By Jonathan Ross Our intention is to establish a registered charity structured as a Company Limited by Guarantee (CLG), which will serve as the principal legal entity for developing, managing, and replicating the sea farm model across Tasmania. This structure is widely used by not-for-profit and charitable organisations in Australia due to its governance transparency, legal protections, and eligibility for tax concessions.
This may take some time to setup so in the meantime to get the ball rolling, we will use the entity Bruny Island Seafarms Inc which is a registered incorporate association.
As a charity registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC), we will seek endorsement for key tax benefits through the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), including:
This structure will position us strongly to secure government grants, philanthropic funding, and partnerships with research and community organisations. It also enables public trust and accountability, with clear reporting requirements and independent governance through a board of directors.
While the CLG will manage education, outreach, and system development, we may also establish a separate trading entity—such as a social enterprise or cooperative—to handle commercial operations such as harvesting, processing, and product distribution, ensuring mission alignment and financial sustainability.
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By Jonathan Ross It is quite amazing the vast amount of resources and information that is available around ocean farming and particularly, seaweed cultivation.
Here's a selection of websites, videos, podcasts, and articles around aquaculture. These will be added to as more resources come to hand.
They are an American, nonprofit organisation whose goal is to "support 10,000 farmers, catalysing the scaled planting of regenerative ocean crops to yield meaningful economic and climate impacts."
Visit their website at www.greenwave.org for more information. You will be amazed at what resources they make, all free of charge on an 'open source' basis. Join the Ocean Farming Hub which is a free seed-to-sale training program designed by and for ocean farmers - www.greenwave.org/hub
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Australian Sustainable Seaweed Alliance
The go to stop for everything Australian seaweed. The ASSA is the peak body for commercial seaweed industry development in Australia - www.seaweedalliance.org.au
2022 Churchill Fellowship to study introducing integrated multi-trophic aquaculture into Tasmanian salmon farms
Report by Dr Shea Cameron, 2022 Churchill Fellow
Awarded by The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust - read his Fellowship Report here
Sea Forest
Seaweed cultivation with specific products and solutions for Tasmania - www.seaforest.com.au
Kelson Marine
Specialises in predicting how highly dynamic structures such vertical ocean farms will perform and survive in the ocean. We combine our advanced knowledge of ocean engineering with years of on-the-water experience. We deliver innovative, efficient, and reliable systems as well as robust, economical design solutions for ocean farming - www.kelsonmarine.com
Patagonia The Ocean Solution (recommended)
Bren Smith The Least Deadly Catch: Ocean Farming in the Climate Change Era (recommended)
BBC Earth Are Underwater Farms the Future of Food? | Our Frozen Planet
How Sam Elsom’s Tasmanian Seaweed Start Up Is Fighting Climate Change Article in the Hobart
Regenerative ocean farming. Can mariculture help solve our food crisis? Food Inspiration - The inspiration platform for professionals in food & hospitality
Grist This “ocean farmer” could make you hopeful about the future of the sea
CBC News Regenerative ocean farming' could be coming soon to a coast near you
There so many reasons why we as a community should be practicing ocean farming, both locally and on a global basis. It's a form of aquaculture that is
- ocean farms are regenerative, they actually restore damaged marine environments
- ocean farms are completely self-sufficient and environmentally friendly
- offer a 100% sustainable method of growing food
- relatively simple to establish and doesn't require massive amounts of capital to setup
- commercially viable with excellent profit potential
- creates employment and job opportunities, particularly in rural areas
- the shellfish are superb at natural water filtration
- carbon capture from the atmosphere by the seaweed
- seaweed is proven to extract excess nitrates from surrounding and thrive in such environments
- totally natural with no human inputs required like fertiliser, chemicals, anti-biotics or feeds are required
- ideally suited to the waters off Bruny Island, the D'Entrecasteaux Channel and east coast of Tasmania
- sea farms act as storm and swell barriers
- kelp has many, many uses, as food and as in ingredient in 100's of products.
- low visual and noise impact as the ocean farm is barely visible with all activity happening below the surface,
- act as artificial reefs, attracting fish and other wildlife.
- ocean farms can rebuild and restore a damaged marine ecosystem, turning an ocean desert into a place teeming with sea life
- offers an alternative to over-stretched, land based agriculture that can not provide the food we need in a sustainable manner.
By Jonathan Ross