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“Ultimately, we cannot
change the ocean if we don’t
change the economy.”
Tiago Pitta e Cunha,
Managing Director of the Oceano
Azul Foundation & Oceanario de
Lisboa (Portugal)

“The blue economy offers us the opportunity
to choose a global path to manage our
development sustainably, critically
reviewing each phase of our decision
process.”
Jean-François Ferrari, Minister for Fisheries
and the Blue Economy of the Republic of
Seychelles.

A native of Trinidad and Tobago, a small
developing island state, deep-sea biologist,
Director of SpeSeas, Diva Amon, called for
the creation of regional centres and ships
dedicated to ocean research. By opening ocean
science to other territories, the latter would have
a sustainable transforming effect, not only by
training local experts on ocean issues, but also
by allowing them to remain on site and be more
efficient custodians of their ocean habitat.