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The Stone Biter: kelp regeneration steps out of the water with new documentary
Ocean Green partner Rissa Citizen Science presents The Stone Biter, a documentary by Ismaele Tortella showing how kelp forests in Northern Norway can recover through urchin removal and community-driven restoration.

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From sea to lettuce to better nutrition for Norwegians: early tests show biomass boost with urchin derivatives
From sea to lettuce to better nutrition for Norwegians: early tests show biomass boost with urchin derivatives
Locally produced biostimulant from urchins could deliver broad benefits.

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Breaking new water: Ocean Green partner Rissa Citizen Science begins work at new site in Tromsø
Ocean Green’s citizen science partner Rissa CS leads hands-on kelp restoration in Tromsø, engaging volunteers in urchin removal and marine education to help kelp forests and biodiversity return.

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"Where are the industry voices?" A UN Ocean Conference summary
Dagny-Elise Anastassiou summarises UN OC with the need for more seafood and fishing industry voices in ocean debates, highlighting Ava Ocean and Ocean Green as proof that business can drive sustainable change.

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Carbon markets 2.0: How the Ocean Green project fills a need far beyond carbon capture
The Ocean Green project highlights the significance of biodiversity credits alongside carbon markets. By restoring kelp forests in Norway and creating a circular economy, it showcases the broad benefits of holistic credit systems.

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‘You’ve got to get inside the mind of an urchin’
Where engineering and conservation come together to solve Northern Norway’s urchin problem

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UN Ocean Decade endorses Ava Ocean’s kelp restoration project
The Ocean Green regenerative fishery and kelp restoration project in Northern Norway, led by Ava Ocean, has received official endorsement from the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030).

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Meet the Ocean Green partners: Ava Ocean
Ava Ocean is the project lead for Ocean Green, and also responsible for the actual harvesting solution for urchins. In this article we meet project manager Dagny-Elise Anastassiou and learn more about Ava Ocean's role.

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Meet the Ocean Green partners: NIVA
Meet urchin-and-kelp-veteran Hartvig Christie and the rest of NIVA, in this article presenting Ocean Green partners and their roles in the project. NIVA is responsible for the important environmental impact assessments.

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Meet the Ocean Green partners: NIBIO
Meet NIBIO – one of Norway’s largest research facilities – responsible for two of the Ocean Green work packages: sea urchin valorisation and circular innovation - and the socioeconomic impacts analysis of the main value-chains.

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Meet the Ocean Green partners: Akvaplan-niva
"We want kelp restoration to be a self-perpetuating process": Akvaplan-niva on the possibilities of blue carbon and their role in the Ocean Green project.

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Ocean Green project kicks off below the surface in Tromsø
Ava Ocean’s engineers get familiar with the urchin problem and challenge ahead during trip to Tromsø.