A Scarborough business founded by former fisherman Captain Wave Crookes has landed six figure funding to expand its seaweed and shellfish cultivation project.

Seagrown was launched in 2018 by former Royal Navy man Captain Crookes and marine scientist professor Laura Robinson, who met while working on the British Antarctic Survey. Their business operates a 25-hectare site off the coast of Scarborough and has successfully trialled its methods with windfarm operators as well as a £2.8m Government demonstration project which found its technology could ‘transform the seaweed industry’.

It sells a range of seaweed products and runs a Plant a Tree in the Sea scheme to help corporate clients meet sustainability goals. Seagrown is eyeing work with ports, offshore operators and utility companies w

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