Kick off meeting for the Sea4Health project

In May 2025 was the kick off meeting of the very exciting Sea4Health project funded by the Research Council of Norway/ Norges forskningsråd. This was a very interesting day where all project partners could meet, present their background and contribution to the project.

Before the meeting started the participants could have a taste of a range of macroalgae products (Photo: Trude Borch/Akvaplan-niva)

The objective of the Sea4Health project is to evaluate the potential of seaweed as a healthy food source while addressing its impact and contributions to environmental sustainability and climate mitigation in Norway.

Project manager of Sea4Health, Xinxin Wang, welcomes all meeting participants (Photo: Trude Borch/Akvaplan-niva).

Marianne Frantzen is the Director of our department for Analytical Laboratories and Infrastructure and is leading our work with new species in aquaculture (Photo: Trude Borch/Akvaplan-niva)

Laurits Enevoldsen is central in our work on the cultivation of macroalgae (Photo: Trude Borch/Akvaplan-niva)

Phillip James from Nofima has a broad experience from macroalgea research and he is an important partner in the Sea4Health project (Photo: Paul Renaud/Akvaplan-niva).

The project is led by Akvaplan-niva and the project partners are:

Norsk institutt for vannforskning - NIVA

Nofima

Norway Naturals

Norwegian Seaweed Association

Lerøy Seafood/ Ocean Forest.

More information here: https://akvaplan.no/no/prosjek...

Project flyer: https://www.mynewsdesk.com/no/...