January 2022 • Eat Blue™

ADB Calls for Innovative Financing for Ocean Health Improvement

Eat Blue
January 31, 2022

Yesterday, The Asian Development Bank (ADB) called for scaling up the finance flows and funding into ocean health improvement in Asia and the Pacific to combat the growing threats from unchecked pollution into rivers,

Economic Impact, Human Health, Ocean Health

Blue Economy, Clean Waters, Coastal Protection, Ocean Conservation, Ocean Optimism

$50M gift aims to improve Hawaiʻi’s ocean health

Eat Blue
January 27, 2022

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) has announced a seven-year $50 million donation that will support multiple research goals within the Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine

Animal Welfare, Economic Impact, Human Health, Ocean Health

Biodiversity, Coastal Protection, Ocean Conservation, Ocean Optimism, Ocean Solutions

Bluefin tuna tagged for the first time in UK waters with acoustic ‘residency’ tags

Eat Blue
January 19, 2022

For the first time in the UK, bluefin tuna have been tagged with acoustic trackers to help researchers monitor their movements. The 7cm long tag sends sound messages to listening stations allowing for scientists

Animal Welfare, Ocean Health

Coastal Protection, Innovation, Ocean Conservation, Ocean Solutions

Rare blanket octopus spotted in ‘once in a lifetime’ encounter off Australian coast

Eat Blue
January 18, 2022

A rare blanket octopus has been spotted in a ‘once in a lifetime’ encounter off Australian coast. Jacinta Shackleton, a videographer, photographer, and content creator for Queensland’s Tourism and Events, has been observing the

Animal Welfare, Ocean Health

Ocean Optimism

Evidence that Pacific tuna mercury levels are driven by marine methylmercury production and anthropogenic inputs

Eat Blue
January 11, 2022

A study has revealed that tuna from the Pacific Ocean, one of the world’s most consumed seafood products, exposes humans to toxic methylmercury. The global ocean has an important influence on tuna mercury concentrations,

Human Health, Ocean Health

Clean Waters, Ocean Solutions, Responsible Fishing