Údarás na Gaeltachta hosted a successful partner meeting at the beginning of April in Galway which partners presented on the following topics:

• Marketing and cultural story of seaweed
• Demonstration of web-based app for energy assessment
• Report on drying methods
• Advances in nutritional workstreams outcomes
• Use of water turbine for powering hatchery in Fámjin
• DNA profiling workstream outcomes
• Seaweed to fuel

During this partner meeting we also collaborated with the Marine Institute and their National Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project to develop new ways of assessing seaweed resource in Ireland.