Tesco picks up Scottish-produced seaweed as table salt replacement
Tesco is to begin selling sachets of three of Mara Seaweed's products at stores across the UK, claiming benefits for those wishing to cut down on their salt intake
Korean farm becomes first marine seaweed venture to achieve ASC-MSC certification
The farm sells cultivated wakame seaweed to buyers in China, Japan, the US, Germany, Scandinavia and the UK
Sea Grant awards $16m for US aquaculture projects
The funded projects include efforts to farm seaweed, support aquaculture in the Great Lakes and enhance land-based salmon farming in the US, among others
NZ researchers investigate commercial potential of local seaweed
The Cawthron Institute's two-year project will look into the potential of using native karengo seaweed as the basis for a high-value industry
Blue Stream Shellfish wins approval to begin US oyster, kelp farm
The business will begin with 10 acres, but plans to grow by 20 acres in each of the next two years
NZ seaweed venture receives gov’t grant for Japan export business
Wakame Fresh, a startup on NZ's North Island, has received NZD 75,000 from the country's government to investigate exporting its edible seaweed product to Japan