Abstract:
The "Blue Economy" has been common with the concept of sustainability, especially among island
countries. Though islands face a variety of challenges, the vast Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)
and unique and "direct" aquatic connections between land and sea are the potential advantages
on their developmental paths toward "hopes," predefined sustainable goals in 2015 by the United
Nations. In Mauritius, the island country in the Western Indian Ocean, a comprehensive
developmental project with aquatic resource uses has been carried out with scientific knowledge
from Japan, one of the eastern Asian island countries. Stakeholders are co-working to build new
models for their value chains and market channels as well as for shared knowledgebase for future
generations. Young researchers have been learning and making efforts for the methodologies of
economic development with a harmony of stakeholders. Development of the blue economy
brings us an opportunity to develop a paradigm by researchers and arenas for young hopes in
islands including Sri Lanka.
