This year's Seagriculture USA 2024 conference brought together 200 stakeholders for discussions, networking, and knowledge sharing on the burgeoning seaweed industry in the USA and beyond.
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.
Social license is key to growth of the industry, with lessons to be learned from more established aquaculture sectors, according to research by the Scottish Association for Marine Science.
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.
