Seaweed

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

St Davids festival will showcase seaweed’s potential for healthier communities, sustainable industries, local food and coastal resilience

2nd September 2026

Wales festival celebrates seaweed’s future

2nd September 2026

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A new study has found that cultivating seaweed alongside marine finfish in integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) systems can significantly reduce, and even eliminate, key waste products from fish farming.

6th May 2026

Seaweed cuts fish farm waste

6th May 2026

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Hatch Blue has launched an expanded Seaweed Insights platform, delivering the first region-wide, data-driven overview of the macroalgae sector across Latin America and the Caribbean.

18th February 2026

Seaweed data platform expands

18th February 2026

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Driven by rising domestic consumption, expanding industrial applications and shifting global supply dynamics, India is set to play a critical role in the global seaweed economy over the next two decades, according…

4th February 2026

India fast emerging as a promising market for seaweed

4th February 2026

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Across global biotechnology and food production systems, vast volumes of biological material are generated every day that never reach consumers. In many cases, these side-streams are treated as a problem to be…

23rd January 2026

Turning what’s left behind into what comes next

23rd January 2026

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

India’s island archipelago of Lakshadweep has unveiled a new roadmap to scale up its commercial fisheries and mariculture, targeting investment, technology adoption and long-term sustainable fishing growth.

13th January 2026

New fisheries roadmap for Indias Lakshadweep

13th January 2026

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

The United Kingdom risks missing out on a fast-growing global seaweed industry worth more than £6 billion, as regulatory hurdles and slow policy development continue to constrain the sector’s expansion, according to…

16th December 2025

Red tape threatens UK’s share of £6bn global seaweed market

16th December 2025

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

While fish and shellfish remain a staple in European diets, with 58% eating these products at home at least once a month, the overall consumption frequency has been declining since 2021, according…

25th February 2025

Soaring seafood prices impacting European consumption

25th February 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A new centre of excellence for seaweed cultivation has opened at the ICAR-CMFRI Mandapam Regional Centre in India.

10th January 2025

Seaweed centre boosts India’s fisheries

10th January 2025

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

B’ZEOS, a European innovator in sustainable packaging, has secured seed funding to scale its seaweed-based packaging solution, which offers a viable alternative to traditional plastics.

22nd November 2024

Funding for seaweed-based packaging

22nd November 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

NOAA Fisheries has released two draft programmatic environmental impact statements to help identify aquaculture opportunity areas (AOA) in southern California and the Gulf of Mexico.

18th November 2024

NOAA proposes new aquaculture areas

18th November 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Fishermen in Japan are safeguarding blue carbon ecosystems such as seaweed beds to restore the environment and bring back marine life. 

15th November 2024

Reviving Japan’s seas through environmental conservation

15th November 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

In support of women as they venture into the world of aquaculture and the blue economy, the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC), Conservation International (CI) Ventures and Hatch Blue recently helped gather an…

8th March 2024

Latina female power recognised on International Women’s Day

8th March 2024

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

A project to design a lightweight, robust and cost-effective pen to help fish farming move from inshore areas to deeper waters has been led by the University of Queensland (Brisbane, Australia).

4th March 2024

New lightweight fish pens offer deeper sea opportunities

4th March 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

With marine aquaculture in Alaska contributing to economic opportunities for coastal communities through the farming of shellfish and seaweed, and to document the continued growth of the industry, NOAA Fisheries has released its…

26th February 2024

First Alaska aquaculture report released

26th February 2024

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

With the help of funding from the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF), researchers at Aarhus University, Denmark, have discovered a way to utilise decomposing seaweed to mass produce marine enchytraeids, small worms naturally…

6th February 2024

Seaweed worms – alternative farmed fish diet shows great promise

6th February 2024

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Climate change is devastating marine life, particularly threatening Asian countries, a global consortium of marine biologists has warned.

20th October 2023

Asian fisheries at high-risk of climate crisis, warn scientists

20th October 2023

OPINION

OPINION

Dr Craig Rose PhD – aka Doctor Seaweed – explains why we should say yes to more seaweed, with this long-forgotten, natural marine resource able to benefit many aspects of consumers’ lives.

9th October 2023

Seaweed – Rediscovering a sustainable and forgotten food

9th October 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Plans to identify Aquaculture Opportunity Areas (AOAs) in Alaska state waters have been announced by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and partners in the US state.

5th June 2023

Alaska aquaculture project launched

5th June 2023

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

New ropes made from biomaterials have been developed by Spain’s AZTI science and technology centre with the potential to replace conventional plastics of fossil origin in mussel and algae cultivation.

12th May 2023

ATZI develops ‘bio’ aquaculture ropes

12th May 2023