Karlotta Rieve

In Santa Catarina, a rising red seaweed aquaculture sector is turning fresh coastal biomass into high-value biostimulants, positioning Brazil to develop a domestic alternative to imported products.

Why those trying to scale regenerative aquaculture such as seaweed farming, should focus on organisational, rather than technical, innovation.

In the Eastern Caribbean, seaweed farming has emerged as a promising livelihood for coastal communities – with St Lucia, St Vincent, and Grenada leading the way – yet hurricanes, sargassum blooms and…

The waters surrounding Isla Margarita, off the Caribbean coast of Venezuela, have become Latin America’s most productive seaweed farming region, largely thanks to three young enterprises, which are…

Seaweed farming is increasingly recognised as a promising avenue for sustainable economic development, environmental stewardship and social engagement. However, the success of the sector depends on…

The seaweed sector is hugely diverse, yet many newcomers are unaware of its complexities. As a result we propose a useful framework for dividing it up into four key groupings, while also helping…

Plans to establish an International Tropical Seaweed Resilience Institute are gaining momentum, following the publication of an extensive new study.

While seaweed processing and product development are receiving the most investments, research from Hatch Innovation Services suggests that limited availability of biomass is the biggest bottleneck in…

The fate of Mexico’s nascent Totoaba aquaculture industry is hanging in the balance, as farmers await a decision by CITES on whether it will be possible to export this once-threatened species.

The Mexican peninsula of Baja California has huge potential to grow its burgeoning shellfish aquaculture sector, thanks to ideal coastal conditions and a growing demand for a variety of species –…

Several aquaculture initiatives aim to reverse the decline of the Totoaba, a fish species that is only found in Mexican waters and has nearly been fished to extinction.