seaweed vegetables, sea veggies, sea veg: rebranding macroscopic, multi cellular marine algae

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Sea vegetables, sea

veggies, sea veg

rebranding macroscopic,

multicellular, marine algae

Dr Sara Barrento | Biosciences,

Swansea University, UK 24 Feb 17

Wales, Laverbread country

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19 Nov, 2015

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Moroccan Gelidium

stocks were being overharvested by

throngs of beach-

combers in search of

‘red gold’

FAO, 2016. The state of world fisheries and aquaculture FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

9%

1980

91% Fisheries

2014

44 %

Farming of seaweeds

surpassed wild

harvest in tonnage

40 years ago

FARMING

96%

Today

East

FARMING

96%

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Hydrocolloid production

Agar

Alginate

κ-Carrageenan &

ί- carrageenan

Red algae

Brown algae

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Picture by Dr Sara Barrento, Lombok

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Picture by Dr Sara Barrento, Lombok

East

FARMING

West

HARVESTING CATCH UP

The drivers:

Biofuels

IMTA

MacroBiocrude EPSRC-UK

Prof. Kevin Flynn

Dr Sara Barrento

Fleuriane Fernandes

Dr Caludio Fuentes Grunewald

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Aims: To produce

seaweeds for renewable

feedstotocks using

innovative technology

pipeline 2013 to 2018

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Picture by Fleuriane Fernandes

Growth and seasonality

Species strain selection

Ecosystem Services

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Picture by Fleuriane Fernandes

Seed banks are needed Barrento et al.(2016). Algae Research.

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Picture by Dr Sara Barrento

Using the farm as a

multi purpose platform

To grow oysters,

mussels, etc.

KESS PhD: Jessica Knoop

Supervisors: Dr John Griffin

Dr Sara Barrento

Harvest time of year

Harvesting method ?

Traceable supply chain ? Fisheries accredited and regulated

Dr Sara Barrento s.i.barrento@swansea.ac.uk

Swansea University

Biosciences Department

thank you