Farmers - North Sea Farmers

Algaia

ALGAIA is a biomarine ingredients company producing and marketing seaweed extracts for food, cosmetics, dietary supplements and agriculture.

Service Biomaterials Biostimulants Pharmaceutical / Medical Cosmetics

Algapelago

Algapelago is on a mission to create a network of offshore seaweed farms (‘alga-pelagos’) to unlock the potential of seaweed as a climate-positive, high-value biomass.

Service Production

Anchors & Connections

Anchors & Connections is specialised in anchors and has patented the Torus Anchor® for floating wind turbines and seaweed and fish farms.

Service Value chain independent

Aqitec

Aqitec is an engineering company in cultivation arrangements for aquaculture including anchoring, installation, seeding, monitoring and harvesting.

Service Value chain independent

Aquatic ape

Aquatic Ape focuses on sustainable alternative food resources like different species of seaweed in order to contribute to a more sustainable world.

Value chain independent

Barentz

The global life science ingredients distributor specialized in human nutrition, pharmaceuticals, personal care, performance materials and animal nutrition

Feed Food Pharmaceutical / Medical

Blue Bar 1

This Food bar in Utrecht is inspired by the Blue Economy. We love to work with products from Dutch soil and waters like shellfish, sea vegetables and seaweed for our vegan dishes.

Food

Blue Cluster

The Blue Cluster supports companies in setting up partnerships with companies, knowledge centers and government institutions in order to develope and promote economic activities at sea.

Value chain independent

BlueBlocks

BlueBlocks is a cleantech start-up that develops new biobased materials for circular applications. BlueBlocks is working with Dutch seaweed as a (future) source for healthy food, for bioplastic, and for fibreboard made of the left over fibres after extraction processes.

Biomaterials

BlueGent

Ghent University's business development center covering the field of Aquaculture and Blue Life Sciences.

Education & Research Value chain independent

BMS micro-nutrients

BMS Micro-Nutrients is specialized in the field of plant nutrition for all commercial crops with foliar nutrition.

Biostimulants

Boeg Nautic

Prototyping since the early days, Boeg Nautic co-creates with other North Sea Farmers, adding years of offshore and fishery knowledge with technical innovation.

Service Value chain independent

Brave New Food

Brave New Food's mission is to accelerate the transition to a healthier and more sustainable food system by bringing all innovators and game changers in the food industry together.

Service Food

CIV Den Oever

C.I.V. Den Oever produces various customized products for shipping, fishing, contracting and research. For instance different types of nets, that can be tailor-made for the production of seaweed.

Service Value chain independent

Craeghs Consultancy

Craeghs Consultancy is a subsidy consultancy based in Rotterdam. Creaghs Consultancy is expert in innovation and technology grants for all kinds of companies.

Service Value chain independent

Cultivocean

Cultivocean develops integrated nature-based solutions to improve biodiversity within the marine environment, creates habitats for sea wildlife and facilitates mass cultivation of biomaterials.

Service

Damen

Damen is a family owned business that believes that our oceans, seas, lakes and rivers offer humanity a growing range of possibilities in terms of trade, food, energy and recreation.

Service

Danvos

Support, training and advice during the development, implementation and maintenance of quality assurance and food safety systems.

Biomaterials Biostimulants Service

De Wolven

De Wolven believe in the power of stories: from organizations, people to brands. Stories with content, large or small that need to be shared with the rest of the world.

Service Value chain independent

Deltares

Deltares works worldwide on smart innovations, solutions and applications for people, the environment and society.

Education & Research Value chain independent

Diergaarde Blijdorp

Diergaarde Blijdorp/Rotterdam Zoo is one of the oldest zoos in the Netherlands and has received the Green Key Gold Certificate for taking serious steps in sustainability.

Feed

DLG Benelux

DLG Benelux offers international expertise in setting up trade fairs and consultancy services. One of the events that is being organized by DLG is Seagriculture.

Service Value chain independent

Doggerland Offshore

With a wealth of experience in dredging-, marine- and offshore construction work, Doggerland Offshore can help and contribute to solve offshore challenges.

Service Value chain independent

DS Smith

DS Smith is a leading provider of sustainable packaging solutions, paper products and recycling services worldwide.

