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Blue Food for Thought: Four New Ideas for Protecting the Ocean

Degradation of ocean ecosystems did not take a timeout while the world turned its attention to the COVID-19 crisis, and action is needed if we want the degradation to stop. The 2021 Monaco Ocean Week that took place online earlier this month is the kind of forum needed to explore fresh and bold new ideas for protecting the ocean. In a paper titled ‘Blue Food…

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Blue Food for Thought: Four New Ideas for Protecting the Ocean

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