Special Issue "Canada's Blue Economy: Opportunities and Challenges for Sustainable Marine Development"

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2021.

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Gerald G. Singh
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Guest Editor
Department of Geography, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL A1B 3X9, Canada
Interests: sustainable development; uncertainty; cumulative impacts; expert elicitation; coastal management; conservation

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Canada has recently announced plans for a Blue Economy strategy, and as a major coastal nation (coastlines on the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic Oceans) with significant international fishing and resource extraction fleets, Canada's plans will have important implications for global sustainability while also setting a precedent for other countries. Canada historically has a number of important ocean-based industries and has interest in developing capacity in other emerging ones, both domestically and abroad.

Interest in a Blue Economy has also been heightened through a strategic lens of post-COVID-19 economic recovery. However, the promise of a "Blue Economy" is one that goes beyond purely economic interests and includes interests in delivering large-scale environmental protection alongside economic growth, revitalizing coastal communities, and development planning with Indigenous knowledge and concerns considered. Any Blue Economy plan will need to consider other national-level priorities, including Canada's commitments to climate change action, contributions to the Sustainable Development Goals and global biodiversity agreements, Indigenous reconciliation and justice, and policy development through an intersectional lens. For this Special Issue, we seek submissions relating to any one (or more) of these topics and considerations of whether all goals can be addressed at once.

Dr. Gerald G. Singh
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

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Keywords

  • Blue Economy
  • sustainable development
  • marine conservation
  • equitable development
  • climate change
  • Indigenous knowledge
  • fisheries
  • aquaculture
  • marine energy
  • tourism
  • blue carbon
  • bioprospecting
  • ocean industries

Published Papers

This special issue is now open for submission.
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