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‘Red sea plume’ alga may significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions from cow manure
Adding red sea plume (Asparagopsis taxiformis) to stored dairy cow manure can cut greenhouse gas emissions nearly in half, a new study finds.
Intelligence
Maine seaweed farming company secures a kelp dryer and promptly decides to share it
Oceans Balance in Maine secured an industrial kelp dryer from South Africa that has the capacity to process other local seaweed farming producers’ plants.
Innovation & Investment
‘Everyone is going to need a lot of seaweed’: Maine-based seaweed polymer innovator wants fisheries and aquaculture to quit plastics
Viable Gear Founder Katie Weiler joined the Advocate and Aquademia to discuss making lobster bait bags and other products with a seaweed polymer.
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With ocean warming, wild seaweed stocks risk collapse without protection, experts warn
With ocean warming, scientists warn that urgent international protection measures need to be implemented to protect wild seaweed stocks.
Responsibility
Can kelp farming fix the planet? Experts weigh in on promises and pitfalls
How can kelp farming help solve global challenges? A panel of seaweed experts discussed promises, pitfalls and knowledge gaps.
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Study: Mariculture offers economic benefits for India’s coastal regions
Mariculture offers a "bright business prospect" for India's coastal region, according to a new CMFRI study.
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Is seaweed farming India’s untapped treasure?
Efforts are under way in India to harness the potential of seaweed by integrating seaweed farming with fisheries.
Innovation & Investment
Canadian ‘climate action’ company to test its green gravel for kelp forest restoration
Cascadia Seaweed, a British Columbia-based climate-action company, will test its kelp forest-restoration technology this summer off the coast of Nova Scotia.
Responsibility
Marine aquaculture and ocean deacidification technology
Current deacidification techniques are limited to bench scale, highlighting need for sustained R&D before implementation is possible.
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Project seeks to ‘fill knowledge gaps’ about potential toxins in kelp and seaweed
Nofima scientists aim to expand knowledge of potentially toxic elements in cultivated sugar kelp and wild-harvested kelp and seaweed.
Responsibility
Progress and knowledge gaps in ocean acidification and aquacultured seaweeds
Emphasize effective, implementable actions against ocean acidification, linking seaweed physiological changes with production costs and profits.
Intelligence
Not just for noshing: Seaweed startups focus on industrial uses for the fast-growing biomass
Interest in industrial seaweed applications is driving demand for biofuels, bioplastics, textiles, animal feed, cosmetics, fertilizers and more.
Innovation & Investment
Alaska Mariculture Cluster awarded grants to advance Alaska’s mariculture industry
The Alaska Mariculture Cluster has won nearly $49 million in grants to support Alaska's big-potential mariculture industry.
Intelligence
Exploring the relevancy, resiliency and scalability of seaweed farming at Seagriculture
Seagriculture, the first international seaweed conference, covers all angles of seaweed farming for food, energy and climate change solutions.
Intelligence
SAMS opens the first-ever Seaweed Academy and an algae-focused lab in Scotland
The Scottish Association for Marine Science says the Seaweed Academy will advise start-ups, train workers and aid business development.
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As ocean acidification threatens the shellfish industry, this California oyster farm is raising oysters resistant to climate change
Despite the dangers to shellfish posed by ocean acidification, a forward-thinking California oyster farm is producing oysters resistant to climate change.