Webinar: Building the Future Blue Economy Workforce
DATE: Monday 17th November, 2025 TIME: 4pm - 5:30pm (AEDT) REGISTER Building the Future Workforce Graduate Attributes and Employability in the Blue Economy Monday 17th November, 2025 4pm - 5:30pm (AEDT) This [...]
Webinar: Highlights from the European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference 2025
DATE: Tuesday 11th November, 2025 TIME: 4pm - 5:30pm (AEDT) VIEW RECORDING Highlights from the European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference 2025 Tuesday 11th November, 2025 4pm - 5:30pm (AEDT) Since 1993, [...]
A Wealth of Experience Joins our Blue Economy CRC Board
2025 has been a big year for the Blue Economy CRC. We have fish in the water and hydrogen in the tanks, our new CEO has just released our latest Annual Report and a new Strategic Plan is on [...]
Webinar: Hydrogen in Australia: where are we?
DATE: Wednesday 22nd October, 2025 TIME: 3pm - 4:30pm (AEDT) VIEW RECORDING Hydrogen in Australia: where are we? Wednesday 22nd October, 2025 3pm - 4:30pm (AEDT) Australia’s 2019 National Hydrogen Strategy led [...]
University of Wollongong and Blue Economy CRC Win Major ASEAN Project
The University of Wollongong's Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS) and the Blue Economy Cooperative Research Centre have been selected to develop the ASEAN Blue Economy Implementation Plan (2026-2030), supported by the Government of Australia through [...]
Historic Milestone for Commonwealth Waters Aquaculture
Bass Strait Blue Economy Zone The Bass Strait Blue Economy Zone (BEZ) aquaculture research trial has reached a pivotal milestone with the successful stocking of Tasmanian Atlantic salmon in August 2025, marking Australia’s first commercial-scale aquaculture operation in Commonwealth [...]
Decarbonisation Webinar: NZ Government-Industry Collaboration in Action
DATE: Tuesday 7th October, 2025 TIME: 12:30pm - 1:30pm (AEST) REGISTER Government-Industry Collaboration in Action Life Cycle Assessment of New Zealand Aquaculture: A Model for Sustainable Sector Development Tuesday 7th October, 2025 12:30pm [...]
Webinar: Blue Economy Symposium (OMAE 2025 Vancouver)
DATE: Wednesday 17th September, 2025 TIME: 4:00pm - 5:30pm (AEST) WATCH RECORDING Blue Economy Symposium (OMAE 2025 Vancouver) Wednesday 17th September, 2025 4:00pm - 5:30pm (AEST) For over four decades, the OMAE [...]
Blue Economy CRC Appoints New CEO Following International Search
Following a competitive international search, we are pleased to announce that the Blue Economy CRC has appointed Angela Williamson as Chief Executive Officer. Angela brings 25 years of experience managing complex, politically sensitive marine projects across government, industry and [...]
Webinar: Offshore Seaweed Cultivation
DATE: Wednesday 20th August, 2025 TIME: 3:00pm - 4:30pm (AEST) VIEW RECORDING DOWNLOAD SLIDES Offshore Seaweed Cultivation Wednesday 20th August, 2025 3:00pm - 4:30pm (AEST) This webinar explores the cutting-edge advancements [...]
Green Hydrogen Powering Metro Tasmania Zero Emission Bus Trial
Green hydrogen produced by the Blue Economy CRCs Hydrogen Production and Research Facility is powering electric buses across Hobart as part of Metro Tasmania's Zero Emission Bus trial. An update on the trial, involving three Hydrogen Electric Buses operating [...]
Bridging Research and Practice with Industry Internship Experience
Over the past 3 months, PhD scholar Reza Abbasi completed an internship with International Marina Consultants as part of his PhD. He sat down with us and shared his thoughts on the experience.In the second year of my PhD candidature, [...]
OMAE 2026: Blue Economy Symposium
DATE: 7th - 12th June, 2026 LOCATION: Grand Nikko Tokyo Daiba Tokyo, Japan 45th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore & Arctic Engineering (OMAE) Blue Economy Symposium 7th - 12th June, 2026 For over [...]
Jess Roach PhD Wins 3rd Place at 25th International Seaweed Symposium
PhD Scholar Jess Roach recently attended the 25th International Seaweed Symposium held from May 4–9, 2025, in Victoria, British Columbia, on the traditional territories of the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Songhees), Xwsepsum (Esquimalt), and W̱SÁNEĆ Nations. Held every three years, the 2025 theme [...]
Advancing Sustainable Ocean Food Production Through Innovative Engineering
Our expert research team at the Australian Maritime College (AMC) has successfully completed groundbreaking hydrodynamic testing of the innovative SeaFisher offshore aquaculture fish pen. This cutting-edge research is pioneering the future of developing open ocean aquaculture systems capable of [...]
Atshaya Shines in Women in Seafood Entrepreneur Program
We are proud to announce PhD Scholar, Atshaya Sundararajan has been selected for this year's Turn the Tide Entrepreneurship and Leadership program by Women in Seafood Australasia (WISA), the only national organisation representing women working in the seafood industry. [...]
Blue Economy CRC Spawns New Trans-Pacific Research Partnership
A new Catalyst: Seeding grant (NZ$80,000) will bring together leading bull kelp researchers from New Zealand, Australia, and Chile in an ambitious collaboration to accelerate the commercial cultivation of Durvillaea spp. Led by Professor Lindsey White (AUT), the project [...]
Webinar: Integrated planning in Australia’s marine estate
DATE: Thursday 26th June, 2025 TIME: 4:00pm - 5:00pm (AEST) VIEW RECORDING Integrated planning in Australia’s marine estate: A pressing need? How Marine Spatial Planning can support it. Thursday 26th June, 2025 4:00pm [...]
