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Safe Seaweed Coalition Annual Meeting & Seaweed Day, June 29th in Lisbon
Our first Annual Meeting will take place on June 29th, 10.30AM in Lisbon on the margin of the UN Ocean Conference! Venue is located in central Lisbon at Forum Picoas. We are calling on our membership to join in person or virtually to this important milestone on the...
On our way back from #SaferWorld22
Huge thanks to all our partners and visitors who participated during these two wonderful days at Lloyd's Register Foundation's Safer World Conference! Recordings of the two days will be available for up to 90 days on demand on the Safer World Conference Attendee Hub....
Join the Coalition next week at Lloyd’s Register Foundation’s Safer World Conference!
The Seaweed industry and the Coalition will feature prominently next week at Lloyd's Register Foundation's Safer World Conference in London, a two-day hybrid conference bringing together thought leaders from research, academia, business and government to discuss...
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 and Mussel Farm Coming to Bay in Coastal Estonian Resort Town
In an effort to slow overgrowth, a seaweed and mussel farm is set to launch next summer in Haapsalu's Tagalaht Bay (Back Bay) — after the Estonian Marine Institute identifies suitable sites for cultivation.
Source : ERR
Seaweed Forests Spreading, Could Change Ocean Chemistry in the Arctic
The Arctic’s greening from a warming climate isn’t just happening on land—it’s unfolding beneath the ocean surface too. There, seaweed forests are taking root in once-frigid fjords, with the potential to impact the ocean’s chemistry.
Source : The Barents Observer
Japan to Launch Offshore & "Blue Carbon" Study for CO2 Capture, Storage
The Japanese government will launch offshore "blue carbon" research aimed at capturing carbon dioxide through cultivated sea plants and storing it in the deep sea to accelerate decarbonization, sources familiar with the matter said Monday.
Source : Kyodo News
BioMara Positions Seaweed-Derived Ingredient for Gut Health
Scottish seaweed biotechnology company BioMara is scaling up production of its proprietary fucoidan ingredient, Thalivra, derived from brown-seaweed to support gut and immune health.
Source : Nutra Ingredients
Seaweed Can Replace Fossil Fuel-Derived Ingredients in Everyday Products
Food tech startup Marine Biologics uses seaweed from Alaska to create what it calls “the world’s first programmable biomass” that can replace fossil fuel derivatives in everyday products.
Source : Triple Pundit
Could Seaweed Be the Key to Critical Mineral Independence?
New biomining platform eschews environmentally destructive conventional mining to source critical minerals via photosynthetic marine systems.
Source : Sustainable Brands
Australian Seaweed Farm Tackles Burps to Help climate
It is barely visible, and needs no irrigation or fertilisers: lying off the coast of Australia is a vast seaweed crop destined to curb livestock's climate-altering flatulence and belches.
Source : France 24
How Oceanium is Creating Food, Skincare Products, and Ink from Regeneratively Farmed Seaweed
Oceanium CEO and co-founder Karen Scofield Seal explains why emerging seaweed markets could become a multi-billion-pound opportunity and an 'invaluable tool' in the fight against climate change.
Source : Business Green
Study Reveals Potential of Seaweed Farms as Carbon Storage Solution
New research shows seaweed farms store carbon as effectively as natural coastal ecosystems, increasing the potential of marine carbon removal methods.
Source : IAEA
European Project Combines Robotics and Kelp Farming to Restore Ocean Ecosystems
The project, a collaboration between the University of Graz, Carbon Kapture, and the BioDiMoBot initiative, aims to improve ocean monitoring and ecosystem restoration.
Source : International Aquafeed