Biomaterials

Dutch Cuisine

Dutch Cuisine wants to make sustainable, tasty and healthy food easier and more attractive, because our rich and local Dutch food culture deserves a revaluation.

Value chain independent

Dutch Marine Energy Centre

DMEC is dedicated to making marine energy the next big thing in energy. Marine energy is the renewable energy that can be generated from the world's oceans, seas and rivers.

Education & Research Value chain independent

Dutch Seaweed Group

Dutch Seaweed Group is an innovative partner for a world full of seaweed and stands for healthy, sustainable and local seaweed from their own farm in the Oosterschelde.

Production Food Service

EABA

EABA promotes mutual interchange and cooperation in the field of biomass production and use, including biofuels uses and all other utilisations.

Value chain independent

Erasmus MC

Erasmus MC is the University Hospital of Rotterdam with a special laboratory establishing how lipids contribute to certain diseases. And how extracts from for instance seaweed can help in prevention and counteraction.

Education & Research Value chain independent Pharmaceutical / Medical

Gasunie

Gasunie is an energy network operator. In the Netherlands and the northern part of Germany, they manage and maintain the infrastructure for large-scale transport and storage of gas.

Bioenergy

Gemeente Den Haag

Capital of the province of South Holland. In relation to the seaweed sector, Municipality of the Hague is together with the Province of South Holland initiator of 'Campus@Sea.' A field lab for testing seaweed farming and other innovations at sea.

Value chain independent

Green Giraffe

Green Giraffe is a specialist advisory firm focused on renewable energy. In relation to seaweed Green Giraffe can help the seaweed sector in developing a business case, outlining the many possibilities and necessary actions for each member of the value chain.

Service Value chain independent

Hanze University

The Research Centre Biobased Economy of Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen wants to contribute to a healthy sustainable society and biobased economy.

Education & Research Value chain independent

Hortimare

Hortimare is the reliable, sustainable and long term oriented supplier of high quality starting material for seaweed globally. Enabling seaweed farmers to harvest good yields.

Service Production

Huiberts

Huiberts is a company that produces organic flower bulbs working in a nature-inclusive way and showing how this can contribute to biodiversity.

Biostimulants

HZ University

HZ University of Applied Sciences is located in the South-West of the Netherlands. With 4,800 national and international students HZ University offers a personal approach with high-quality study programmes.

Education & Research Value chain independent

Impuls Zeeland

Stimulating the Zeeland economy and supporting innovative companies with financing, growth and establishment in Zeeland.

Value chain independent

Invest NL

Enable financing for businesses and projects that seem impossible to finance.

Service Value chain independent

Lentiz

Lentiz is a school group with 14 schools for secondary education. Lentiz focusses on agriculture, they believe it is valuable for their so called ‘future makers’ to sense where the world of seaweed is heading.

Education & Research Value chain independent

Lobster Robotics

Lobster Robotics is a startup built by TU Delft engineers offering environmental monitoring services to provide insights into the growth of seaweed and the condition of your valuable infrastructure.

Service Value chain independent

Macquarie

Macquarie Group is a diversified financial group providing clients with asset management and finance, banking, advisory and risk and capital solutions across debt, equity, and commodities.

Value chain independent

MARIN

MARIN uses high-quality hydrodynamic research to support the development of floating airports, ports, energy islands and fish and seaweed farming.

Education & Research Service Value chain independent

Menken van den Assem

Specialist in developing and packaging of products and representing various European brands with frozen products in the food service.

Food

Ministerie van LNV

The Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality wants to ensure good prospects for the Dutch farming, horticulture and fishing sectors.

Value chain independent

Murre

Murre Technologies supplies advanced processing lines for the food-processing industry and has built a seaweed harvesting machine that harvests the seaweed from the cultivation nets in the sea.

Service Value chain independent

Nederlandse Vissersbond

The Nederlandse Vissersbond represents the interests of fishermen at local, national and international level and informs fishermen about important matters.

Value chain independent

NEN

In order to contribute to a sustainable future, it is important to make agreements and set clear standards for algae and algae products. The NEN supports the development of these national standards.

Value chain independent

Nettenfabriek de Noordzee

Zoo's, farmers, biogas industry and sportclubs are a small selection who find their way to the most specialized Nets Factory of the Netherlands, Nets Factory de Noordzee.

