From grey to blue: an ocean economy fit for the future
Journal: ePrints Soton (University of Southampton)
Year: 2024

The 'blue economy' or the 'ocean economy' are terms often used interchangeably to describe economic aspects of activities that take place in ocean waters, along coastlines or on land supporting those ocean-based activities. Great subjectivity exists around definitions, but here we define the ocean economy as encompassing all economic activities connected to the ocean whereas the blue economy is a social construct, a nascent subset of the ocean economy, embracing the aspiration for sustainable us