new research.
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World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group Plastics & Pollution
World Ocean Summit session highlights benefits of designing products with end of life in mind, and improving waste management.
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World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group Energy Solutions
On Earth Day we recap recent World Ocean Summit sessions highlighting the importance of investing in ocean ecosystems.
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Yale Environment 360 Energy Solutions
Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions are projected to increase by 1.5 billion tons this year, the second-largest increase in history, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency.
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Ned Daly, SeafoodSource Fisheries & Aquaculture
The Conservation Alliance for Seafood Solutions has announced a series of changes aimed at helping the seafood industry achieve greater adoption of sustainable practices and innovation.
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Nell Lewis, CNN
The ocean covers more than 70% of our planet, a total of 139 million square miles. An initiative launched on Tuesday aims to protect 5% of it in the next five years.
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