Newsletter BlueEconomyNews.Earth Week in Review By Susan Lahey - December 5, 2025 0 Image by Krister P Share FacebookLinkedinEmail Blue Finance Ocean Winds’ Baltic Sea Offshore Wind Project Reaches €2 Billion Financial Close IKEA Invests in Matter, Startup That Removes Microplastics from Textile Production, Laundry Wastewater African Development Bank, IGAD Launch Blue Economy Action Plan for the Horn of Africa Cleaning Brand OceanSaver Raises $2.53 Million for Expansion Blue Innovation Ocean Wise, Trelleborg, Integrate Protection Against Whale Strikes in Marine Navigation System Global Fishing Watch, Benioff Ocean Science Launch Dynamic Map of Deep-Sea Mining Vessels HarshLab Can Test Innovations in the Harsh Ocean Environments Where They Will Operate EMEC Demonstrates a Power System Combining Tidal Energy, Battery Storage and Hydrogen Production Ocean Bottle, Which Funds Collection of 1,000 Ocean-Bound Plastic Bottles Per Purchase, Launches in U.S. Social Equity Study Says Indigenous Knowledge Is Already Nature-Based and Must Be Incorporated in Ocean Planning Regulation Norway’s New Government Postpones Plans For Deep-Sea Mining Until 2029 UK Revised Environmental Improvement Plan Focuses on Nature Risks and Opportunities Shipping Global Consultancy Ricardo Partnering With Spain’s Port of Huelva on Green Shipping Corridors Hyundai Partners with HD Korea and Pusan University to Develop Key Tech for Liquified Hydrogen Carriers Aurora Expeditions Reports Big Year of Sustainability Progress Energy HarshLab Can Test Innovations in the Harsh Ocean Environments Where They Will Operate EMEC Demonstrates a Power System Combining Tidal Energy, Battery Storage and Hydrogen Production Ocean Winds’ Baltic Sea Offshore Wind Project Reaches €2 Billion Financial Close Fishing/Aquaculture Four Companies Pilot SBTN Program Setting Nature Goals for Ocean, Seafood Industry A Newport, Oregon Restaurant and Seafood Company Turns Fish Waste into Products and Profits