{"id":7177,"date":"2025-05-08T10:11:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T10:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oceanpanel.org\/?post_type=publication&#038;p=7177"},"modified":"2025-09-12T17:23:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T17:23:31","slug":"ocean-employment","status":"publish","type":"publication","link":"https:\/\/oceanpanel.org\/zh\/publication\/ocean-employment\/","title":{"rendered":"The Future of the Workforce in a Sustainable Ocean Economy\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This Blue Paper was commissioned by the Ocean Panel to provide a glimpse of what a sustainable ocean economy may look like for people over the next 25 years. It draws from the best available data and literature, and in-depth expert consultation, to examine the future of employment within a range of ocean sectors.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The paper provides advice on how different stakeholders can work towards the vision of a sustainable ocean economy. But to achieve this potential, a just transition that incorporates inclusion and fairness is essential. The authors identify the critical challenges that need to be surmounted, including addressing data limitations, skills gaps, insufficient training and educational resources (especially in developing nations), regional disparities in infrastructure, and inadequate funding and institutional capacity.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Among other key findings, the report highlights:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The sustainable ocean economy is a major opportunity for job creation<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, offering new and diverse roles while supporting environmental and social goals.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As the sustainable ocean economy progresses,<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> employment could grow by 51 million jobs by 2050<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, reaching 184 million people globally \u2014 an increase of 1.5% per year from 2019.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The best available data suggests that<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> today, the formal ocean economy employs at least 133 million people globally. <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This number is likely to be much larger, for example <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">subsistence fishing may raise the estimate of ocean economy jobs by roughly 100 million, but reliable data on the full scale of ocean-related employment is limited. However, its scale and diversity underscore the ocean\u2019s importance now and in the future.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Seven key drivers<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> will shape <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the future of <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ocean employment: climate change, investment, sustainable practices, shifting demand, energy needs, innovation, and sustainability requirements.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Watch the report video:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube \u89c6\u9891\u64ad\u653e\u5668\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I_Byg8xC_Ek?si=kk0XztFjOSEpTh_O\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\u00a0<\/center>This Blue Paper follows the publication of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report \u2018The Ocean Economy to 2050\u2019, and utilises some of the data published in that report. Both this Blue Paper and the OECD report consider current employment in the ocean economy, and how this may change towards 2050, including discussion of key drivers of this change. However, in contrast to the OECD report, this Blue Paper includes detailed expert consultation to provide further discussion of the quantitative data. The Blue Paper also provides more detailed discussion of the requirements of a just transition away from the traditional ocean economy and towards a sustainable ocean economy, including the roles and needs of different ocean stakeholder groups in achieving this transition.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>DOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.69902\/64d6259f<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":6809,"template":"","publications_tag":[6],"publications_category":[62,69,75],"class_list":["post-7177","publication","type-publication","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","publications_tag-blue-papers","publications_category-economies","publications_category-infrastructure","publications_category-sustainable-development"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Future of the Workforce \u2014 Blue Paper | Ocean Panel<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Dive into this report that 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