ReShore: aquaculture breakwaters to protect coasts, produce food and rebuild ecosystems
ReShore is reinventing breakwaters, by incorporating aquaculture to make coastal protection more biodiverse and economically attractive.
Steven Hermans
Putting the IT into IMTA
The 40-month H2020 IMPAQT project brought together a consortium of 21 companies and research institutes to drive the adoption of IMTA in Europe. As the project wrapped up last week, I spoke to coordinator Frank Kane of Ireland’s Marine Institute about IMPAQT’s accomplishments and the future of IMTA in Europe.
24 seaweed startups in 2021 autumn accelerator cohorts
Seaweeds are garnering more interest, and that shows in the number of algae start-ups entering this fall’s start-up incubators and accelerators.
The race to scale Asparagopsis heats up
CH4 Global, Greener Grazing and Sea Forest all recently announced they are moving from research scale to production scale. It’s the start of a new stage in the race to reduce livestock’s methane emissions with seaweed supplements.
Disrupting tropical seaweed farming with offshore submersible cages
Former CEO of Catalina Sea Ranch Phil Cruver is developing a submersible cage system to take tropical seaweed farming offshore and into a new era. In addition to providing higher yields, the cages should also protect from predators, storms and ice-ice disease.
Alaska’s fledgling seaweed growers need to lower costs to access new markets
A new report by the Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation and McKinley Group assesses the potential and bottlenecks for Alaska’s seaweed sector.