This week's BETB features commentary on: 

Shocking photo shows Caribbean Sea being 'choked to death by human waste' (via The Telegraph)

ECDIS systems are ‘not intuitive to use’ – Marine Accident Investigation Branch (via Digital Ship)

UK launches new aquaculture research centre (via Undercurrent News)

Tracing system an issue for IUU fishing (via the Bangkok Post)

PM hails ‘massive breakthrough’ in SIDS classification (via The St Lucia Times)

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Just 10 River Systems Contribute Up to 95 Percent of Plastic in Oceans (via howstuffworks)

The High-Tech Tools That Could Save Blue Whales From Ship Collisions (via NewsDeeply.com)

Maersk Line: Digitalization Is a Must If You Want to Survive (via World Maritime News)

Robots Are Collecting Data, Killing Predators on the Great Barrier Reef (via NewsDeeply.com)

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World’s First Floating Wind Farm Opens Up Off Scotland (via gCaptain)

Project Loon's LTE balloons are floating over Puerto Rico (via Engadget)

Tanker group says it faced cyber attack in July (via tankershipping.com)

NOAA’s Office Of National Marine Sanctuaries And Liquid Robotics Collaborate To Protect Vulnerable Marine Sanctuaries And Ecosystems (via oceanleadership.org)

Only 0.5% of South Africa’s marine territory under protection (via www.TimesLive.co.za)

This week’s BETB features commentary on:

• Amazing maps show the world as you've never seen it (via The Telegraph)
• Small satellite market worth USD 7.53 billion by 2022 (via Markets and Markets)
• SRT leads with new OCEAN-SCAN satellite vessel detection and tracking system (via BusinessWire)
• Project Loon's balloons to bring cell service to Puerto Rico (via Axios.com)
• There’s enough wind energy over the oceans to power human civilization, scientists say (via The Washington Post)
• Insurers tighten net on illegal fishing (via gCaptain)

This week’s BETB features commentary on:

• World View successfully launches its first stratollite from its Tucson HQ (via TechCrunch)
• Effective marine protection: More than just lines on a map (via National Geographic)
• Coastal creatures are crossing oceans floating on makeshift rafts of plastic debris, warn scientists (via the Telegraph)
• Why we should use the tech start-up model to solve environmental problems (via mnn.com)
• Navigational Safety Efforts Continue in SOMS (via World Maritime News)

This week’s BETB features commentary on:

• Are you ready for that jelly? Why it’s time to start eating jellyfish (via theguardian.com)
• UN maritime agency spotlights link between shipping and sustainable development (via UN.org)
• Operationalizing the Blue Economy in Small States: Lessons from the Early Movers (via cigionline.com)
• The 3 Vital Keys That Will Make Autonomous Shipping a Reality (via asvglobal.com)
• Maritime CIO Forum Rotterdam 2017 (via our good friends at digitalship.com)

This week’s BETB features commentary on:

• Russia Set To Develop Unmanned Surface Vessels Simulation Platform For Commercial Application (via marineinsight.com)
• Long-lost Avro Arrow model found at bottom of Lake Ontario (via the Toronto Star)
• Ocean of Truth - Speech by Ambassador Fiona Clouder at the 4th International Marine Protected Areas Congress (via gov.uk)
• How Can Advanced Technologies Combat Illegal Fishing? (via Nasdaq.com)
• Blue economy now new growth engine of BRICS cooperation (via en.people.cn)