Components of the Blue Economy
Type of Activity	Ocean Service	Industry	Drivers of Growth
Harvest of living resources	Seafood	Fisheries	Food Security
	Seafood	Aquaculture	Demand for Protein
	Marine biotechnology	Pharmaceuticals, chemicals	R & D for health care and industry
Extraction of non-living resources, generation of new resources	Minerals	Seabed mining	Demand for minerals
	Energy	Oil and gas	Demand for alternative energy sources
	Energy	Renewables	Demand for alternative energy sources
	Freshwater	Desalination	Demand for freshwater
Commerce and trade inand around the oceans	Transport and trade	Shipping	Growth in seaborne trade; International regulations
	Transport and trade	Port infrastructure and services	Growth in seaborne trade; International regulations
	Tourism and recreation	Tourism	Growth of global tourism
		Coastal Development	Coastal urbanization
		Coastal Development	Domestic regulations
Response to ocean health challenges	Ocean monitoring and surveillance	Technology and R & D	R & D in ocean technologies
	Carbon Sequestration	Blue Carbon	Growth in coastal and ocean protection and Conservation activities
	Coastal Protection	Habitat protection and Restoration
	Waste Disposal	Assimilation of nutrients and Wastes