• Ocean

One Cool Thing: Sea Agriculture Picking up Speed

• aquaculture
• seaweed

Seaweed could be the next crop sensation, as seaweed farms on the coast of Bali, Indonesia, take root underwater. India-based Sea6 Energy has designed a “sea combine” in the hopes of boosting the now small seaweed market to the forefront of sustainable aquaculture. The innovative catamaran sweeps over fields of seaweed, harvesting and replanting it […]

• Ocean

Federal Court Rules Federal Government Cannot Allow Fish Farms in the Gulf of Mexico

• aquaculture
• fisheries
• fishing
• NOAA
• Salmon
• shrimp

This week two Republican-appointee federal judges overturned a Trump Administration-endorsed plan that would have allowed “up to 64 million pounds of seafood” to be produced in fish farms in federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico. 

Why This Matters: Fish farming is happening all over the world — except here in the U.S.  Chances are the shrimp, salmon or tilapia you buy in the store is farm-raised in another country – more than 50% of the world’s supply of fish now comes from aquaculture.

• Ocean

Ocean Optimism: A To-Do List of Possible Climate Solutions

• aquaculture
• carbon storage
• coastal restoration
• fisheries
• ocean
• renewable energy
• shipping

The IPCC Oceans report released on Wednesday painted a dire picture of the health of the ocean today.  The ocean is a carbon sponge and has absorbed 93% of the excess heat caused by climate change and it is reaching a breaking point according to the IPCC.  But another panel that was formed last year […]