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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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Working Together to Safeguard Threatened Giant Kelp Forests
Marine scientists will be working with coastal industries, communities and Tasmanian Aboriginal communities on a whole-of-reef-ecosystem restoration project to improve the health of Tasmanian reef ecosystems and bring back giant kelp forests.
Source : National Tribune
Belize Women’s Seaweed Farmers Association launches Sustainable Seaweed Project with UK Support
Тhе £100,000 рrојесt аіmѕ tо bооѕt Веlіzе’ѕ bluе есоnоmу bу аdvаnсіng ѕuѕtаіnаblе ѕеаwееd fаrmіng, сrеаtіng есоnоmіс орроrtunіtіеѕ, аnd іmрrоvіng еnvіrоnmеntаl rеѕіlіеnсе.
Source : BBN
Join the BalanceBlue Lab for a Seaweed Safari
Follow the team from the BalanceBlue Lab at the Aquarium’s Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life around the globe and learn about responsible seaweed farming and harvesting.
Source : New England Aquarium
Offshore Windfarm Win for Scarborough Seaweed Firm
Scarborough Seaweed Farming Firm - Seagrown - is to use it's technology to help improve the biodiversity of offshore windfarms.
Source : This is the Coast
Run-off Impacts on Arctic Kelp Holobionts Have Strong Implications on Ecosystem Functioning and Bioeconomy
Source : Sarina Niedzwiedz and al.
Companies join forces for biofuels from seaweed biomass
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sea6 Energy Private Limited for collaborative research and development focused on the commercialization of technologies that convert seaweed biomass into biofuels and chemicals.
Source : Safety 4 Sea
Steven Hermans
Seaweed farming expert Steven Hermans has spent the last year travelling through Asia, hoping to shine a light on the epicentre of the seaweed farming industry Steven Hermans
Source : The Fish Site
The Evolution of Brown Algae: From Simple Organisms to Cornerstones of Marine Ecosystems
Approximately 450 million years ago, during the Ordovician Biodiversification Event-a period marked by an explosion of life in the oceans-the first brown algae (Phaeophyceae) emerged.
Source : Miscpeces
Farmers See Up to 24% Yield Increase with Welsh Seaweed Biostimulant
Farmers are invited to participate in pioneering demonstration trials of a range of Welsh-made, seaweed-derived biostimulants and fertilisers.
Source : Business News Wales
Eating Seaweed Could Make Cows Less Gassy, Slashing Methane Emissions From Grazing by Nearly 40 Percent
another study is pointing the way toward an emerging solution: seaweed pellets.
Source : Smithsonian