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 [...]
Leadership Movement Announcement
The Blue Economy CRC would like to share that our CEO, Dr John Whittington, has resigned to take up a new opportunity with Salmon Tasmania with his last day being Friday 2nd May. We have activated the succession planning [...]
A letter from our PhD Graduate, Akshay Krishna Ambika Harikumar
PhD Scholar Akshay Krishna Ambika Harikumar recently completed his thesis and shared this heartfelt letter with the team. With his approval, we are delighted to share a summary of Akshay's time with us. On behalf of the Bue Economy [...]
Tasmania’s First Green Hydrogen Production and Research Facility Launches In Hobart
Green hydrogen will be produced for the first time in Tasmania, following today’s launch of the Blue Economy CRC’s Hydrogen Production and Research Facility. The Hydrogen Production and Research Facility is Tasmania’s first green hydrogen production plant and supports [...]
What we Heard – Perspectives of Ocean Users
DATE: Thursday 10th October, 2024 TIME: 2pm-5pm (AEDT) What we Heard - Perspectives of Ocean Users Thursday 10th October, 2pm - 5pm (AEDT) The Blue Economy CRC, with support from FRDC, ODA, CEC [...]
Hydroacoustics in Aquaculture PhD Scholarship Opportunity
Hydroacoustics in Aquaculture: Using hydroacoustics to inform aquaculture production of salmon and macroalgae Production Assessment and Species Selection Tools Project This PhD will investigate the potential for using acoustic sensing systems at offshore and land-based salmon aquaculture sites and [...]
Webinar: Futures of Seafood December 2024 Update
DATE: Wednesday 11th December, 2024 TIME: 12pm - 1pm (AEDT) REGISTER Futures of Seafood December Update Wednesday 11th December, 2024 12pm - 1pm (AEDT) Join Angela Williamson and Veronica Papacosta for the [...]
PhD Scholar Leteisha Prescott Completes Finland Internship
PhD Scholar Leteisha Prescott recently returned home from her internship in Finland with Professor Katja Anttila’s laboratory at the University of Turku. On behalf of the Blue Economy CRC we congratulate Leteisha on the completion and approval of her [...]
Marine Spatial Planning PhD Scholarship Opportunity
We are currently looking for a PhD candidate to support development of offshore renewable energy and other activities in the Blue Economy through environmental characterisation. The primary focus of this role is method development for incorporating hydroacoustic (echosounder) datasets [...]
Webinar: Ocean Wave Energy in Australia
DATE: Tuesday 3rd December, 2024 TIME: 3:30pm - 5pm (AEDT) VIEW RECORDING Ocean Wave Energy in Australia Tuesday 3rd December, 2024 3:30pm - 5pm (AEDT) This webinar will present the status, opportunities [...]
Microscopic kelp planting yields bumper harvest in just 6 months
This month, our Offshore Kelp Mariculture project team successfully harvested giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, from the Tinderbox kelp lease. This major phase 1 project milestone comes just 6 months after the initial outplanting of hatchery-reared microscopic juveniles on 18m [...]
