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Sustainable AquaCulture

Offshore farming of highly nutritious and protein-rich foods like algae, kelp, and other non-conventional food sources.

Main Deliverables of this Project

Design and build a system that can produce highly nutritious and protein-rich food that can store...

Preliminary Research and Documentation

The following research and documentation is meant to get this project started. Please consider th...

Spirulina

Spirulina (Arthrospira platensis) is an algae that grows in both fresh and salt water. Often re...

Bladder Wrack

Bladder Wrack (Fucus vesiculosus) is an algae that grows in sea water.  It can grow up to a hei...

Dulse

Dulse (Palmaria palmata) is an reddish brown algae that grows in sea water. It is mostly found ...

Irish Moss

  Irish Moss (Chondrus crispus), also known as Carrageen, is a reddish-green algae found in ab...

Kombu

Kombu (Saccharina japonica) is a greenish-brown algae that grows in sea water. It is the bigges...

Nori

Nori (Porphyra yezoensis/Porphyra tenera), also known as Laver, is a greenish-red algae that gr...

Sea Grapes

Sea Grapes (Coccoloba uvifera) are a greenish algae that grows in sea water. It is widely used ...

Sea Lettuce

Sea Lettuce (Ulva lactuca) is a green algae that grows in sea water. It is popularly known as t...

Sustainable Aquaculture

https://www.seasteading.org/the-seaweed-solution-with-dr-ricardo-radulovich/  This project i...

Wakame

Wakame (Undaria pinnatifida) is a green algae that grows in sea water with a distinctive flavor...

Project Development and Results

Results The outcomes of this project must be a fully functional algae farm. It must include all ...

Contributor Rewards

The winning team will get: An all expense paid trip to the Ocean Builders Launch site in Panam...