To achieve sustainable industry trajectoriesin the Blue Economy, we need a greaterunderstanding of the ocean and thepotential impacts of ocean-relatedactivities, based on reliable data andscientific knowledge.In 2021, at the start of the UN Decade of Ocean Sciencefor sustainable development, we developed our firstBlue Economy model to be able to address challengesand opportunities associated with a sustainable andequitable ocean economy through a series of forecasts.We published a