Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution
Amy Woodyatt, CNNMarine life in the world's oceans could recover to healthy levels in the next thirty years if decisive and urgent action is taken, an international review has found.
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Fundamental changes in seawater chemistry are occurring throughout the world's oceans. The ocean absorbs about a quarter of the CO2 we release into the atmosphere every year, so as atmospheric CO2 levels increase, so do the levels in the ocean.
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Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture
Annie Sneed, Scientific AmericanA U.S. agency is funding projects to help create a bioenergy industry based on macroalgae.
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A bill that seeks to establish national standards for offshore aquaculture in the US was re-introduced March 11 at the US House of Representatives.
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Seafood is one of the most important food sources for the world’s seven billion people—for as many as three billion people, it is a key source of protein. That significant demand is projected to rise as the population adds upward of two billion more people in the next 30 years.
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Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture
Charlotte Edmond, World Economic ForumSpiky, voracious and multiplying at an alarming rate, sea urchins are destroying marine ecosystems around the world. The solution? Eat them, according to one company.
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Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution
James Richen, Responsible InvestorJames Richens, editor of The Economist Group’s World Ocean Initiative, takes stock of Responsible Investor’s survey of investment risks and opportunities in the blue economy.
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Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports
Martin Koehring, The Economist Group- World Ocean InitiativeSafeguarding and harnessing the ocean’s ability to provide for people and the planet is crucial for sustainable development, says Martin Koehring, head of the World Ocean Initiative.
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The first blue paper commissioned by the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy finds that, if mariculture is better managed, the world can both produce more food, and do so profitably.
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Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution
Mindy Weisberger When workers with a whale strandings agency in Scotland performed a necropsy on a recently beached sperm whale, they found a gruesome surprise: The animal had died with around 220 lbs. (100 kilograms) of trash in its stomach.Read more → (4 minute read)
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Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution
Olivia Rosane Discarded plastic fishing equipment, dubbed "ghost gear," is especially dangerous to marine life because it was designed to trap and kill it.Read more → (3 minute read)
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Authorities in China have approved a drug for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, the first new medicine with the potential to treat the cognitive disorder in 17 years. The seaweed-based drug, called Oligomannate, can be used for the treatment of mild to moderate Alzheimer's, according to a statement from China's drug safety agency.
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The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), responsible for the world’s leading sustainable seafood ecolabel and certification programme, has today published a report showing continued growth in the demand for and supply of sustainable seafood.
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