Sea Forest
Pitchfest 2021 Winner
Website: www.seaforest.com.au
Headquarters: Triabunna, Australia
Year Commenced: 2018
Ocean Theme: Ocean Health, Ocean Harvesting, New Frontiers
Mission: Pioneering the cultivation of a natural solution to climate change.
Solution: Sea Forest has developed the technology required to cultivate asparagopsis seaweed at scale, which when fed to livestock reduces methane emissions by 90%. Sea Forest's sustainable cultivation technology unlocks the capacity to reduce global emissions by up to 15%, whilst pioneering the development of a new and environmentally positive Seaweed industry for Australia.
Why is innovation to transform ocean health important to you: “Our oceans are at a tipping point. With less than 3% of wild fish populations of the 1950’s, Fishing methods which dredge and destroy the seabed and increasing acidity as a result of increased CO2 in the atmosphere, the health of our oceans and their ability to support the planet is being seriously threatened by us. The need for ocean innovation and restoration has never been more urgent.” - Sam Elsom, CEO.