Sustainability at FMC BioPolymer

  Seaweed for Agriculture

With the well-known benefits of using seaweed to enhance agricultural production, FMC provides local farmers with seaweed based by-products directly from FMC manufacturing facilities.

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Seaweed farming enhances the environment  



  1. Seaweed farms may consume nutrients   from agriculture and urban runoff protecting coral reefs  from wild seaweed blooms.
  2. Seaweed farms can act as habitat for juvenile and adult fish and invertebrates, enhancing the ecosystem.
  3. Seaweed farming, if done according to FMC Best Farming Practices, is a sustainable alternative livelihood to dynamite fishing, over fishing, coral harvesting and other unsustainable and destructive jobs.
  4. Farming the sea promotes a stewardship mentality since farmers will be concerned about water quality for their livelihood. 
Sustainable seaweed  Farming

FMC BioPolymer’s Norwegian harvest is fully regulated and sustainable.  The coastline is divided into more than 400 zones on a five year rotational harvest cycle.  Similarly, Estonia has a maximum sustainable yield harvest program and Mexico, Australia and Iceland have a strict permitting system to assure a sustainable harvest.  FMC BioPolymer also supports Chile’s seaweed harvest management plans.


Building a Sustainable Community & Sustainable Environment

FMC BioPolymer partnered with the Government of Tanzania and the University of Dar es Salaam in establishing the seaweed farming industry in Tanzania in 1989.

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