World Seaweed Day on June 4 highlights seaweed's importance for marine ecosystems, nutrition, and climate solutions.

Sweden's coastline could support a major expansion of seaweed farming, thanks to favorable marine conditions and recent advances in sustainable cultivation, according to a new study from the ...

In Triabunna, Sea Forest's marine farm produces feed supplements from the seaweed: oils, pellets and "lick blocks"—a solid form that animals can lick to consume. Sea Forest founder and chief ...

Unlike in the past, coastal communities are increasingly seen embracing this practice with marine experts and government agencies promoting seaweed farming as a game-changer for economy and ...

Much of Ireland’s seaweed farming happens on the West coast. Compared to fish and shellfish aquaculture, it is a relatively small sector. But there is growing interest, particularly from younger ...

A report by Primus Partners titled “Seaweed farming can touch a million lives” has said India’s seaweed sector, which is currently valued at ₹200 crore, could surge to ₹3,277 crore ...

Benjamin L.H. Jones and Richard K.F. Unsworth (The Jakarta Post) eaweed farming is a ... being dislodged by waves. Seaweed farms in Asia, in countries like China and Indonesia, are responsible ...

Yet, to farm seaweed, potential areas need to be easily accessible and relatively sheltered. This is where seaweed can grow with limited risk of being dislodged by waves. Seaweed farms in Asia, in ...

Conducted across 20 seaweed farms spanning five continents, the study confirms that seaweed farming can sequester carbon in the sediments below at rates comparable to vegetated coastal ecosystems like ...

Reuters Seaweed farming was first introduced in Kenya in 2008 and has expanded rapidly to cover 20 villages, David Mirera, a scientist at the Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI ...

The initiative, co-funded by the Ministry for Primary Industries’ Sustainable Food and Fibre Futures Fund and EnviroStrat, aimed to pave the way for a new seaweed farming industry in New Zealand.

Residents of Kenya's coastal village of Mwazaro, once reliant on cassava and maize, have turned to seaweed farming after drought impacted their crops. They now plant seaweed on the beachfront and dry ...