For seaweed farmers in Zanzibar, a chance for real growth
For many Zanzibari women, seaweed farming provides opportunity, but hardships are common. A project from The Nature Conservancy lends hope.
Seaweed farming offers avenue toward greater food security
Seaweed farming has both proven history and huge potential. Large-scale farms could produce raw materials for biofuel, aquatic feeds and human consumption.
White paper: Permitting a ‘roadblock’ to expanding seaweed cultivation in California
A barrier to expanding seaweed cultivation in California is the “complex, costly and time-consuming” permitting process, says new white paper.
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.
New seaweed farming economics: Insights tool may help pave the way to larger-scale and lower-cost production
Seaweed farming could enter a new era of efficiency as Maine researchers unveil an analytic tool designed to help farmers boost profitability.
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.
The secret to growing the seaweed farming industry? SAMS study says public trust
The emerging UK seaweed farming sector needs public backing for long-term success, the Scottish Association for Marine Science reports.
Scientists call for global conservation of wild seaweed at UN ocean summit
Wild seaweed must be protected like coral reefs, scientists argue, citing its role in climate, food security and ocean ecosystem health.
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.
Study: Large-scale seaweed farming for carbon capture ‘may not be feasible’
A new study raises concerns about the feasibility of global seaweed farming as a potential large-scale carbon capture solution.
Deep-ocean seaweed dumping for carbon sequestration called questionable, risky and not the best use of valuable biomass
Study: Without sound science on the impacts to fragile ecosystems, seaweed carbon sequestration distracts from more effective interventions.
Turning to the sea: Can seaweed help us raise more food more efficiently?
Discussion of aquaculture development should consider trophic levels. Seaweed culture, for example, could possibly double plant food production by farming less than 1 percent of the ocean’s surface.
U.S. launches program to advance deep-water seaweed farming
U.S. invests $25M to advance deep-water seaweed farming to fuel energy markets, grow U.S. industries and boost ocean tech leadership.
Could triploid kelp cultivars expand seaweed farming in the face of climate change?
Seaweed farming research reveals triploid breeding that creates heat-tolerant, fast-growing kelp, boosting yields and cutting ecological risk.
Seaweed species face widespread local extinction by 2100, landmark report warns
A new report warns seaweed species face local extinction by 2100 and calls for global action to protect these vital marine habitats.
Seaweed polyculture: Potential bioremediation of hatchery effluents
Authors are developing a freshwater hatchery effluent bioremediation system that uses seaweed polyculture to decrease discharge levels and reduce remediation costs.
Evaluating seaweed, formulated diet on growth, gonad quality of sea urchins
An evaluation of the effects of fresh seaweed diets and manufactured feeds on growth and gonad quality of adult, wild collector sea urchins.
‘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.