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According to experts, seaweed contains a lot of vitamin C, zinc and amino acids, nutrients necessary for collagen formation. Collagen is a protein that helps maintain skin elasticity, supports bones and joints and slows down the aging process.

The expanding seaweed industry is an asset for coastal communities, however the challenge will be to develop it further in a sustainable manner.

Researchers report that seaweed can be turned into a concrete ingredient that replaces some cement while storing extra carbon as the material hardens.

FAO GLOBEFISH now features specialized reporting on seaweed in its Quarterly Species Analysis expanding its market intelligence coverage under the flagship GLOBEFISH Highlights publication. It brings focused reporting on a product group that is becoming increasingly important in global aquatic food systems, both for direct food use and for further processing into food ingredients.

Atlantic salmon farmed alongside sugar kelp in Bantry Bay transferred measurable nutrients to the seaweed crop in a commercial-scale integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) system, according to a new peer-reviewed study published in Scientific Reports.

Welsh seaweed and shellfish farmers have been given the go-ahead to expand two sea farms, a decision which will create jobs and increase production of a regeneratively-grown, trial-proven seaweed alternative to chemical fertiliser.

Adelaide University researchers have demonstrated that a naturally derived seaweed compound can dramatically reduce methane emissions from beef cattle raised in extensive grazing systems, without harming calves.