University of Gothenburg
Swedish Mariculture Research Center, SWEMARC

Swedish Mariculture Research Center, SWEMARC

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  2. Swedish Mariculture Research Center, SWEMARC

The Swedish Mariculture Research Center, SWEMARC, is one of six interdisciplinary research centers at the University of Gothenburg with research that meets today's global societal challenges. Our goal is to increase the sustainability of farming food from the ocean through interdisciplinary and socially engaging research.

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News – 14 May 2025
Seaweed Aquaculture in Sweden has great potentials, study finds
Sweden has a long coastline with perfect conditions for seaweed cultivation, but current industry of edible macroalgae…
Lecture
A ship arrives loaded – with marine scientists
The full-rigged Sørlandet docks at Amerikakajen in the Port of Gothenburg, loaded with marine scientists, exhibitions and…
Research
SWEMARC Research Areas
The research within SWEMARC is organised into six highly integrated Research Areas (RA) to address key problems that…

Cooperate with SWEMARC

Cooperation
Aquaculture industry
Cooperation
Aquaculture associations and public actors

Educate yourself with SWEMARC

Education
Nordic Master's Programme in Sustainable Production and Utilization of Marine…
New publication from MAR-BIO: Media representation of aquaculture in Sweden
Education
PhD course "Transdisciplinary approaches to sustainable marine aquaculture" …
The course is aimed at PhD students with interest in production and management of marine bioresources through development of…
Education
Further development courses within aquaculture
Här kan du ta del av de skräddarsydda fortbildningskurser om vattenbruk för vattenbrukare, näringslivsutvecklare,…

SWEMARC's school of knowledge

Education
What is aquaculture?
Education
Publications
Scientific articles, dissertations and book chapters
An important task for SWEMARC is to disseminate scientifically correct information about aquaculture. Here you will find our…
Education
National Aquaculture Conferences
Sweden's seas and lakes have enormous commercial potential for the cultivation of fish, shellfish and other aquatic…

SWEMARC and the global sustainability goals

Research
SWEMARC and the sustainable development goals
SWEMARC work towards eleven out of the 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs). But we aim towards tre of the SDGs: SDG2…

Meet our researchers and students

Sophie is plumbing the depths of future foods
She started aquaponics at a school

SWEMARC is partially financed by:

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