Running:
2022 to 2025
Funder:
Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Partners:
High North Center for Business and Governance (lead), Fridtjof Nansen Institute & Institute of the North
Today, Arctic communities are finding novel ways of balancing food security, economic growth, and the protection of the aquatic environment. This is done through product development and improved utilization methods. However, the strength, focus and progress being made in the Arctic blue economy is uneven, with regions making important progress while others lag behind. Because of this, development of the Arctic blue economy faces diverse and variable challenges that vary from region to region. These include social, economic, logistical, and political obstacles.
The aim of the ArcBlue project is to contribute to both blue value creation and development of competence. It will also aim to promote both the exchange of knowledge and cooperation within the blue sectors of fisheries and aqua-/mariculture in the Arctic regions of Northern Norway, Alaska, and Greenland.
The ArcBlue Discussion Report – published in April 2024, co-authored by Apostolos Tsiouvalas and Elise Nyborg, and edited by Andreas Raspotnik – can be downloaded here.
ArcBlue is a three-year program (2022-2025), and follow-up of the AlaskaNor project, financed by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs with key partners in Alaska, Greenland and Norway. More information can be found on the project’s webpage via the High North Center for Business and Governance at Nord University.