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NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS

BLUE INDUSTRY
The Seaweed Revolution

The Oceanographic Museum of Monaco hosted Seaweed Day, an event
bringing together seaweed ambassadors, seen as an ocean-based

sustainable solution and offering innovative economic opportunities.

The afternoon of 24 March 2022 opened with an “The aim of this event is to show that things are real-
overview of the full potential of seaweed. In his wel- ly falling into place in the seaweed industry”, said
come address, the Director of the Oceanographic Adrien Vincent, Director of Seaweed for Europe, who
Institute, Robert Calcagno, said that “companies with stressed the key role of science and investors in the
a focus on seaweed are at the intersection of ocean development of a European seaweed economy.
conservation and economic growth”. The Oceano-
graphic Institute positioned itself in its unifying role
and facilitator of solutions that have seaweed as their
DNA. "The seaweed-focused community was very
small, but it is rapidly developing. We are pioneers
and by 2030 in Europe the market will be worth 9.3
billion Euros, reducing up to 5 million tonnes of CO2
every year and creating 115,000 jobs”, added former
European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs, Maria
Damanaki.

PROFILE

Created in 2020, the mission of the coalition
Seaweed for Europe is to accelerate the
development of a sustainable seaweed
industry in Europe. It groups together © M. Dagnino
100 members from 16 countries.