Company granted patent for innovative seaweed integration in commercial baking
Sea & Flour is the first company to integrate seaweed into commercial baking with a patent approved process.
Study: Mussel and seaweed farming can boost wild fish populations
Study shows mussel and seaweed farming can increase fish populations and biodiversity, showing potential environmental and economic benefits.
Study: Farming shrimp with oysters and seaweed cuts nitrogen output
A new study finds pairing shrimp with oysters and seaweed reduces nitrogen levels, making shrimp farming more responsible and profitable.
How the oceans are changing the very fabric of the fashion industry
Seaweed, old fishing nets and invasive species are being used to make apparel and biodegradable packaging in the fashion industry.
Blue Food Innovation Summit a deep dive into ‘an agenda full of opportunity’
Attendees of the Blue Food Innovation Summit were urged to “raise the bar for what good production looks like" in fisheries and aquaculture.
Abalone, against all odds: How one French shellfish producer learned to survive
France Haliotis illustrates how determination can make the difference between survival and success in abalone aquaculture.
‘Climate warming is pushing seaweed aquaculture to rethink geographic and biological limits’
Researchers from Qingdao demonstrate that wakame can be grown in subtropical Fujian province, opening new opportunities for seaweed aquaculture.
Financial benchmarking report released for Maine seaweed producers
The Maine Aquaculture Association has published a report to help seaweed farmers start and grow sustainable businesses.
Can aquaculture flourish in a more symbiotic sea?
The 18-month Maribe project has uncovered some promising ideas for promoting growth and jobs within the blue economy. Aquaculture, fingered as one of five key areas for growth, could benefit from collaboration with renewable energies.
With entrenched aquaculture views, Alaska weighs its future in farming
The word aquaculture is a dirty one in Alaska, where finfish farming is firmly prohibited. But if your farm fits a certain description, permits to proceed can indeed be obtained.
Novel land-based tropical red macroalgae cultivation system is based on influent deep seawater as the nutrient and carbon sources
Yield and productivity rates for red macroalgae can exceed terrestrial agriculture, resulting in a carbon-neutral, carbohydrate-rich biomass source.
Seaweeds: Top mariculture crop, ecosystem service provider
Seaweed aquaculture represents approximately half of the world mariculture production, but since seaweed farming is mostly concentrated in Asian countries, there is a lack of appreciation for this resource in the Western world.
Seaweed aquaculture provides diversified products, key ecosystem functions, part 2
Seaweed remains a relatively untapped resource with potential as edible food, feed ingredients, cosmetics, agrichemicals, biomaterials and bioenergy molecules.
Seaweed farming collaboration a first for Scottish Sea Farms
Scottish Sea Farms is involved in a collaborative salmon and seaweed farming initiative in Loch Spelve to boost the marine environment.
Maine seaweed-farming network harvests a record 1.3 million pounds in 2024
Atlantic Sea Farms harvests a record 1.3 million pounds of farmed seaweed in 2024, experiencing "tremendous expansion."
WHOI, WWF team up on seaweed farming research
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the World Wildlife Fund will test sugar kelp strains and measure the yield and quality of new strains.
Lease, seed and repeat: GreenWave’s replicable aquaculture
Don’t call it integrated multi-trophic aquaculture: Former commercial fisherman Bren Smith says polyculture of non-fed species is the future of aquaculture.
EDF’s Rod Fujita discusses offshore aquaculture opportunities and potential pitfalls
Rod Fujita of Environmental Defense Fund discusses new offshore aquaculture research and what missteps a 'nascent' U.S. industry must avoid.