Zunibal and AZTI have developed certified compostable Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs), which will now be tested for durability under real fishing conditions.
The one-square-kilometer facility in Lombok is billed as a major step towards large-scale mechanized farming of seaweed, and "a shining example of India-Indonesia cooperation in the blue economy".
UC Berkeley’s Energy & Biosciences Institute (EBI) has received nearly $13 million to establish the International Bioeconomy Macroalgae Center (IBMC), which will officially open in January 2025.
The Australian Sustainable Seaweed Alliance (ASSA) launched this month with 10 corporate members aross six states, aiming to advance sustainable seaweed farming, R&D and commercialisation.
