We’ve been talking with seaweed researchers and entrepreneurs in New Zealand and globally to explore the viability of blue carbon methodology for seaweed production. In the absence of a verified method or market anywhere in the world to monetise blue carbon and nutrient credits from seaweed, we are looking at the potential of establishing a fund as a bespoke ‘environmental subsidy’ for future GreenWave Aotearoa farmers. The goal of the fund would be to provide financial support for regenerative ocean farmers to scale their practices, while incentivising climate impact, water quality and biodiversity data reporting.

We’ve been talking with seaweed researchers and entrepreneurs in New Zealand and globally to explore the viability of blue carbon methodology for seaweed production. In the absence of a verified method or market anywhere in the world to monetise blue carbon and nutrient credits from seaweed, we are looking at the potential of establishing a fund as a bespoke ‘environmental subsidy’ for future GreenWave Aotearoa farmers. The goal of the fund would be to provide financial support for regenerative ocean farmers to scale their practices, while incentivising climate impact, water quality and biodiversity data reporting.

We’ve been testing techniques to help protect seedlings and increase survival during outplanting. We’re also starting to introduce automation in the outplanting process. We replaced the manual winding of the seeding twine onto grow ropes with a purpose built outplanting machine developed by the University of Waikato aquaculture team in collaboration with the School of Engineering which has reduced the number of people required to outplant.

We’re continually testing new methods to increase the efficiency of the hatchery process. A key advancement has been the development of methods to successfully maintain broodstock in tanks and induce formation of reproductive tissue on demand.