Tag seaweed

• Environmental & Social Responsibility

  April 1, 2019

  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. 

• Environmental & Social Responsibility

  December 17, 2018

  Ocean Rainforest foresees a bright future for ocean plants, and not just in Asia

  Faroe Islands company believes nutritious and fast-growing seaweed is a versatile raw material and the oceans’ best defense against climate change. 

• Environmental & Social Responsibility

  July 9, 2018

  Lean and green, what’s not to love about seaweed?

  Grown for hundreds of years, seaweed (sugar kelp, specifically) is the fruit of a nascent U.S. aquaculture industry supplying chefs, home cooks and inspiring fresh and frozen food products. 

• Environmental & Social Responsibility

  October 17, 2016

  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. 

• Marketplace

  April 8, 2016

  Rubino, Knapp lay out ‘political economics’ of U.S. aquaculture

  Michael Rubino and Gunnar Knapp list key reasons why U.S. marine aquaculture has been limited to a scale far below its vast potential. 

• Marketplace

  September 24, 2015

  Land-based macroalgae farming

  Land-based cultivation of macroalgae can minimize impacts on wild macroalgae stocks while reducing harvest costs and controlling quality. Integration of macroalgae with land-based fish culture systems could reduce capital and operating costs. 

• Environmental & Social Responsibility

  July 1, 2012

  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. 

• Environmental & Social Responsibility

  July 1, 2012

  Seaweed aquaculture provides diversified products, key ecosystem functions, part 1

  Seaweed plays key roles in Earth processes as a primary producer and link in the food webs of coastal and estuarine ecosystems. 

• Environmental & Social Responsibility

  September 1, 2011

  Seaweed farming offers avenue toward greater food security

  Seaweed farming has both proven history and huge potential. Large-scale farms could produce raw materials for biofuel, aquatic feeds and human consumption. 

• Animal Health & Welfare

  July 1, 2011

  Single-cell detritus: fermented, bio-enriched feed for marine larvae

  Single-cell detritus is a seaweed-based bioproduct whose use as feed has been studied with oysters and artemia. The authors are working toward the development of SCD for shrimp larvae.