MARCH 2022 l VOL 71 ISSUE 2
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UN: 2022 IS A DEFINING YEAR FOR OUR OCEANS
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United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14, which focuses on life below water, has to-date attracted the lowest level of investment of all the SDG targets, but there are top-level ocean meetings taking place this year that could reverse that failing, according to the UN’s special envoy for the ocean Peter Thomson. Speaking at this month’s 9th annual World Ocean Summit, and insisting that while ocean health remains in decline “there’s no healthy planet without a healthy ocean”, Thomson stressed the critical need to revive the fortunes of SDG 14. Alongside the considerable challenges posed by climate change, ocean acidification and ocean warming, which are making life harder in seas, he said it is important for decision makers to not take their eye off other really important tasks including ending harmful fisheries subsidies, stopping overfishing and eliminating habitat destruction.
8 There is a critical need to revive the fortunes of SDG 14, says UN special envoy for the ocean Peter Thomson
“A sustainable blue economy is the future of mankind. It’s where future security is going to come from. Be that nutritious food, new medicines, renewable energy – it’s all going to come from the ocean,” he said. “It’s time for us to shift the investment needle in the direction of the sustainable blue economy.” Six important international meetings are taking place across the calendar year 2022 that could prove game-changing, Thomson acknowledged. “I really do believe that in 2022 we could stop the decline of the oceans’ health. I’m not saying we are going to fix the ocean – that’s a job for our children and grandchildren because things like acidification are going to continue because the wheels are rolling on that. But we can stop the decline, and it’s very much in the hands of member states.”
BLUEWILD CONTRACTS NEW FACTORY TRAWLER Ålesund, Norway-headquartered Bluewild is expanding its fleet with a new factory trawler that has been designed by Ulstein Design & Solutions AS. The fishing company advises that gentle handling of the catch and the lowest possible energy consumption have been important elements in the design development. Called Ecofive, the 73.2-metre trawler will be built to the new design Ulstein FX101 at Westcon Yards in Ølensvåg, Norway. She will have a net cargo space of approximately 2,000 cubic metres and be fitted with quadruple and pelagic trawls. Her propulsion system will support fuel savings of at least 25% per kilo of fish product produced compared
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8 Ecofive will be built to the new design Ulstein FX101 at Westcon Yards in Ølensvåg, Norway
to a conventional power system. In some operations, together with other energy-saving measures onboard, this figure can exceed 40%, Ulstein said. 8 More in Fuel & Power – page 27
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