What’s a ‘blue economy’? Amid fisheries strife in home province, federal minister launches bid to better reap ocean resources – StCatharinesStandard.ca
Feb. 8, 2021
The world’s longest coastline belongs to Canada — it’s connected to three oceans — and yet we don’t get as much economically out of our ocean resources as some other countries.
It’s time for that to change, says the federal fisheries minister.
Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan on Monday launched the “engagement phase” of the federal government’s Blue Economy Strategy, a sweeping, full-government blueprint for developing this country’s use of its ocean resources.
The “blue economy,” according to the World Bank, is the sustainable use of ocean resources for economic growth, improved livelihoods and jobs, and ocean ecosystem health.
