Speakers:

Yashvin Neehaul – Marine chemist
Khemraj Persand – Oyster farmer

What gets in our seas via soil infiltrations.
The major factors impacting the sea
– Climate change – Having absorbed 50 % of increased atmospheic heat for the past centuries, sea has acidified by 0.1 PH value, representing an acidification rate of 35 %
– Pollution, namely phosphate, nitrate, pesticides and other chemicals
– Deoxygenation of sea-water.

“Blue Economy” concept – Its origins
– What is it exactly?
Most mauritians are concerned by Blue Economy.

The story of an oyster farm