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  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,358 Views
20 Pages

7 October 2024

This study explores the impact of regional financial development on the sustainable growth of the marine economy across 14 coastal cities in Guangdong Province from 2004 to 2022. To assess this, a comprehensive index system was developed to measure m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,641 Views
26 Pages

29 July 2024

To proactively respond to the national fourteenth Five-Year Plan policy, we will adhere to a comprehensive land and sea planning approach, working together to promote marine ecological protection, optimize geological space, and integrate the marine e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,839 Views
16 Pages

27 January 2016

Marine economy plays an important role in the growth of the global economy. With its continuous development in the past years, the driving roll of marine economy in China’s economy has become remarkable. It is of strategic significance for China’s ec...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,232 Views
19 Pages

24 January 2024

Enhancing the marine carrying capacity (MCC) is of important value in hastening the transformation of the marine economy and realising the marine economy high-quality development (MEHD). We explore the synergistic mechanism between the MCC and MEHD a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,937 Views
16 Pages

16 April 2023

The rapid growth of the marine economy has provided a strong impetus for the economic development of the Yangtze River Delta region, but it has also posed serious challenges to the ecological environment of the marine watersheds in which it is locate...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
3,193 Views
29 Pages

16 June 2022

Promoting coupling coordination between marine scientific and technological (S&T) innovation and the high-quality development of the marine economy is an important measure to realizing sustainable marine development. Based on the complex adaptive...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,022 Views
21 Pages

24 September 2024

Enhancing marine economic resilience is a necessary response to both domestic and international shocks, and it is also key to achieving the sustainable development of the marine economy. In recent years, rising uncertainties both domestically and int...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
38 Citations
12,249 Views
26 Pages

Digital Twins in the Marine Industry

  • Zhihan Lv,
  • Haibin Lv and
  • Mikael Fridenfalk

The ocean holds abundant resources, but the utilization of those resources for the marine economy presents a complex and dynamic industrial situation. Exploring sustainable development in this industry is of practical value, as it involves the ration...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,546 Views
9 Pages

24 September 2020

Individuals, communities, organizations, and governments are the building blocks of economies. All require awareness, information, and achievable actions to contribute to moving towards healthy oceans, the base of a robust blue economy. Ocean Watch,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
51 Citations
7,698 Views
11 Pages

Tourism-Based Alternative Livelihoods for Small Island Communities Transitioning towards a Blue Economy

  • Radisti A. Praptiwi,
  • Carya Maharja,
  • Matt Fortnam,
  • Tomas Chaigneau,
  • Louisa Evans,
  • Leuserina Garniati and
  • Jito Sugardjito

11 June 2021

Tourism development has been promoted as an alternative livelihood to reduce the dependence of small island communities on declining marine resources. It is often central to emerging agendas around marine planning and the blue economy. However, relat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,568 Views
19 Pages

Role of Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure and Marine Cadastre in a Sustainable World

  • Ivana Racetin,
  • Jelena Kilić Pamuković and
  • Mladen Zrinjski

2 October 2022

This paper explains the extent to which the importance of Marine Cadastre (MC) and Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure (MSDI) is recognized in the context of Marine Spatial Planning (MSP), Blue Economy (BE) and Blue Growth (BG), in the scientific comm...

  • Article
  • Open Access
65 Citations
13,182 Views
22 Pages

17 September 2019

This paper aims to set out the role Marine Cultural Heritage (MCH) can play in informing responses to global challenges and enhancing the sustainable development of coastal zones. This requires recognition of the importance of MCH as a knowledge base...

  • Review
  • Open Access
81 Citations
9,645 Views
24 Pages

Marine Microalgae Contribution to Sustainable Development

  • Simone Merlo,
  • Xavier Gabarrell Durany,
  • Angela Pedroso Tonon and
  • Sergio Rossi

14 May 2021

The burning of fossil fuels is an unsustainable activity, which is leading to an increase in greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions and related global warming. Among sustainable energy sources, microalgae represent a promising alternative to fossil fuel a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,663 Views
24 Pages

6 November 2024

Achieving marine sustainable development goals requires improving the quality of the marine economy. In this study, we constructed a multi-dimensional evaluation index system to quantify the high-quality development of the marine economy (HDME) and d...

