Research into the large-scale seaweed production at sea in the Netherlands

Posted: 09/02/2022 Save as favorite Scientists from Wageningen University & Research and fellow knowledge institutes will conduct research with financial support from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research into an efficient and sustainable protein production chain at sea, the effects of large-scale seaweed production on marine ecology and new business models for seaweed production. The parties are working in two consortia with, among others, social organizations and companies from the seaweed and shellfish sector, the food industry and the province of Zeeland. The interdisciplinary research projects have a maximum duration of 6 years and will start in mid-2022. Together, the projects have been awarded more than 2.6 million euros. Social and private partners contribute 450,000 euros to co-financing. Researchers from Wageningen University & Research lead SEAseeds, a consortium that will study improving the attachment of seaweed seedlings to cultivation lines, the ...