The U.S. also has a robust blue economy that "contributed a total of $476 billion in economic impact in 2022, making up nearly 2% of the nation's gross domestic product (GDP)," said the National ...

From dense kelp forests ready to be harvested for food to wave-powered energy turbines lighting up city skies, there is a wide world of possibilities within the emerging “blue economy.” But ...

Los Angeles’ emerging yet rapidly growing blue economy benefits from unparalleled regional assets, including the largest port complex in the Western Hemisphere, home to AltaSea at the Port of ...

The Blue Economy in African Coastal Waters Just as vast tracts of global land have been acquired to extract fossil fuels (in the United States alone, Earthjustice, a nonprofit public interest ...

The “blue economy” emerged as a popular vision for sustainable ocean development during the 2010s, as communities across the world grappled with challenges of declining ocean health, economic ...

However, after the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio, sustainability in ocean governance gained formal attention, even if the term “Blue Economy” had not yet entered the mainstream.

The term “blue economy” refers to the generation and use of ocean-based economic resources, be they tourism, recreation, commercial and recreational fishing, transportation and mariculture. As ...

Hampton Roads waterways give the region and state an economic competitive advantage, local leaders say. “The blue economy is more than a connection of water-based industries,” Virginia ...

More information: Eduardo A. Haddad et al, Shades of blue: the regional structure of the ocean economy in Brazil, npj Ocean Sustainability (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s44183-025-00112-x ...

Local News SBCC Symposium Dives Into ‘Blue Economy’ and Ocean-Related Jobs The college plans to expand programs and opportunities for students interested in the growing industries ...