Blue mussels at Bohus Havsbruk covered by fouling. Photos by Kristina Svedberg. By Kristina Svedberg, marine biologist at Swedish aquaculture company Bohus Havsbruk In Sweden, aquaculture is mainly situated on the west coast, due to the inflow of high salinity water from the North Sea and the
The Ocean Rainforest team. Photo by Ocean Rainforest. “The ocean is my business model and my designer partner, and it’s brutal”, Bren Smith, of Greenwave, a fisherman turned seaweed farmer, defined the challenge seaweed farmers experience when going offshore. AquaVitae’s case study on ‘Offshore macroalgae cultivation, led
Group photo of participants in the workshop in offshore aquacuture, in Sweden on October 16th-18th 2019. Authors: Asa Strand, leader of Environmental Monitoring work and Oysters Case Study in AquaVitae (IVL) & Kåre Nolde Nielsen, researcher in governance of fisheries and marine environments (