Value chain independent

NIOZ

The mission of NIOZ is to gain and communicate scientific knowledge on seas and oceans for the understanding and sustainability of our planet, and to facilitate and support marine research and education in the Netherlands and Europe.

Education & Research Value chain independent

NoordOogst

NoordOogst wants to make a sustainable contribution to solving food issues in a creative, innovative way. They conduct research and develop various aquaponics concepts.

Production Feed Food

Norfolk Seaweed

The pilot farm of Norfolk Seaweed will produce sustainable, ethical seaweed for use in biofertilisers, bioplastics, food, nutraceuticals and much more.

Production Biostimulants

North Sea Greens

North Sea Greens is producing sustainably, biological and locally grown seaweed concepts for retail and food industry.

Food

North Seaweed

North Seaweed sells seaweed, seaweed mixes and seaweed-based products under the SeaSpirit name. Seaspirit is a growing range of products for ruminants, horses, dogs, cats, poultry and pigs.

Service Feed

Notpla

Notpla is a London-based start-up, pioneering the use of seaweed as an alternative to single-use plastic creating a revolutionary material made from seaweed and plants. It biodegrades in weeks, naturally.

Biomaterials

Ocean Forest

Ocean Forest’s vision is to substantially multiply food production from the sea in a sustainable manner by harvesting species from lower down in the food chain.

Production Feed Food

Ocean Rainforest

Cultivating seaweed in pristine ocean waters, improving people’s wellbeing and making a unique contribution to a blue regeneration on our planet.

Production Feed Food

Oceans of Energy

Oceans of Energy is the worldwide leader in offshore solar, the first company in the world to install & operate an offshore solar farm system in high wave conditions.

Value chain independent

OceanWide Seaweed

OceanWide Seaweed developed an innovative and sustainable seaweed farming method, which allows large scale and profitable cultivation of the red algae Dulse.

Production Food

OD Designstudio

OD consists of a club of driven creative professionals who have a lot of fun working on brands and building brands.

Service Value chain independent

Olijck Sea Veggies

Olijck Sea Veggies stimulates consumers to put effort into the protein transition by offering food products full of taste and wonder!

Food

Origin by Ocean

Rid the oceans of harmful algae and turn it into everyday goods. The mission of Origin by Ocean is to make the chemical industry run on algae.

Production Biomaterials Biostimulants

Orsted Wind Power

Ørsted’s develops offshore and onshore wind farms, solar farms, energy storage facilities and bioenergy plants and provides energy products to their customers.

Service Value chain independent

Producentenorganisatie van de Nederlandse Mosselcultuur

The Producers' Organization of the Dutch Mussel Culture is the trade association to which all mussel growers in the Netherlands are affiliated.

Value chain independent

Provincie Zuid Holland

The Province of South Holland is, together with the Municipality of the Hague, initiator of 'Campus@Sea.' A field lab for testing seaweed farming and other innovations at sea.

Value chain independent

RoffaReefs

Together with Rotterdam Zoo, RoffaReefs developed a 100% vegan fish feed with seaweed and a breeding system based on knowledge gained in aquaculture and aquaria.

Education & Research Feed

Royal Dirkzwager

With 200.000 ship movements each year, Royal Dirkzwager operates in the heart of the shipping industry by monitoring maritime traffic 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Service Value chain independent

Schuttelaar & Partners

Schuttelaar & Partners dream about a sustainable and healthy future. For 25 years they have been working with their customers to realise this.

Service Value chain independent

Sea First Foundation

Knowledge is power. Sea Green stimulates the knowledge of our oceans by promoting education on 'Ocean Literacy' at schools and by giving lectures.

Education & Research Value chain independent

sea green

Sea Green is a fully integrated solution for seaweed farming based on a technology platform that facilitates a more democratic value chain for coastal communities around the world.

Food

Sea Ranger Service

The Sea Ranger Service recruits and trains young people as maritime professionals whilst simultaneously improving ocean protection through offshore inspection and conservation work.

Service Value chain independent Education & Research

SeaFlavours

SeaFlavours, part of Oceans Unlocked, supplies retail, food services and food industry with (ready-to eat) seaweed and seafood salads.

