Joachim Schmillen 
Believe or not. Recent research has revealed that sharks off the coast of Brazil have been found with traces of cocaine in their systems. This discovery was made by marine biologists from the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, who tested 13 Brazilian sharpnose sharks (Rhizoprionodon lalandii) and found high levels of cocaine and its primary metabolite, benzoylecgonine, … Read more
The Norwegian sailing vessel “Statsraad Lehmkuhl” is visiting Jamaica from November 13 to November 17. The “sailing beauty” arrived yesterday, Saturday, November 13, at Port Royal Cruise Ship Terminal. A lot of people were hoping to see a vessel under sail arriving in Port Royal. But, unfortunately, that doesn’t happen. I don’t think that the … Read more
The Ocean Decade endorsed ninety-four new Decade Actions across all ocean basins, building global momentum for ocean knowledge-based solutions ahead of major upcoming global summits on climate and biodiversity. This latest endorsement announcement features 94 new Decade Actions covering activities across the world’s ocean basins. Central to the newly endorsed Decade Actions are projects led … Read more
Based on a Memorandum of Understanding between the Kingston Harbour Ecosystem Adaptation Measures Project (KHEAM) and the CMU’s Centre for Blue Economy and Innovation (CBEI), the main campus of the Caribbean Maritime University will be part of the Convention on Wetlands. History The Convention on Wetlands is the oldest of the modern global intergovernmental environmental … Read more
– an analysis of the confusion surrounding a definition I will stay with the wording Blue Economy, maybe not because it is the most precise definition, but then why? You like to know why you should do too? Lately, I have been in various real and virtual spaces where we have been talking and … Read more
Today, Monday 9 August 2021, the IPCC Working Group 1 presented the sixth assessment report. Human influence on the climate is now “unequivocal” Whopping 3,949 pages about the physical basis of climate change When I downloaded it from the website, I realized that this report contains a whopping 3,949 pages. So if I read one … Read more
On International World Oceans Day (8 June 2021), National Geographic announced that it officially recognises the Southern Ocean as Earth’s fifth ocean. The new ocean, the Southern Ocean, is defined by the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) that surrounds Antarctica and extends from the continent’s coastline to 60 degrees south latitude, excluding the Drake Passage and … Read more
… to drive ocean knowledge revolution In the context of global celebrations for World Oceans Day, UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission announced the first Actions officially endorsed as part of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, 2021-2030 (the ‘Ocean Decade’). Subject to a competitive selection process with hundreds of applications, the endorsed … Read more
In one of our last posts, we were proposing to think about the possibility of establishing mariculture here in Jamaica. A study of the University of California with the title “The ecological and economic potential for offshore mariculture in the Caribbean” stated that Jamaica has the “most productive farm sites” in the Caribbean. OpenBlue, a … Read more
In a new post I present an argumentation paper to establish a Caribbean Mariculture Research Centre at CMU. And it essentially aims at establishing a mariculture industry in Jamaica. I know that it is a massive project, which needs a lot of commitment and investment. I understand that this cannot fall from the sky overnight. But somehow, we … Read more