Description

JOIN US FOR THESE VIRTUAL EVENTS!

A Series of Workshops on Farming Seaweeds and Seagrasses In Waters of the United States

The United States Department of Agriculture and the Center for Seafood Solutions at the

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences are pleased to invite you to a series of virtual, half-day

stakeholder engagement workshops focused on a report being prepared for Congress on the

prospects of seaweed and seagrass farming in waters of the United States.

Overseen by the Interagency Working Group for Farming Seaweeds and Seagrasses, the report

will review the current understanding of research for farming seaweeds and seagrasses to (1)

deacidify ocean environments, (2) become feedstocks in the agriculture sector, or (3) be used

to develop novel products in our Blue Economy. The Working Group also supports a range of

demonstration projects which seek to expand upon current knowledge of these three topics.

We want to hear your perspective and hope you’ll join the discussion! Please share this

invitation with farmers, non-profits, scientists and others who might be interested to join. The

workshops will start with an important kick off to the series, then be topically focused and held

consistently on Mondays from 130 – 430 pm Eastern Time.

• Workshop 1: October 23, 2023 (register here)

Filling Critical Knowledge Gaps in Seaweed and Seagrass Research

• Workshop 2: October 30, 2023 (register here)

Seaweed and Seagrass Research Efforts Towards Ocean Deacidification

• Workshop 3: November 6, 2023 (register here)

Seaweed and Seagrass Research Efforts on Agriculture Feedstock

• Workshop 4: November 13, 2023 (register here)

Seaweed and Seagrass Developments for a Blue Economy

An agenda for each event and draft copy of the report will be circulated in the weeks ahead.

Purpose of the workshop series: 

Each workshop will provide a forum for participants to engage

on the following topics:

• Explore how the draft report captures the state of the science

• Learn about pilot studies funded under this initiative

• Discuss key topics and priorities with subject matter experts

• Review and consider draft report recommendations

• Generate awareness of coordination capacity and ways to advance collaboration in the

future (both in the United States and abroad)

For more information contact:

The Center for Seafood Solutions at the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

seafoodsolutions@bigelow.org