Food

Seas The Opportunity

Accelerates decarbonisation through innovative and evolved marine and nature-based solutions; building and advancing regional and local 'Blue Economies.'

Service Value chain independent

Seaweed Scale up

Seaweed Scale up is a climate tech start-up in the blue economy that will farm and process seaweed in Europe.

Production

SeaweedTech

SeaweedTech produces seaweed in a controlled environment resulting in a raw product, clean from contamination.

Food Pharmaceutical / Medical Production

Shell

We are a global group of energy and petrochemical companies with more than 80,000 employees in more than 70 countries.

Value chain independent

Simply Blue Group

Simply Blue Group work with the ocean to develop blue growth strategies globally and fight climate change.

Service Production Bioenergy

Sirputis JSC

Sirputis JSC has the mission to transform the seaweed industry. Sirputis focusses on sustainable seaweed cultivation, harvesting, and processing.

Service Production

Smartland

Smartland develops innovative, integrated spatial solutions for projects in which landscape, urban planning, water management, ecology, architecture and product design come together.

Service Value chain independent

Stichting Natuur & Milieu

As an environmental organization, Natuur & Milieu is committed to a greener Netherlands. Onshore and Off-shore.

Value chain independent

Stichting Noordzeevis

Fish from the North Sea is relatively unknown in the Netherlands but has a delicious taste and high quality. Together with ambassadors, North Sea Fish Foundation is committed to putting North Sea fish on the menu.

Value chain independent

Stichting Zeeschelp

Focusing on stimulating innovations in (marine) aquaculture. For several years they have been involved in projects with seaweed cultivation.

Education & Research Value chain independent

Stichting Zeewierwijzer

Background information on seaweed and its many uses. Zeewierwijzer shows lots of recipes for healthy meals with seaweed ingredients.

Education & Research Value chain independent

The Dutch Weedburger

The best burger on the planet, for the planet. 100% plant-based and packed with proteins. Plant-based food full of protein and enriched with Dutch seaweed.

Food

The Impacters

The Impacters combine the power of design thinking with their creative skills and expertise to develop impactful results.

Service Value chain independent

The Seaweed Company

The Seaweed Company aims to contribute to a livable future with our seaweed-based solutions. Meanwhile regenerating our oceans.

Production Feed Service Food Biostimulants

The Seaweed Farmers

The Seaweed Farmers harvest seaweed for use as an organic fertiliser and bioplastics showing the value of seaweed as part of a circular economy.

Production Service Biostimulants Biomaterials

TKI Wind op Zee

TKI Wind op Zee stimulates and facilitates offshore wind innovations through research, development and demonstration.

Service Value chain independent

TNO

The goal of TNO is to make information accessible to businesses and governments. As an organisation governed by public law, they maintain an independent position.

Education & Research Value chain independent

Unilever

Unilever is the largest fast moving consumer goods company in the Benelux.

Food

Van Oord

Creating a better world for future generations by delivering Marine ingenuity. Van Oord is also partner in the NSF#1 project.

Service Value chain independent

Vattenfall

Vattenfall does not only consume energy, but they also build new offshore wind farms in the Netherlands.

Service Value chain independent

Vlielander Zeewierkaas

Making delicious cheese with and without seaweed based on one of the Dutch Islands called Vlieland.

Production Food

VYLD

Although it affects 50% of the global population, menstrual health is still a stigmatized and underserved subject. VYLD produces healthy period products made from seaweed.

Biomaterials

W. van der Zwan

Providing their international customers with healthy, nutritious and good quality fish.

Value chain independent

Waardenburg Ecology

Waardenburg Ecology is the largest independent green consultancy organization in the Netherlands. In general, they work for governments and private companies.

Service Education & Research

Wageningen University and Research

WUR is a collaboration between Wageningen University and the Wageningen Research foundation. Their mission: ‘To explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life’

Education & Research Value chain independent

Your Well

Your Well specializes in the distribution and marketing of products (natural food, health and care products) based on seaweed.

Food

Zeefier

The purpose of Zeefier is to raise awareness on sustainability in the textile industry by proposing seaweed as a viable resource. Zeefier uses waste streams or by-products of seaweed to create beautiful and rich textile colours.

Biomaterials