The newsletter was in hibernation for a while, as the author lacked the strength of character to keep up a regular publishing schedule. A tendency to let information percolate, ferment and crystallise makes for ever fewer and denser articles. Soon all you’ll get is one terse biennial seaweed haiku.
Appreciate the distinction of buyers looking for high G-block alginate - if only such distinction was possible with fucoidan which has a structure that is certainly more.... complicated. High throughput chemical analysis and metabolomic approaches will certainly enhance this bio-prospecting. The high value markets are really key for NA growers, with the bulk of material going to general lower value uses in agriculture but off-take is still a major challenge
That's a complicated topic for another time, I can't address that in a comment. But in brief, the whole reason why most people get involved recently in seaweeds is to improve the state of our ecosystems. If they succeed is another question that requires a longer answer.
Appreciate the distinction of buyers looking for high G-block alginate - if only such distinction was possible with fucoidan which has a structure that is certainly more.... complicated. High throughput chemical analysis and metabolomic approaches will certainly enhance this bio-prospecting. The high value markets are really key for NA growers, with the bulk of material going to general lower value uses in agriculture but off-take is still a major challenge
Thrilled that these posts are back! Thank you!!
Great article. Did any of the companies researched make any reference to local ecological consequences?
That's a complicated topic for another time, I can't address that in a comment. But in brief, the whole reason why most people get involved recently in seaweeds is to improve the state of our ecosystems. If they succeed is another question that requires a longer answer.