Projects & Developments
PREMIUM SEAS supports Greenwave Aotearoa to pave the way for New Zealand’s regenerative ocean farming sector.
The establishment of seaweed farming within New Zealand is critical to realising the full benefits of this emerging sector. There are vast environmental, economic, social and cultural benefits to be realised.
The Greenwave Aotearoa mission is to cultivate a thriving seed-to-scale commercial seaweed farming industry in New Zealand. PREMIUM SEAS has supported this through the delivery of the initial three-year restorative ocean farming pilot, operating the Coromandel seaweed hatchery and providing on-water operational support to develop and refine seaweed farming systems and practices.
For further information, please visit Greenwave | Our Story
Celebrating New Zealand Seaweed
Seaweed Farming
Commercial planting starts in Coromandel
First kelp seedlings
... planted out in NZ ocean farming pilot
Farming for the future
... seaweed farming in New Zealand
Seaweed on the menu
A podcast with NZ Seafood Sustainability award winner Lucas Evans
Undaria Opportunity
The seaweed Undaria could be New Zealand's next big export
Developing a Thriving Seaweed Sector within New Zealand
PREMIUM SEAS is committed to developing a vibrant seaweed sector within New Zealand and has contributed to the development of the Seaweed Sector Framework for New Zealand. The Seaweed Sector Framework is a roadmap to help guide the development of a thriving, high-value seaweed sector that provides meaningful environmental, social and cultural benefits as well as economic to local communities and nationally.
Our commitment to the developing sector is sustaining and we will continue to work with a highly engaged group of stakeholders to create sustainable opportunities for seaweed within New Zealand.
Our project partners and collaborators:
Important links on our work and other projects
Fucoidan
– Fucoidan Extracted from the New Zealand Undaria pinnatifida-Physicochemical Comparison against Five Other Fucoidans Unique L.pdf (aut.ac.nz)
– Therapeutic Effects of Fucoidan: A Review on Recent Studies – PMC (nih.gov)
Seaweed for food
– Nutritional and digestive health benefits of seaweed – PubMed (nih.gov)
– Seaweeds as a Functional Ingredient for a Healthy Diet – PMC (nih.gov)
– Nutritional value of the marine algae wakame (Undaria pinnatifida) and nori (Porphyra purpurea) as food supplements
Restorative ocean farming
– GreenWave
– Farmed Seaweed | Industries | WWF (worldwildlife.org)
– GreenWave NZ – EnviroStrat
New Zealand Seaweed Sector Development
– Building a seaweed sector – Sustainable Seas National Science Challenge (sustainableseaschallenge.co.nz)
– Aotearoa’s seaweed sector is ready to boom – Cawthron Institute