  • Article
  • Open Access
416 Views
28 Pages

24 October 2025

The sustainable development of the marine industry is a vital pillar for achieving global ecological balance and economic prosperity. As a crucial repository of resources and a vital regulator of climate, the ocean plays an irreplaceable role in supp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,946 Views
20 Pages

5 July 2024

The digital economy plays an important role in promoting the high quality and sustainable development of the marine fishery economy. Based on the panel data of the digital economy and marine fishery development from 2011 to 2022, we firstly adopted t...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
30 Citations
7,278 Views
20 Pages

26 August 2022

With the objective of establishing methods for high-quality marine development and effective marine management, this review focuses on four dimensions of marine development: marine economy, marine resources, marine ecology, and marine accounting. The...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,651 Views
25 Pages

Evolution of the Coupling Coordination between the Marine Economy and Digital Economy

  • Yang Liu,
  • Yiying Jiang,
  • Zhaobin Pei,
  • Na Xia and
  • Aijun Wang

22 March 2023

Accelerating the high-quality integrated development of digital economy and marine economy is vital for the development of the marine economy in coastal countries and regions. However, few scholars examined such coordination. Here, based on panel dat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,897 Views
22 Pages

2 July 2024

The oceans and seas are vital resources for human life and fundamental to global economic growth. With the expansion of globalization and increasing demand for resource exploitation, the ocean economy has emerged as a critical support for economic gr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,885 Views
20 Pages

Coordinated Development of the Marine Environment and the Marine Fishery Economy in China, 2011–2020

  • Yang Liu,
  • Yiying Jiang,
  • Zhaobin Pei,
  • Limin Han,
  • Hongrun Shao,
  • Yang Jiang,
  • Xiaomeng Jin and
  • Saihong Tan

15 December 2022

The marine environment is the material basis for the survival and development of fishery resources, and changes in the marine environment affect the fishery economy. Therefore, against the background of sustainability and environmental uncertainty, i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,788 Views
24 Pages

21 September 2024

As the scale of the marine economy continues to expand, the problems of environmental pollution and the over-exploitation of marine resources have become increasingly severe. The purpose of this study is to realize the sustainable growth of the marin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
2,710 Views
15 Pages

29 August 2022

An accurate grasp of the high-quality development of the marine economy is important for the timely adjustment of marine policies and the promotion of sustainable development of the ocean. Based on the latest development philosophy, this paper constr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,412 Views
22 Pages

Paying attention to the mechanisms of the GTFP of the marine economy and designing a scientific and reasonable optimization path are the keys to achieving a “win-win” balance between environmental protection and high-quality marine develo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,948 Views
17 Pages

With the continuous development of China’s marine economy and the increasing pollution in marine-related industries, how to implement a sustainable development strategy in the marine economy has become an important issue. Under the stochastic f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,173 Views
19 Pages

2 September 2022

Financial support (capital) and technological improvement are the crucial factors in any industry, and they are also the major factors of marine economics. However, the government has supplied a great deal of capital and the marine economy has been d...

  • Article
  • Open Access
534 Views
22 Pages

19 June 2025

This paper aims to provide a reliable basis for formulating, revising, and selecting sustainable marine economic development plans through a scientific and comprehensive evaluation of the eco-innovation level of China’s marine economy. Based on...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,868 Views
18 Pages

1 April 2024

This study presents a groundbreaking approach to evaluating the resilience of China’s blue economy, shedding light on its critical role in promoting sustainable development along the nation’s coastlines. By employing advanced methodologie...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
864 Views
31 Pages

Against the backdrop of global warming, the marine low-carbon economy has emerged as a crucial pathway to achieving carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals. This paper develops an evaluation index system for the marine low-carbon economy and carbo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,226 Views
22 Pages

18 March 2025

The digital economy has emerged as a transformative force, creating new opportunities for sustainable development, especially within the marine fisheries sector. This study examines the impact of the digital economy on the green total factor producti...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,511 Views
20 Pages

25 June 2023

There is need to better understand the trends and future challenges influencing the marine and coastal environments and identify the opportunities to develop innovative sustainability-oriented solutions to address these. Alongside mainstream decision...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,455 Views
17 Pages

27 February 2025

In recent years, the marine economy has experienced rapid development, with increasing scale of marine exploration and utilization. Against this backdrop, the importance of the marine resource carrying capacity (MRCC) for sustainable development has...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,397 Views
16 Pages

22 July 2022

With the expansion of global trade and the deterioration of the marine environment, research on the sustainability of marine transport has drawn increasing scientific attention. This study takes the marine supply chain composed of Maersk and ports in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,204 Views
24 Pages

27 January 2025

This research creates the critical relationship between the blue economy, inclusive growth, and environmental sustainability in 17 transitional economies from 2000 to 2022. Using panel-corrected standard errors (PCSEs) and the Driscoll–Kraay st...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,090 Views
37 Pages

24 April 2023

This article is a case study of the blue finance mechanism (BFM) in China and makes use of evolutionary game theory and numerical simulation to show how the BFM plays a critical role in promoting the sustainable development of China’s marine ec...

  • Article
  • Open Access
642 Views
19 Pages

23 April 2025

Marine innovation, as a fundamental driving force behind the development of the marine economy, is crucial for the realization of the maritime power strategy. The reports from the 19th and 20th National Congresses of the Communist Party of China expl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
878 Views
18 Pages

21 July 2025

The depletion of global fish stocks poses a major challenge to sustainable development, particularly in economies where marine resources are critical to livelihoods and food security. In this study, the relationship between economic development and t...

