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The Case for Seaweed Farming

Findings of a new scientific study have strengthened the case for farming seaweed as a supplementary crop for fish farmers to help them mitigate emissions from their farms while providing another source of income.

A joint study between the University of Adelaide and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) titled “Climate-Friendly Seafood: The Potential for Emissions Reduction and Carbon Capture in Marine Aquaculture,” assessed how GHG emissions associated with fed-finfish, macroalgae and bivalve mariculture could be mitigated. It reveals that when done right, aquaculture could be influential in actively reducing the drivers of climate change…

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