Yesterday THE ECONOMIST organized an informative webcast: the inaugural World Ocean Summit Insight Hour. The organizer mentioned that more than 1.000 people were attending the webcast. Everything was functioning very well if you think what amount of people were listing, asking questions, and voting. There were exciting presentations. Not really something new, but that’s not what … Read more
Do you hear me? – Can you understand me? These were undoubtedly the most frequently asked questions at the Western Tropical Atlantic Regional Workshop in preparation for the UN Decade for Ocean Science for Sustainable Development 2021-2030. I don’t want to criticize this, and on the contrary, it seems to be completely normal in these COVID-19 times, … Read more
The book, A Farewell to Ice, by Peter Wadhams, tells the story of his unravelling of this alarming trend and describes what the consequences for our planet will be if Arctic ice continues to disappear at its current rate. This cart of the week, courtesy by Visual Capitalist, shows the change in the Arctic. Facebook Linkedin … Read more
For some it is the greatest source of happiness as fishermen and later it is a smoked delicacy, for others it is a sad sight when the fish ends up on the concrete floor of a marina and is trimmed to the size of steaks.The Blue Marlin is also in Jamaica one of the greatest … Read more
Biodiversity helps coral reefs thrive – and could be part of strategies to save them A healthy coral reef at Swains island, American Samoa. NOAA/NMFS/PIFSC/CRED, Oceanography Team., CC BY Cody Clements, Georgia Institute of Technology Coral reefs are home to so many species that they often are called “the rainforests of the seas.” Today they … Read more
The World Ocean Day – Blue Economy and Jamaica Today – as it is done every year on 8 June since 2009 – we will celebrate the World Ocean’s Day. By its resolution 63/111 of 5 December 2008, the UN General Assembly designated 8 June as World Oceans Day. I love this day, because it is … Read more
I found this fantastic interactive website last night. You select a specific event, like the first coral reef or you can jump to a particular time, let’s say 500 million years back, and you will see how mother Earth looked. Type in your address, and maybe you have to realize that your home today was … Read more
Mariculture, as a specialized branch of aquaculture, offers a promising avenue for economic development and sustainable local seafood production in the Caribbean. The seafood production could be over 34 million metric tons per year, according to recently published research by researcher at the Barbara’s Bren School of Environmental Science & Management and the Marine Science Institute (MSI) … Read more
The following infographic is made by customade and shows in an impressive way the problem with plastic in our oceans. Hundreds of million tons of plastic were produced. These plastics often find their way into our waterways. Every year 6.4 million tons are dumped into the ocean. Many marine wildlife are injured or killed from plastic … Read more
The big cleaning action of the oceans began like a rocket launch in the good old days, with a countdown and live broadcast. Within 20 years, a company – so the promise – wants to fish 90 percent of the plastic waste out of the oceans. In the first week of January it … Read more