Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
Blaine Grimes, Economist Impact Energy Solutions
The complexity of operating in the marine environment requires open dialogue to address industry challenges and spur innovation.
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Sarah Murray, Financial Times Energy Solutions
Investments in water reached an estimated $470mn in 2021 as Climate investors see growing opportunities in water tech.
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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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Nicholas Fearn, Business Insider Plastics & Pollution
Companies are using AI tools and software to make the ocean cleaner and safer for aquatic wildlife.
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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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McKinsey & Company
One Ocean Foundation leads research projects such as the reseeding of ocean-floor meadows, the acoustic monitoring of marine mammals, and collecting aquatic organisms to track pollutants. But some of their most innovative work is taking place onshore, in data labs and corporate boardrooms.
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Economist Impact Energy Solutions
Our oceans, vast and underutilised, are a promising resource for climate change mitigation.
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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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Economist Impact Shipping & Ports
Given the environmental, logistical, and geopolitical challenges of the maritime shipping industry, the urgency of building resilience and adaptability within the ocean-economy ecosystem is clear.
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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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Lubomila Jordanova, Economist Impact Shipping & Ports
Innovations in aquaculture are essential for improving efficiency and reducing environmental impact.
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Karrie Gordon, VettaFi
The ocean generates about half of all oxygen for Earth, and currently absorbs roughly a third of all carbon dioxide. It’s also the home of global trading routes, the source of millions of jobs, and contributes billions in GDP.
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Ocean 14 Capital Shipping & Ports
The International shipping industry faces a 70% rise in emissions due to commercial vessels seeking alternative routes to the Suez Canal.
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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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Jake Russell, Propeller
Reducing “launch costs” for ocean tech will unlock the blue economy, the same way the private space sector led to a boom in orbital observation and communications.
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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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