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

Framework

  • Area access
  • Procedures for permissions application
  • Regulations
  • Masterplan - Ambitions and potential

Norwegian Seaweed Cluster

Startups
Industry Partners
R&D partners
Risk Capital
Collaborators

Bacassa Seaweed AS

Blaaker 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

Nordic SeaFarm

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

Astanor

Connect

Hatch

Invest IN Nordland

Akvahub AS

Bellona

Biotech North

Circular Packaging Cluster

Cod Cluster

DNV

Det Kongelige Selskap for Norges Vel

Fremtidsmat

Gildeskål Forskningsstasjon AS

Innovasjon Norge

Kystinkubatoren

Matarena/Smak av kysten AS

Møre og Romsdal fylkeskommune

NCE Aquaculture

NCE Blue Legasea

NCE Seafood Innovation Cluster

Nordland fylkeskommune

Norwegian Seaweed Institute AS

Nosca

S-FOOD

Troms og Finnmark fylkeskommune

VIS

Val FoU AS

Vestland fylkeskommune

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