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Ocean-based industries like shipping, aquaculture, and wind energy are growing at an unprecedented rate resulting in challenges related to siting and environmental management. As marine aquaculture and other ocean-based industries continue to expand, robust marine spatial planning analyses that reconcile existing ocean uses and integrate pertinent environmental and planning data are critical for identifying compatible locations. In this study, a series of geospatial analyses were used for aquaculture siting within and around a heavily trafficked and highly utilized maritime port in the San Diego Bay area of California, USA. Using a centralized geodatabase representing key aquaculture planning spatial datasets, recommendations for specific areas for aquaculture were developed based on appropriate environmental conditions for candidate shellfish and algae aquaculture species culture systems. Areas that were known constraints were first identified to determine potentially usable areas for shellfish and macroalgae (i.e., seaweed) aquaculture using an exclusion analysis, a type of multi-criteria decision analysis, to eliminate all areas without compatibility. Within the remaining usable area, we further considered shellfish and macroalgae culture system-specific factors within a 'culture systems analysis' to determine where different culture systems have potential for success. This analysis provides a foundation of coastal intelligence for guiding the aquaculture industry and natural resource managers towards appropriate siting decisions. This study can serve as a replicable example of aquaculture spatial planning approaches for siting sustainable aquaculture and other blue economy industries.

Promoting the sustainable development of marine environments requires planning, just as we have long had spatial planning for land-based activities. Now researchers from the University of Gothenburg and elsewhere are showing that marine planning must take climate change into consideration - something that it does not currently do. The researchers' models show that changes to temperature and salt content may impact ecosystems and species as much as all other effects on the environment combined.

Crew members aboard international voyage ships are susceptible to imported acute respiratory infections, leading to clusters of outbreaks that pose challenges to the health of crew members. The aim of the proposed study was to optimize a plan for the quarantine process and rescue measures in response to a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak at sea to provide policy guidance for the prevention and control of severe infectious diseases on international voyage ships. Here, we described the baseline characteristics of international voyage ships and crew members entering Zhoushan Port from 2020 to 2022 and analyzed the factors influencing the incidence rate of COVID-19 among crew members. There were 161 COVID-19 cases among cargo ships entering Zhoushan Port by sea, with an average incidence rate of 16.00% (95% CI: 13.73%-18.27%). The incidence rate of COVID-19 was significantly higher among crew members with replacement, long voyage, and those who stayed at multiple anchorages or stayed for a long time. The risk of COVID-19 infection for crew members staying at more than 4 anchorage was the highest, which was 2.667 (95% CI: 1.857-3.830) times that of crew members staying at less than 4 anchorage. We developed and refined the workflow for a public health assistance plan for outbreaks at sea on the basis of our experience with several COVID-19 outbreaks on international voyage ships. The workflow includes fundamental requirements, sampling and testing methods, personnel transfer procedures, medical waste disposal guidelines, and disinfection procedures for affected ships. Our public health assistance plan can be applied to other international voyage ships for which urgent public health assistance is needed during sudden infectious disease outbreaks.

Les acteurs français du maritime : Armateurs de France, GICAN et Ports de France, lancent le Plan Stratégique de Décarbonation du Maritime (PSDM), une mobilisation inédite pour l'avenir écologique et industriel de la France. Ce plan a pour objectif d'utiliser les revenus de l'ETS maritime (système d'échange de quotas d'émission) afin de réussir la décarbonation du secteur, un impératif pour ne pas affaiblir sa compétitivité, et pour atteindre les objectifs environnementaux de la France tout en renforçant son développement économique.

Plans to demolish South Korea island announced.

Plans to demolish South Korea island announced.

EU ministers have backed a set of actions to make Europe's seas safer and to protect the EUs maritime security interests from the threats which it faces. The Action Plan, part of the EU's Maritime Security Strategy adopted in June 2014, takes a cross-border and cross-sector approach to confronting the seaborne perils which the EU is confronted with. The plan is also central to the EU's commitment to boost the maritime economy since investments in the European maritime domain can only be prosperous if the seas are safe and secure.

More Than 30,000 Indian Dockers Protest Against Government Corporatisation Plans.

More Than 30,000 Indian Dockers Protest Against Government Corporatisation Plans.

Conservation groups have hailed a decision by the Jamaican government to relocate a planned transshipment terminal outside of the Portland Bight.

Conservation groups have hailed a decision by the Jamaican government to relocate a planned transshipment terminal outside of the Portland Bight.

Norway Releases Action Plan for Green Shipping.

The South Korean court overseeing Hanjin Shipping's receivership said a rehabilitation plan is

Taiwan says it plans rescue drills in South China Sea this month.

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U.S. plans 10-month warship deployment to Singapore.

EPA releases plan to regulate ship ballast water.

Greek port workers strike over privatization plans.

US Congress plans to arm ships against pirate attack.

Gaza flotilla: We still plan to breach blockade.

Dockers unite against Dutch automation plans.

Egypt picks consortium to draft Suez plan.