Table 3.

Status of commercial seaweed projects.

Project name	Project Location	Developer	Innovation	Reference
GENIALG	Europe	GENIALG/EU Horizon 2020	Developed innovative solutions to help production of seaweed biomass in Europe to become more economically and environmentally sustainable	[116]
REBECA	Macaronesia Region	Banco Español de Algas (BEA –Spanish Bank of Algae	Collection of seaweed from Macaronesia to conserve the biological diversity of the local seaweed and ocean life.	[117]
SeaStrains	Europe	The Alfred Wegener Institute	to lead the transition from decentralized, poorly documented seaweed stock cultures to a centralized, easily accessible biobank network of genetically and phenotypically characterized seaweed strains resources under the threat of global change through a centralized biobank.	[118]
SUBMARINER	Baltic sea region	SUBMARINER Network for Blue Growth EEIG	envision algae as a transformative tool to mitigate eutrophication, bolster aquatic ecosystems, and provide an eco-friendly source of nourishment for both human and animal consumption.	[47]
SIMBA project	Spain	CTAQUA	Cultivation of sea lettuce in open exchange with natural seawater in indoor cylinders, outdoor tanks, and salt evaporation ponds.	[119]
SIMBA project	Europe	WP3 leader NIOZ/NWO-I	The development of the microbiome growing on the seaweed Thalli (the plant body of algae that has a simple structure that does not have specialized tissues typical of higher plants, such as a stem, leaves and conducting tissues) will be determined, to compare this among cultivation systems and to study its potential relation with seaweed growth rate and biochemical composition. The final goal is to come to a formulation of the optimal microbiome composition for sustainable Ulva production in outdoor tanks.	[119]