  • Review
  • Open Access
25 Citations
14,440 Views
28 Pages

An Overview of the Current Trends in Marine Plastic Litter Management for a Sustainable Development

  • Maria Râpă,
  • Elfrida M. Cârstea,
  • Anca A. Șăulean,
  • Cristina L. Popa,
  • Ecaterina Matei,
  • Andra M. Predescu,
  • Cristian Predescu,
  • Simona I. Donțu and
  • Alexandra G. Dincă

This review summarizes recent data related to the management of marine plastic litter to promote sustainable development. It discusses the distribution and identification of marine plastic litter, assesses the potential socio-economic and environment...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,718 Views
5 Pages

Blue Accounting to Enhance the Quality of Sustainability Report

  • Andhita Yukihana Rahmayanti and
  • Dewi Kartika Sari

Natural resources from the sea and the preservation of the maritime environment are the most important parts of developing a blue economy. Indonesia is a maritime country with an area of 6,400,000 km2 of water. The sea is a source of Indonesia’...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,300 Views
14 Pages

Improvement of Maritime Management as a Key Aspect of Sustainable Development and Blue Growth in the Russian Federation

  • Nikolay Plink,
  • Vera Semeoshenkova,
  • Tatyana Eremina,
  • Alexandra Ershova and
  • Ivan Mushket

2 November 2021

The conservation and sustainable use of oceans, seas and marine resources has been declared by the United Nations as one of 17 priority Sustainable Development Goals. At present, most of the maritime states are striving to improve the efficiency of t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
4,659 Views
25 Pages

The increasing marine pollution in China’s coastal areas has seriously affected the sustainable development of the economy and the living standards of residents. It is of great significance to explore the relationship between urbanization and m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,066 Views
20 Pages

13 June 2022

The purpose of this study is first to propose a comprehensive evaluation model for sustainable island tourism, and then to provide guidelines and suggestions for the development thereof. Based on the advantages of using fuzzy set theory, this study&r...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
11,371 Views
14 Pages

Marine Ecological Footprint of Italian Mediterranean Fisheries

  • Federica De Leo,
  • Pier Paolo Miglietta and
  • Slađana Pavlinović

24 October 2014

The capacity of marine and coastal ecosystems to sustain seafood production and consumption is seldom accounted for and is not included in the signals that guide economic development. In this article, we review estimates of marine and coastal areas a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
2,615 Views
19 Pages

19 January 2023

Energy is an essential material foundation for ensuring economic sustainability and national security. With the development of digitalization, the importance of digital finance in promoting the green and low-carbon transformation of the economy has e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,245 Views
17 Pages

Through the Tapio model, this paper measures the “decoupling and coupling” relationship between carbon emissions, carbon sinks, and economic growth of marine fisheries in nine coastal provinces of China in 2009–2019, objectively eva...

  • Review
  • Open Access
581 Views
23 Pages

28 October 2025

In recent years, China’s land-based marine aquaculture industry has developed rapidly. Frequent water changes during the aquaculture process have resulted in a large amount of aquaculture tail water. The untreated tail water, containing organic...

  • Feature Paper
  • Perspective
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,167 Views
12 Pages

13 September 2024

Marine-derived nutrients and bioactive compounds may offer a myriad of biological benefits, such as anticancer and anti-inflammatory properties, and technological potential, enhancing food quality as additives. Their role in the sustainable developme...

  • Review
  • Open Access
76 Citations
13,572 Views
27 Pages

13 June 2019

Marine ranching, which is considered a sustainable fishery mode that has advantages for the ecosystem approach to fishery, the ecosystem approach to aquaculture, and capture-based aquaculture, is rapidly growing in China. The development of marine ra...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
5,583 Views
23 Pages

Rising from the Depths Network: A Challenge-Led Research Agenda for Marine Heritage and Sustainable Development in Eastern Africa

  • Jon Henderson,
  • Colin Breen,
  • Luciana Esteves,
  • Annamaria La Chimia,
  • Paul Lane,
  • Solange Macamo,
  • Garry Marvin and
  • Stephanie Wynne-Jones

22 June 2021

The Rising from the Depths (RftD) network aims to identify the ways in which Marine Cultural Heritage (MCH) can contribute to the sustainable development of coastal communities in Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and Madagascar. Although the coastal and m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,559 Views
20 Pages

Evaluating the Efficacy of Sustainability Initiatives in the Canadian Port Sector

  • Jennifer L. MacNeil,
  • Michelle Adams and
  • Tony R. Walker

30 December 2021

Maritime ports are critical nodes in the Canadian resource-based economy that can have significant environmental impacts near coastal communities and marine ecosystems. To address these impacts, Canadian Port Authorities (CPAs) assess their environme...

  • Review
  • Open Access
27 Citations
8,476 Views
22 Pages

Seaweeds are attracting increasing attention as an alternative healthy food and renewable drugs source and as agents of climate change mitigation that provide essential ecosystem services. In this context, seaweeds represent marine resources capable...

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