Eco-Business

The decades-long shrimp aquaculture on Bangladesh’s southwest coast, which negatively impacts the environment in many ways, including creating a freshwater crisis, is now losing its importance as the farmers are gradually inclining toward agriculture again.

Nearly 40 per cent of global fish production in 2022 was Chinese, and the country is the main driver of huge growth in aquaculture, shows major report.

After just over a year since the MT Princess Empress disaster in Oriental Mindoro, environmental groups have renewed calls to ‘make polluters pay’ as the nation grapples with more frequent super typhoons and yet another massive oil spill, now closer to the Philippine capital.

The compensation fund could help fishers from small island and coastal states, but many challenges remain.

By Rhick Lars Albay

By Elizabeth Fitt

Thomson Reuters Foundation

By Jeremy Chan

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As the sea is emptied of life to feed a growing human population, innovation in protein sources holds promise in diverting seafood production away from the ocean. By Naomi Clark-Shen and Kathlyn Tan

This year at COP28, the Ocean Pavilion’s opening session stressed the need for an effective ocean strategy to limit global warming. But what do terms like ‘ocean-climate’ mean? How can investors and philanthropies contribute to action? By Naomi Clark-Shen and Kathlyn Tan

Attracting much-needed investment into the blue economy can be spurred by tailor-made initiatives. By Raghu Dharmapuri Tirumala

The Atlantic: the driving force behind ocean circulation and our taste for cod

The history of fishing in the Atlantic aid to trace back to the discovery of cod-rich Canadian waters in 1497. Generations of people greatly benefitted from these resources, until the threat of overfishing became impossible to ignore. By Suzanne OConnell, Pascal Le Floc'h

By Sophie Wood and Emma Witbooi

By M Niaz Asadullah

By Zafirah Zein

By Craig Hanson, Tim Searchinger, Richard Waite and Janet Ranganathan

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EB Studio Smallholder fish farmers in rural Kalimantan are turning towards sustainability, with some assistance from an agribusiness company.

The Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay is looking to build a sustainable marine community that relies on tidal power for low carbon electricity, food security from aquaculture, and eco-tourism for their livelihood. Watch the video here.

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