Seaweed aquaculture is gaining attention among aquaculture and bioprocessing related companies due to its potential for generation of biomass and high value compounds with low carbon footprint. Shorefast Social Enterprises Inc. (SSEI) and Fogo Island Cooperative Society Ltd. (FICSL) requested assistance from CASD to investigate possible sites suitable for seaweed aquaculture in Fogo Island and to establish an experimental seaweed farm with seeds produced at MI.

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