Michael Y. Roleda Algal Ecophysiology Laboratory (AlgaE Lab), The Marine Science Institute, College of Science, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City 1101, Philippines Email: myroleda@up.edu.ph Most eucheumatoid cultivars used by seaweed farmers have been vegetatively propagated since the...
- February 16, 2023
Lydiane Mattio, PhD. blue[c]weed – www.bluecweed.com – France & New Caledonia Honorary Research Associate, University of Cape Town WhatsApp New Caledonia +687 914183 Large-scale seaweed aquaculture has been a common practice and valuable source of income for centuries in Asia,...
- February 16, 2023
Betsy Peabody Executive Director, Puget Sound Restoration Fund betsy@restorationfund.org, www.restorationfund.org Kelp restoration and conservation efforts in Puget Sound are gaining momentum. Bull kelp is the only canopy forming kelp species in Puget Sound. Fringing underwater forests – vital to human...
- February 15, 2023
Caroline Slootweg1, Samantha Deane1 1Kelp Blue Correspondence: Caroline Slootweg, caroline.slootweg@kelp.blue New regulations are increasing demands for seaweed-based biostimulants. New start-ups are entering the market with new extraction methods, hoping to displace chemical fertilisers and compete with larger established agricultural players....
- February 8, 2023
Caroline Slootweg1 1CCO, Kelp Blue Correspondence: Caroline Slootweg, caroline.slootweg@kelp.blue Ensuring a broad marketplace for seaweed and seaweed related products requires a wider market development effort beyond a focus on the oceans. Shifting the focus to the end applications and the...
- February 8, 2023
Daniel Hooft1 1CEO, Kelp Blue Correspondence: Daniel Hooft, danielhooft@kelp.blue One issue facing the seaweed industry is how to “scale”. Kelp Blue was founded in 2020 with this specific goal in mind. Scaling has not only to do with increasing efficiency...
- February 8, 2023
Joshua Masel1, Jessica schiller1, Nuria Bellido Martin1, Pieter Mulder1, Michael Fleischman2, Caroline Slootweg2, Daniel Hooft2, and Haik van Exel1 1 Hortimare BV, Altonstraat 25A, 1704 CC Heerhugowaard, The Netherlands 2 Kelp Blue, Wibautstraat 137d, 1097 DN, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Correspondence:...
- February 8, 2023
Jeroen Bogie 1, Cindy Hoeks 1, Melissa Schepers 1,2, Assia Tiane 1,2Ann Cuypers 3, Frank Leijten 4, Yupyn Chintapakorn 5, Thiti Suttiyut 5, Surachai Pornpakakul 6, Dicky Struik 7, Anja Kerksiek 8, Hong-Bing Liu 9, Niels Hellings 1, Pilar Martinez-Martinez...
- February 1, 2023
Rosalie J. Harris1, Callum Bryant1, Melinda Coleman2,3,4, Verónica F. Briceño1, Pieter A. Arnold1, Andrea Leigh5, Adrienne B. Nicotra1 1Division of Ecology & Evolution, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia. rosalie.harris@anu.edu.au, ph: 0422762767 2New South Wales...
- February 1, 2023
Li-Gong Zou1, Yu-Feng Yang1 & Hong-Ye Li1 1College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China Correspondence: Li-gong Zou. zlg007@126.com Allelopathy has been proposed as a key mechanism mediating macroalgae–microalgal interactions. In this study, we examined the...
- January 31, 2023