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The United Nations Environment Programme is looking for a Seaweed Farming Expert
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is looking for a Seaweed Farming Expert to carry out a technical in-depth situational analysis for the design and implementation of a sustainable scaling model for seaweed farming. This work will verify seaweed farming...
Safe Seaweed Coalition: 2021 Lookback & 2022 Look Forward
As the Safe Seaweed Coalition enters its second year of existence, our team wishes to look back at the substantial achievements of 2021 and the exciting agenda for seaweed in this coming year. In view of our worldwide geographic dispersion, we will organize two...
Our members from Sea Forest are looking for an experienced COO to join their fast growing team
Our members from Sea Forest in Tasmania are well positioned to become a leading player in the fast developing Asparagopsis market! Following the rapid growth in their business (see more in this brief video), they are looking for an experienced senior operations...
The Safe Seaweed Coalition awards €700,000 in first Call for Proposals
After a highly competitive evaluation process by an advisory board of seaweed industry experts, the Safe Seaweed Coalition Steering Committee announced the results of its first call for proposals. Sixteen projects were selected for funding, with a total value of about...
COP26: positioning seaweed as a powerful ocean-based climate solution
COP26 brought the seaweed family together to position seaweed as a multifaceted ocean-based solution to tackle Climate Change. In the Blue Food session organized by our UNGC partners, seaweed –presented as a powerful tool for bridging nutrition needs with climate...
Safe Seaweed by Design is launching a survey on safety hazards in the seaweed sector
Our partners from Safe Seaweed by Design, a project led by the Wageningen University, are launching a study to assess the most important occupational, environmental and food safety hazards in the seaweed sector. We strongly support this initiative that falls fully...
The Safe Seaweed Coalition Roundtables are opening next week!
The Safe Seaweed Coalition Roundtables are opening next week, April 13th 2PM (GMT+1), with a discussion on Seaweed in Africa! In the perspective of creating a space for collaboration between seaweed stakeholders in Africa, our members will identify challenges and...
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Seaweed Processing Startup Raises Funds to Expand Ingredients Production
Edinburgh-based firm focused on fucoidan for supplement, cosmetics, and food markets.
Source : Fish Farming Expert
New Seaweed Association to Unlock Industry Potential
Ireland's first seaweed association has been launched to take advantage of what the group said is the untapped potential of seaweed farming for the country.
Source : RTE News
Rockweed Soup? How Researchers Are Trying to Boost Use of Native Seaweeds
Taste testers at Acadia University were asked to try soup made with Irish moss and rockweed
Source : CBC News
From Seaweed Harvesters to Sea Urchin Rescuers: the Story of Porto-Muiños
Porto-Muiños, a family-owned aquaculture producer in Galicia with 25 years of experience in the industry, used EU support to develop a new aquaculture facility, where they use their business’ staple algae products to cultivate sea urchin for restocking local waters.
Source : European Commission
Macrocystis Pyrifera Ferment Shows Promise for Skin Barrier Recovery
New clinical research from La Mer found that a topical serum made with Macrocystis pyrifera ferment is a “significantly effective defence to physically or chemically induced barrier disruption.”
Source : Cosmetics Design
The Object of All Desire, Do GMO Algae Really Exist?
Algae are the surprise guests of the European Commission's deregulation proposal. What uses are made of these organisms by industry? In which countries are they produced? Above all, what genetic modifications are carried out for which marketing purposes? This inventory is important because, for the European Commission, their deregulation – like that of other plant GMOs – would be justified by the “knowledge [...] linked to the safety” of these GMOs. However, these GMO algae do not exist, the technical protocols not being mastered
Source : InfOGM
Feds Promise $1.1M for Two Seaweed and Shellfish Projects on Vancouver Island
Ottawa has promised more than $1.1 million to help support two seafood industries on Vancouver Island, seaweed harvesting and shellfish harvesting.
Source : Check News
Japan Looks to Save Seafood and Seaweed Farming From Warming Oceans
From Pacific saury to seaweed to shrimp, ocean warming stemming from climate change is having an adverse effect on marine species all over the world.
Source : The Japan Times
Pioneering Seaweed Dye Start-Up joins the Hutton as a Spin-In Company, Securing £75,000 of Scottish Enterprise Funding
The colourful startup, which was founded in July 2023 by marine scientist and biotech innovator Jessica Giannotti, aims to revolutionise the fashion and textiles industry by producing stunning natural dyes sourced from seaweed.
Source : James Hutton Institute
Ocean Rainforest Acquires Majority of Mexican Seaweed Producer Alamarsa
“The collaboration combines Algamar’s expertise in seaweed extraction and processing with Ocean Rainforest’s advanced open-ocean seaweed farming technology,” Ocean Rainforest said in a release.
Source : Seafood Source