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Production Service

Algaia

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

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.
algapelago

Anchors & Connections

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

Aqitec

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

Aquatic ape

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

Barentz

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

Bioprocess Pilot Facility (BPF)

BPF is the public pilot facility in Delft, where companies and institutes can scale up their biobased (seaweed) processes, food-grade and non-food-grade.
bpf
Feed

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.
blue-bar-1
Service

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.
blue-cluster
Feed

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.
blueblocks
Education & Research Service

BlueGent

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

BMS micro-nutrients

BMS Micro-Nutrients is specialized in the field of plant nutrition for all commercial crops with foliar nutrition.
bms-micro-nutrients-nv
Service Production

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.
boeg
Service

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.
brave-new-food
Service Education & Research

Bureau Waardenburg

Bureau Waardenburg is the largest independent green consultancy organization in the Netherlands. In general, they work for governments and private companies.
bureau-waardenburg
Service

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.
civ-den-oever
Service

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.
craeghs-consultancy
Production

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.
cultivocean
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.
damen
Service

Danvos

Support, training and advice during the development, implementation and maintenance of quality assurance and food safety systems.
danvos
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.
de-wolven
Education & Research Service

Deltares

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

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.
diergaarde-blijdorp
Service

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.
dlg-benelux
Service

Doggerland Offshore

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

DS Smith

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

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.
dutchcuisine
Service Education & Research

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.
dutch-marine-energy-centre
Production

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.
dutch-seaweed-group
Value chain independent

EABA

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

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.
erasmusmc
Service

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.
gasunie-new-energy
Value chain independent

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.
gemeente-den-haag
Service

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.
green-giraffe
Education & Research

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.
hanzehogeschool-groningen

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.
hortimare
Feed Service

Huiberts

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

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.
hz-university
Service

Impuls Zeeland

Stimulating the Zeeland economy and supporting innovative companies with financing, growth and establishment in Zeeland.
impuls-zeeland
Service Value chain independent

Invest NL

Enable financing for businesses and projects that seem impossible to finance.
investnl
Education & Research

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. 
lentiz
Service

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.
lobster-robotics
Service

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.
macquarie
Education & Research Service

MARIN

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

Menken van den Assem

Specialist in developing and packaging of products and representing various European brands with frozen products in the food service.
menken-van-den-assem

Ministerie van LNV

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

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.
murre
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.
nederlandse-vissersbond
Service

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.
nen

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.
nettenfabriek-de-noordzee
Education & Research

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.
nioz
Production Feed

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.
noordoogst
Production

Norfolk Seaweed

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

North Sea Greens

North Sea Greens is producing sustainably, biological and locally grown seaweed concepts for retail and food industry.
north-sea-greens
Service Feed

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.
north-seaweed
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.
notpla
Production Feed

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.
ocean-forest
Production Feed

Ocean Rainforest

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

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.
oceans-of-energy
Production

OceanWide Seaweed

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

OD Designstudio

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

Olijck Sea Veggies

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

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.
origin-by-ocean
Service

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.
orsted-wind-power
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.
productenorganisatie-van-de-nederlandse-mosselcultuur

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.
provincie-zuid-holland
Education & Research Feed

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.
roffareefs
Service

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.
royal-dirkzwager
Service

Schuttelaar & Partners

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

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.
seafirstfoundation

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.
sea-green
Education & Research Service

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.
sea-ranger-service
Feed

SeaFlavours

SeaFlavours supplies retail, food services and food processing industry with sustainably cultivated seaweed and seaweed products.
seaflavours
Service

Seas The Opportunity

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

Seaweed Scale up

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

SeaweedTech

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

Shell

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

Simply Blue Group

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

Sirputis JSC

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

Smartland

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

Stichting Natuur & Milieu

As an environmental organization, Natuur & Milieu is committed to a greener Netherlands. Onshore and Off-shore.
stichting-natuur-milieu
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.
noordzeevis
Education & Research

Stichting Zeeschelp

Focusing on stimulating innovations in (marine) aquaculture. For several years they have been involved in projects with seaweed cultivation. 
stichting-zeeschelp
Education & Research

Stichting Zeewierwijzer

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

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.
the-dutch-weedburger
Service

The Impacters

The Impacters combine the power of design thinking with their creative skills and expertise to develop impactful results. 
the-impacters
Production Feed Service

The Seaweed Company

The Seaweed Company aims to contribute to a livable future with our seaweed-based solutions. Meanwhile regenerating our oceans.
the-seaweed-company
Feed Production Service

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.
the-seaweed-farmers
Service

TKI Wind op Zee

TKI Wind op Zee stimulates and facilitates offshore wind innovations through research, development and demonstration.
tki-wind-op-zee
Education & Research

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.
tno
Feed

Unilever

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

Van Oord

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

Vattenfall

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

Vlielander Zeewierkaas

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

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.
vyld
Value chain independent

W. van der Zwan

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

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’
wur-university-and-research
Feed

Your Well

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

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.
zeefier
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About North Sea Farmers

North Sea Farmers (NSF) is an independent and not-for-profit sector organisation for the European seaweed industry. By enabling their members to become successful with their seaweed ambitions NSF hope to shape an innovative and prosperous sector in Europe. NSF works in the entire seaweed value chain and facilitates knowledge exchange on sustainable seaweed cultivation, production, marketing, education, policies and research, and facilitates joint innovation projects. NSF’s activities are mainly focused on, but not limited to, the North Sea. NSF has a PBO/ANBI status registered with RSIN: 851293931

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