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Webinar: Unlocking the Blue Economy: is seaweed one of the keys?

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Blue Economy Cooperative Research Centre, Media Release, 4 July 2021

21st July at 3pm – 5pm (AEST)Register

Worldwide, seaweed cultivation and utilisation are multi-billion dollar industries, yet Australasia plays little role in either.

Giant kelp
Giant kelp image courtesy of Dr Cayne Layton. Selected giant kelp lines growing adjacent to Huon Aquaculture fish pens in Storm Bay, Tasmania.These kelps were out-planted as microscopic sporophytes 12 months earlier.

This is set to change, with growing interest in using our coastal and offshore waters to produce seaweeds that will not only provide high-value products for global markets, but will help mitigate human carbon emissions both directly through products that lower methane emissions and indirectly through long term carbon sequestration.

This Blue Economy CRC webinar will feature four experts who will talk directly to the utility of seaweed farming and how this fits with the goals and milestones of the Blue Economy CRC.

Seaweed farming

Presenters:

  • Dr Brian von Herzen (Climate Foundation)
  • Dr Sunny Sanderson (Kelp Blue)
  • Prof Craig Johnson (UTAS)
  • Dr Tomas Remenyi (Southern Ocean Carbon Company)

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