In search for Hypnea musciformis

[rassa_61]

​I work for a Brazilian company specialized in innovation and manufacture of natural raw materials for the cosmetics industry with focus on sustainability.
Currently, we work with Hypnea musciformis from Northeast of Brazil, but to increase production we need to find other points of sourching as well. Or to increase the production in our farming through better farming method.
Can anyone help?

[kendall_barbery]

@rassa_61 Here are some resources and people who may be helpful:
Regarding cultivation:

• GreenWave hosted a Spotlight webinar with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) on Sustainable Seaweed Cultivation in the Caribbean last year. Find the webinar recording here:
• While we didn't touch on Hypnea sp., we did discuss different cultivation strategies that might be of use. In tandem with that effort TNC produced a situation analysis and technical guide for the seaweed industry in Belize, which also mentions Hypnea musiformis. Find the links to those documents on the TNC website, here: https://www.aquaculturescience.org/belize-seaweed-situation-analysis-and-technical-guide/
• TNC also published a free online course: Introduction to Tropical Seaweed Aquaculture

Regarding sourcing:

• GreenWave maintains a value-chain coordination app (Seaweed Source) but it caters mostly suppliers and buyers of kelp species and related ingredients
• Cultured Supply's Algae Supply Chain Builder may be another option, though a search for Hypnea only turned up one hit.
• Though GreenWave's new KelpCoLab program is focused on beauty brands in North America, given your affiliations with the cosmetics industry, you might be interested in learning more about it: https://www.kelpcolab.org/

@loretta_roberson @charles_yarish @simona_augyte @megan_considine -- any other thoughts/insights?

[craig_lewis]

@rassa_61 There is no evidence or mention of Hypnea musciformis being present in Newfoundland based on the available information. The species is documented in the Hawaiian Islands, where it was introduced in 1974 for mariculture and has since spread to O‘ahu, Moloka‘i, and Maui. Its global distribution includes regions such as the Mediterranean, Indian Ocean, Caribbean, South Africa, Southeast Asia, and parts of the Americas, including Florida and Brazil. While it is reported in areas like the Canary Islands, Madeira, and parts of West Africa  , there is no indication of its occurrence in Newfoundland.

[craig_lewis]

@craig_lewis This is a local company in Newfoundland https://www.7fathomsseaweedskincare.ca/
They just got $100K from the Dragons https://www.cbc.ca/dragonsden/pitches/7-fathoms

[craig_lewis]

@craig_lewis This is a local company in Newfoundland https://www.7fathomsseaweedskincare.ca/
They just got $100K from the Dragons https://www.cbc.ca/dragonsden/pitches/7-fathoms