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Grape Expectations: Novel Superfood Seaweed Farm Launched in Singapore

A joint venture to farm sea grapes as sustainable superfoods and plant-based proteins has been launched by Blue Aqua International and Stemcell United.The JV aims to cultivate Caulerpa Lentillifera in Singapore on a commercial scale via the jointly incorporated company SCU Green Aqua Farm. Stemcell United (SCU), is an Australia mainboard-listed biotechnology and pharmaceutical company […]

Blockchain Set for Bangladesh Aquaculture Launch

ByteAlly has partnered with the USAID initiative Feed the Future – Bangladesh Aquaculture and Nutrition Activity (BANA) for the trial, which aims to implement a blockchain-based system to trace the journey of a new high-yield carp variety from farm to plate. The project will actively promote the food traceability system and its benefits to seafood […]

AI is Helping Scientists Understand an Ocean’s Worth of Data

If you had about 180,000 hours of underwater recordings from the Pacific Ocean, and you needed to know when and where, in all those different hours, humpback whales were singing, would you Google it? That is what Ann Allen, a research ecologist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, did. Sort of. In January 2018, […]

The Establishment of MAMA: Creating a cross-sector, cross-region and cross ocean resource integration platform

(23 Sep. 2020, Taipei) Taiwan is surrounded by sea and built as an Ocean Nation. Its existence and development are closely related to ocean. The government shows great focus on ocean policies and affairs in recent years, with the establishment of the “Ocean Affairs Council”, promulgation of the “Ocean Basic Act”, and issuance of the […]

8 ways to rebuild a stronger ocean economy after COVID-19

COVID-19’s impact is being felt at sea as well as on land. The pandemic offers an opportunity to start building a sustainable ocean economy fit for the future. Here are 8 areas for policy-makers to consider. Almost no facet of our global economy has been immune to the COVID-19 crisis. Much has been said about […]

‘Blue’ Ammonia Breakthrough Announced

40 tons shipped from Saudi Arabia to Japan for zero-carbon power generation Saudi Aramco said it has shipped 40 tons of “blue” ammonia from Saudi Arabia to Japan for use in zero-carbon power generation. The announcement comes amid growing appreciation of the role hydrogen will play in the global energy system. Ammonia, a compound consisting […]

Solar panels will iron out offshore wind peaks

A project to add floating solar panels to a wind farm is scheduled to be incorporated into the Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm site by 2025, writes Dag Pike. According to TNO, the Dutch organisation for applied scientific research, the research and demonstration of offshore solar energy in the new offshore wind farm will […]

Microsoft and SES invest in maritime cloud solutions

by Martyn Wingrove Shipping companies will be able to access cloud-based solutions for fleet management worldwide following investments by Microsoft and SES. SES has become Microsoft’s new multi-orbit satellite connectivity partner as part of the Azure Orbital drive. Both companies will jointly invest in Azure Orbital ground stations that SES will deploy and manage to support […]

US Customs issues cable-lay guidance for offshore wind

by David Foxwell Charlie Papavizas: “ruling confirmed that laying cable from a foreign vessel in US waters is permissible” US Customs and Border Protection has made available Jones Act guidance on cable lay operations in connection with the development of offshore windfarms in US waters. The guidance is the first offshore wind guidance issued by CBP […]

Swancor unveils plan to build huge offshore windfarm off Taiwan

mments/ Lucas Lin: “Swancor is committed to supporting the Taiwanese Government’s goal of promoting offshore wind and renewable energy” Swancor Renewable Energy in Taiwan has revealed plans to develop a massive offshore windfarm far larger than any project to date in the country, off its northwest coast. The Taiwanese company said it is working with […]