Norwegian Seaweed Cluster

To develop a robust and effective Innovation Ecosystem for the seaweed industry, NSA invited R&D, customers and suppliers, investors, and public funders to form Seaweed Cluster for the industry. The cluster has around 70 partners and is funded by Innovation Norge and member fees.

Focus areas

Marketing

Common branding: Seaweed from Norway
Exhibitions in Europe
Market insight, priority

Product development and quality

Guidelines for product development
Food safety
Updating laws and regulations

Production technology

Effective seedling production
Farming infrastructure
Harvesting and preprocessing
Processing units; drying, freezing, fermenting, blanching

Sustainability

Monitoring ecosystem influence in seaweed farms
Valorization of ecosystem services
Regenerative aquaculture
Sustainability strategies

Projects

Common branding for Norwegian Seaweed for food. NSA (IN)
Digitization and tracking of documentation. NSA (IN)
Monitoring seaweed farms. Tango Seaweed/Nord university
Macroalgae Initium. Val FoU (Erasmus+)
Enmac - Ensiled Cultivated Macroalgae as a Sustainable Ruminant Feedstuff. Nord university (RFF NN)

Production of gametophytes for seedling. Ocean Forest (IPN)
Cuvie (Laminaria hyperborea) for feed to sheep. NIBIO (MABIT)
SEAWEED PILOT – Regulations and Management. Akvahub (NORA)
Safe Kelp - Safe kelp for food and feed – controlling the transfer of iodine and arsenic through the value chain. NMBU (NFR)
SusKelpFood - Sustainable ingredients from cultivated kelp to the food industry. Møreforsking (NFR)

Norwegian Seaweed Cluster

Bacassa Seaweed AS

Dypp AS

Folla Alger AS

Helgeland Seaweed AS

Kelpinor AS

Nordi Ocean AS

Norway Naturals AS

Oceanfood AS

Polar Algae AS

Polaralge AS

Pursea AS

Salten Algae AS

Satpos Ocean Sense AS

Seaforest AS

Seaweed AS

Seaweedproduction AS

Smart Seaweed Solutions AS

Tro-Tare AS

Vesterålen Seaweed AS

Arctic Seaweed AS

BDO AS

Fiskå Mølle AS

GAGN

Keeptrack AS

Lerøy Seafood Group AS

Lofoten Blue Harvest AS

Lofoten Seaweed Company AS

Løvold Solution AS

Metal Production UAB

Ocean Forest AS

Orkla Ocean AS

Seaweed Solutions AS

Sjy Seaweed AS

Tango Seaweed AS

Tekslo Seafood AS

Troll Systems AS

Vestmekaniske AS

Akvaplan-niva

DTU

Havforskningsinstituttet

Møreforsking

NIBIO

Nofima

Nord Universitet

Nordlandsforskning

Norges miljø- og biovitenskapelige universitet - NMBU

Sintef Ocean

UiB

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