Derwent Kelp Research Trial Research Trial Wrap Community Event
The Blue Economy CRC and IMAS have completed the research project on developing technologies for offshore mariculture of giant kelp in the Derwent
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 [...]
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 [...]
Scientific Permit Granted for Research into Growing Kelp Offshore in Tasmania
The Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania has issued a scientific permit to deploy marine infrastructure as part of a research program on growing kelp. The research site, south of Blackmans Bay and north of the Tinderbox Reserve, [...]
