The Ocean Brief

Ocean stories and insights covering science, policy, innovation, and the ocean community

The future of seafood waste is not wasteful

One person's trash is another person's treasure, as the old proverb goes. Whether dealing with inedible or less appetising parts of seafood, small business owners, conservation organisations, researchers, and communities are showing that seafood waste doesn't have to be wasteful.

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Animals & Plants, Conservation Samantha Andrews Animals & Plants, Conservation Samantha Andrews

Madagascar Whale Shark Project unveils new project to empower conservationists to protect the ocean

The Madagascar Whale Shark Project is announcing a new way for ocean-lovers to support its efforts to protect endangered whale sharks. The project has launched a donation-based Patreon page to enable followers to support its vital work through a monthly subscription while benefitting from brilliant insights and exclusive content at the same time.

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Fisheries & Aquaculture Samantha Andrews Fisheries & Aquaculture Samantha Andrews

Science Shorts: Ocean and Marine Stewardship in Africa: The Marine Stewardship Council Certification in Namibia and The Gambia

Dr. Victoria Ndinelago Erasmus discusses his new paper examining the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification scheme in the African continent through the lens of the Namibian hake trawl and longline fishery and the Gambian sole bottom set gillnet fishery.

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Animals & Plants, Climate Crisis, Technology Samantha Andrews Animals & Plants, Climate Crisis, Technology Samantha Andrews

Harnessing whale's carbon capture potential

Whale Seeker, a Montreal-based startup that leverages AI to simplify whale monitoring, is leading a new project the Canadian Arctic, to develop and test a scalable whale carbon and biodiversity detection methodology and credit system. The Whale Carbon Plus project will incentivise marine actors to monitor marine mammal presence and take meaningful action to avoid conflict with them.

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