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Dear seaweed & microalgae investors, buyers, operators, and technologists, here are 12 noteworthy market developments in recent weeks! 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐝 🌊 Kelpi secures £5 million to advance seaweed-based packaging solutions, 🐄 Restrictive laws bar New Zealand farmers from using market-ready methane inhibitors. 🌱 Alaskan seaweed farmers collaborate with Scottish counterparts to share knowledge and techniques. 🐄 New study reveals that seaweed significantly reduces cow methane emissions without affecting milk production. 🌿 The price of dried seaweed in South Korea increased by 17.8 percent in May compared to the same period last year. 🐄 Symbrosia just received $1.2M from the USDA Organic OMDG program to boost production and processing capacity in Kona by 1600%. 🌿 Integrated multi-trophic aquaculture systems and circularity assessment shows circularity improvements of up to 90 percent for water recirculation and 80–90 percent for bioremediation. 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐠𝐚𝐞 🌱 Brevel unveils commercial algae protein plant with focus on alt-dairy; 'Our protein is superior to soy and pea'. 🌿 WTHR Skincare reveal new line of products committed to sustainability, created to meet the unique needs of outdoor athletes. 🟢 Paving the way for hydrogen from algae enzymes. 🦪 Two agreements for shellfish and algae farming signed to boost Oman's aquaculture sector. 🐟 Consumers skeptical of insect and algae in salmon feed, study finds. Find out more about these updates (and more) in this week's upcoming Paxtier Report: https://lnkd.in/ewVn5Zq9. Hope you enjoy!

Where should governments invest in the seaweed sector?🤔 If you're interested in state level aquaculture investment strategies --- this episode's for you. We sat down with Ireland Strategic Investment Fund's Cathal Fitzgerald and Joanne Gaffney from Bord Iascaigh Mhara - Ireland's Seafood Development Agency (BIM) to discuss seaweed ecosystem developments and opportunities. Here's what we covered 👇 → Why invest in seaweed? → Why is Ireland uniquely positioned for seaweed production? → As an investor, where would you like to see more deployment of intellectual and financial capital? → How should we approach collaboration in this sector and how would you build a strategy for that?  → How can we improve the licensing process for aquaculture in Ireland? Hope you enjoy ... 😊 Subscribe to https://lnkd.in/ewVn5Zq9 for the full series! And check out more direct links in the comments section below. Joost Wouters Tijmen Doesborgh Stefan Kraan Enrico Green

Dear seaweed & microalgae investors, buyers, operators, and technologists, here are 12 noteworthy market developments in recent weeks: 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 🌊 AltaSea, in San Pedro, inaugurates the nation's largest ocean technology hub. 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐝 🌿 Indonesia launches International Tropical Seaweed Research Center. 🌿 Seaweed forests are an overlooked component of oceanic carbon storage, study finds. 🌊 Hatch Blue and Idemitsu launch unique blue carbon initiative. 🌿 Volta Greentech secures $3.2 million to develop the second generation of the feed supplement Lome. The company states that the new supplement reduces greenhouse gas reduction costs by ten times. 🌊 Seagreen Insights shares fresh insights on the US seaweed sector. 🌿 Study: Mussel and seaweed farming can boost wild fish populations. 🌿 ALEHOOP, a European project funded by Sustainable Bio-Based Europe, has successfully used pilot-scale biorefineries to recover sustainable proteins from macroalgae (seaweed) and legume byproducts. 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐠𝐚𝐞 🐟 Novel ingredients can help plug aquaculture supply gap. But who will pay? 💸 ARPA-E announces $150M to develop systems that provide abundant primary energy, enable intermodal energy transport, and sustainably meet demand for polymers & other materials. 🟢 Using sewage sludge to combat algal blooms. 🤝 Verne, a data centre solutions provider, has announced a new partnership with the biotech food producer VAXA to offset its residual carbon emissions in Iceland. Find out more about these updates (and so many more) in this week's upcoming Paxtier Report: https://lnkd.in/ewVn5Zq9. Hope you enjoy!