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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 Aquaculture: an Opportunity for Coastal Chile?
A new roadmap from The Nature Conservancy Chile and Mayma argues that community-based seaweed farming could ease pressure on wild stocks, curb salmon farming impacts and create more resilient livelihoods along Chile’s long Pacific coast.
Source : The Fish Site
ICAR-CMFRI Develops Anti-Obesity Medicine From Seaweed
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research’s Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) has developed a seaweed-based anti-obesity and anti-dyslipidemia nutraceutical product called CadalminTM Antihypercholesterolemic extract using bioactive compounds from coastal seaweed species.
Source : ICAR
New Study Reveals How Greenland’S Seaweed Stores Carbon
A new interdisciplinary study reveals how floating macroalgae off the Southwest Greenland shelf can be transported hundreds of kilometres offshore by ocean currents and then carried into the deep ocean, where they can sink and potentially store carbon for long periods.
Source : Marine Technology News
Mondi, Kelpi & Guardpack Trial Seaweed and Paper-Based Materials for Wipe Packs
Mondi and Kelpi have joined forces with Guardpack, a UK manufacturer of wet wipes and liquid-filled sachets, to conduct early-stage trials of seaweed and paper-based materials for sachet packaging.
Source : Packaging Insights
Sustainable Protein Seminar Highlights Saudi-Dutch Innovation in Feed
During Saudi Agriculture 2025, the Netherlands Agricultural Network in the GCC (LAN-GCC), in collaboration with the Saudi Agrifood Tech Alliance (SAFTA), organized a high-level seminar titled “Feeding the Future: Sustainable Protein Solutions for Livestock and Aquaculture.”
Source : Agroberichten Buitenland
EU Backs SEAGROW to Scale Regenerative Seaweed Farming in Europe
Through the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF), the European Union (EU) has awarded funding to SEAGROW – Seaweed in Ecosystem Enhancing Aquaculture for Growth and Sustainability. Coordinated from Ireland by Óir Na Farraige, the project aims to develop scalable seaweed farming systems that improve productivity while enhancing marine ecosystems.
Source : The Fish Site
Peru Strengthens Sustainable Management of Marine Macroalgae
The Peruvian Minister of Production, César Quispe Luján, said that this regulatory update on macroalgae is not an obstacle but an opportunity.
Source : We Are Aquaculture
Superorganism VC Fund Focuses on Seaweed, Fungi and Invasives
Superorganism is targeting technologies that lessen the impact of polluting industries.
Source : Trellis
From Side Dish to Deal Target: Korean Seaweed Draws M&A Interest
Korean dried seaweed, known in Korean as "gim," has slipped into the global diet and, more tentatively, into the calculations of dealmakers, with prominent manufacturers weighing sales or outside investment.
Source : The Korea Herald
Earthshot Prize Winner Notpla Gets €4M EU Grant for Seaweed Coffee Cups
The firm and 14 other partners have been awarded a €4M ($4.7M) grant from the EU’s flagship research and innovation funding scheme, Horizon Europe, to develop a range of plastic-free coffee cups.
Source : Green Queen