Norwegian Seaweed Association (NSA) Cluster Insights Report - Technical and Operational: Deliverable 2.2 (Due M18)
O’Connor, Nessa; Blikra, Marthe Jordbrekk; Rode, Tone Mari; Chapman, Annelise Sabine; Gjerstad, Marit; Klinkenbergh, Oisin; Kapletia, Dharm
Summary
This report describes the technical aspects of seaweed farming currently in operation, drawn from sample companies in the Norwegian Seaweed Associated (NSA) cluster, and how they relate to regenerative ocean farming. In addition to an extensive literature review, we compiled information from more detailed NSA case studies and one international (within Europe) case study for comparison. This report presents the results of these case study interviews and summarises the key findings, which augments the information previously outlined in D2.1, and applies the definitions of regenerative aquaculture as stated in D1.1 (following Mizuta et al. 2023). To reiterate and highlight, the goals of Workpackage 2 on the C-FAARER project were to: 1) discuss the feasibility of site-specific regenerative ocean farming (exploring aspects of farming infrastructure, methodologies, technologies and associated operating standards); 2) highlight the social and economic viability, as well as relevance for local communities of regenerative aquaculture; and 3) identify key challenges and barriers in the policy and regulatory domains (EU, national and local). This report aims to complement the topics covered extensively in D2.1, including the key messages that were derived about the feasibility of community-driven regenerative ocean farming - exploring elements of farming operations, business and regulatory domains, and environmental aspects, and the insights that were established from preliminary interviews with NSA member companies. This report will further develop these topics by focusing on presenting an overview of case study material from follow-up interviews with selected seaweed cultivation companies, on exploring opportunities for developing regenerative aquaculture in Europe, and the potential pathways to optimise seaweed farming operations towards regenerative principles.
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Publication details
Publisher : EU Missions
Publication type : Report
Number of pages : 41
