Kelp

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Urchin ranching and kelp restoration venture Urchinomics has announced Mawae Morton is to become a senior advisor for Aotearoa and take on the role of non-executive chair for the region.

15th May 2024

Urchinomics appointment enhances NZ operations

15th May 2024

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Start-up seaweed producer Foller Alger and salmon producer Cermaq have teamed up to test a new combined sea site for salmon and kelp in Steigen in Nordland, Norway.

22nd February 2023

First salmon-kelp farm

22nd February 2023

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Alternative asset investment firm Cadman Capital Group has taken a strategic equity stake in Urchinomics, an aquaculture venture that turns ecologically-destructive sea urchins into high-valued seafood, which in turn helps restore dwindling kelp forests.

20th January 2023

Cadman buys into urchins

20th January 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Jusanhama Gyokyo Youth Association – a group of 19 producers – has secured Aquaculture Stewardship Council-Marine Stewardship Council (ASC-MSC) seaweed certification for responsible and sustainable wakame and kelp production, making it the…

23rd November 2022

Japanese seaweed first

23rd November 2022

NEW HORIZONS

NEW HORIZONS

Urchinomics, a Norwegian sea urchin ranching operation has been formally endorsed by the United Nations as an Ocean Decade action, one of only three commercial ventures worldwide to be selected

21st March 2022

Pioneering urchin farming

21st March 2022