Wednesday, December 10, 2025

BLUE ECONOMY INNOVATION

One fish, two fish: $5 Million Project Uses AI to ID Migrating Fish Species As They Navigate Hydropower Plants

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Innovasea, a company that focuses on technology for fish tracking and aquatic solutions, is leading a new $4.8 million project that uses AI to...

Hope, Love and Joy: Give Someone a Bit of Ocean Restoration This Year

Susan Lahey -
Coral restoration organization Coral Vita has launched its first series of eco-friendly gift guides with presents ranging from the planting of baby corals to...

Ocean Wise, Trelleborg, Integrate Protection Against Whale Strikes in Marine Navigation System

Susan Lahey -
Global conservation organization Ocean Wise and marine solutions provider Trelleborg Marine and Infrastructure have integrated Ocean Wise’s Whale Report Alert System (WRAS), into Trelleborg's marine...

BLUE FINANCE

EU Group Aims to Prove that Wave Energy is Ready to Take Its Place in Power Investments and Power Grids

Susan Lahey -
Wave energy company CorPower Ocean will lead a €30 million (USD $35 million) project, POWER-Farm EU, that aims to dispel the idea that wave...

Tidal Energy Company Orbital Marine Secures $9.32 Million Investment

Susan Lahey -
Tidal energy company Orbital Marine Power has secured a £7 million (USD$9.32 million) investment to advance its international commercial projects. PXN Ventures – the combined...

Australia Invests $185 Million into Centers of Excellence Including a Center on ‘Our Future Oceans’

Susan Lahey -
The Australian Research Council (ARC) has invested $279 million (USD$185 million) to develop eight major Centers of Excellence including one for Our Future Oceans....

BLUE CARBON

Fujitsu Ocean Digital Twin Tool Can Quantify Blue Carbon Stores in Seagrass Beds

Susan Lahey -
Fujitsu has developed a technology that it says can rapidly and accurately quantify blue carbon--carbon absorbed and stored by marine and coastal ecosystems--from seaweed...

ArtCap Invests $25 Million in The Bahama’s Blue Carbon Credits Trading and Ocean Finance Strategy

Susan Lahey -
A boutique private lending platform founded by former CreditSuisse bankers, ArtCap Strategies, has provided $25 million ton support Carbon Management Limited, the project sponsor...

[C]Worthy Ocean-Based CDR Research Company Gets Multi-Year Support from ORCA and Patrick J. McGovern

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Worthy, a non-profit software company that creates oceanographic modeling and data integration to quantifies the efficacy and ecological impacts of ocean-based CDR has received multi‑year...

Regulation

Norway’s New Government Postpones Plans For Deep-Sea Mining Until 2029

Susan Lahey -
In a budget agreement between the governing Labour Party and four cooperating parties, Norway has put plans for deep-sea mining, including exploration or extraction...

Global Fishing Watch, Benioff Ocean Science Launch Dynamic Map of Deep-Sea Mining Vessels

Susan Lahey -
Global Fishing Watch and the Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory, at the University of California, Santa Barbara, have unveiled an upgraded open-access portal designed to...

UK Revised Environmental Improvement Plan Focuses on Nature Risks and Opportunities

Susan Lahey -
The UK has published a revised Environmental Improvement Plan that aims to more robustly address risks and opportunities to nature. As the document points...

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