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Australian Seaweed Industry Blueprint

The Australian Seaweed Industry Blueprint outlines a strategic plan to establish a sustainable and scalable seaweed industry in Australia, targeting a $10 million Gross Value of Production (GVP) by 2025 and potentially a $1.5 billion industry by 2040. Seaweed farming offers immense opportunities in food, animal feed, biofertilizers, and carbon reduction, alongside environmental and economic benefits. The report emphasizes research, development, and collaboration as critical drivers for industry growth.

Publisher: AgriFutures Australia

Author: Jo Kelly

Year: 2020

Aquaculture Species

Based on a growing body of scientific literature, bivalves and seaweed are two species groups with the clearest potential to be farmed with few negative environmental impacts and greenhouse gas emissions. These species can also provide important environmental benefits, such as improving water quality and providing wildlife habitat.

Publisher: Aquaculture Science Hub, The Nature Conservancy

Aquaculture Species

Publisher: Aquaculture Science Hub, The Nature Conservancy

The Atlas of Living Australia

The Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) is a free, easy-to-use online platform that compiles biodiversity information from all over Australia and makes it available to everyone. For a seaweed business, it’s a handy tool to:
* Identify new opportunities: Discover where different seaweed species are found and learn about their environments.
* Plan more effectively: Use up-to-date data on local conditions to choose the best cultivation or harvesting sites.
* Work sustainably: Stay informed about ecological changes and make responsible decisions that benefit both your business and the environment.
By bringing together tons of valuable data, the ALA can help a seaweed venture make well-informed, strategic choices—leading to healthier crops, lower risks, and a brighter, more sustainable future.

Publisher: The Atlas of Living Ausstralia

Global Seaweed: New and Emerging Markets Report

The World Bank 2023 Global Seaweed New and Emerging Markets Report highlights the untapped potential of the seaweed industry in addressing global challenges such as climate change, food security, and sustainable development. It identifies 10 emerging market sectors, including bioplastics, nutraceuticals, alternative proteins, and bioremediation, emphasizing the environmental and socioeconomic benefits of seaweed farming. Despite challenges like supply inconsistencies, regulatory barriers, and production costs, the report forecasts a market growth of $11.8 billion by 2030, driven by seaweed’s versatile applications and sustainability credentials. It also stresses the need for innovation, investment, and collaboration to overcome existing barriers and unlock seaweed’s full potential.

Publisher: World Bank

Author: World Bank

Year: 2023

Seaweed Biofilters for Reef Resilience and Emmissions Reduction

Seaweed Biofilters for reef resilience and emissions reduction in the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. A nature based solution for improving water quality, biodiversity and livestock emissions reduction.

Publisher: Australian Seaweed Institute

Author: Australian Seaweed Institute

Year: 2022

Diving in: why WWF is supportive of seaweed farming

Dive in with WWF expert, Bailey Moritz, as she shares some of her knowledge on seaweed and seaweed farming.

Publisher: World Wildlife Fund

Author: World Wildlife Fund

Year: 2023

Chapter 15, Utilisation of seaweeds in the Australian market – commercialisation strategies: current trends and future prospects

Australia’s seaweed industry shows significant potential for growth, driven by its rich biodiversity, emerging commercial applications, and focus on sustainability. Seaweed products span food, biofertilizers, cosmetics, and wastewater treatment. Barriers include regulatory challenges, market readiness, and the need for innovation in cultivation and processing.

Publisher: Switzerland Springer Nature

Author: Charu Deepika, Juliane Wolf, Navid Moheimani, Ben Hankamer, Brian von Herzen, Ambati Ranga Rao

Year: 2022

Consumers’ values, attitudes and behaviours towards consuming seaweed food products

Seaweed has great potential as a natural, healthy, and sustainable food. Seaweed as food is novel in Western countries; thus, few studies have focused on the factors influencing consumers’ behavioural tendencies towards seaweed food products. This study aimed to fill the gap by investigating the antecedents for consumers’ attitudes towards as well as their consumption of seaweed food products in a representative sample of Norwegian consumers

Publisher: Food Research International Journal

Author: Florent Govaerts and Svein Ottar Olsen

Year: 2023

Eating Macro-Algae (Seaweed): Understanding factor driving New Zealand consumers’ willingness to eat and their perceived trust towards country of origin

Macro-algae is an umbrella term for seaweed, which is an important ingredient in many novel food products in New Zealand and other Australasian countries. While attitudes, consumption motivation, knowledge, and socio-demographic consumer profiles have been investigated in specific countries in the region, consumer behavior such as willingness to eat and factors driving this behavior have not yet been explored. Therefore, the present study fills this research gap in a New Zealand context and explores predictors of New Zealand consumers’ willingness to eat macro-algae and their perceived trust towards the countries of origin of these products. The symbolic value of food, health importance, food safety concerns, and food fussiness were the factors under investigation.

Publisher: Foods Journal

Author: Meike Rombach and David L Dean

Year: 2024

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