Biochemical Database and Product Sheets for Seaweeds from Fiji, Samoa and Kiribati

Seaweeds are produced for food and as industrial products throughout the Pacific and many communities rely on this production for significant portions of their income. This industry is diverse in the types of seaweeds produced, whether they are cultured or harvested from the coastline, the way that they are processed and in the final use of the seaweeds. However, the biochemical charactertistcs of seaweed across the Pacific region, and the corresponding range of product opportunities, is not well understood. The aim of this research was to sample and characterise the biochemical composition of key species of seaweed from three countries (Fiji, Samoa and Kiribati). More than 1000 individual data entries on the biochemical properties of seaweed were made including analysis of fibre, protein, lipid, ash (minerals) and moisture content. The following product sheets were created for different species in different countries: Kappaphycus (Fiji, Kiribati), Caulerpa (Fiji, Samoa), Hypnea (Fiji), Gracilaria/Hydropuntia (Fiji), Ulva (Fiji, Kiribati), Acanthophora (Kiribati), Tomatoes (grown with Acanthophora seaweed compost, Kiribati).

海藻在整个太平洋地区被用于食品及工业产品生产，诸多社区的收入有相当一部分依赖于此产业。该产业品类丰富多元，涵盖养殖或海岸采收的各类海藻品种、多样的加工方式以及丰富的终端应用场景。然而，目前学界对太平洋区域内海藻的生化特性及其对应的各类产品开发机遇尚缺乏充分认知。本研究旨在对斐济、萨摩亚与基里巴斯三个国家的代表性海藻物种进行采样，并解析其生化组成。本研究共获取超1000条海藻生化特性相关独立数据条目，分析指标涵盖纤维、蛋白质、脂质、灰分（矿物质）及水分含量。研究团队针对不同国家的不同海藻物种编制了如下产品说明文档：麒麟菜属（Kappaphycus，斐济、基里巴斯）、蕨藻属（Caulerpa，斐济、萨摩亚）、杉藻属（Hypnea，斐济）、江蓠属/水松属（Gracilaria/Hydropuntia，斐济）、石莼属（Ulva，斐济、基里巴斯）、刺藻属（Acanthophora，基里巴斯），以及基里巴斯采用刺藻堆肥种植的番茄相关文档。