Report for Workshop on Seaweeds Introduction, Cultivation and Products2nd May 2016,

Bachok Marine Research Station, Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences (IOES), University of Malaya, Bachok Kelantan

The Workshop on Seaweeds Introduction, Cultivation and Products (Bengkel Pengenalan Rumpai Laut, Pengkulturan dan Produk Rumpai Laut) was successfully organized by the Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences (IOES), University of Malaya (UM), in association with the Equitable Society Research Cluster, University of Malaya with the aim of bringing together the researchers, potential seaweed farmers, local/ coastal communities and government officers in Malaysia to introduce the University of Malaya Grand Challenge Sub – Programme B: Development of Offshore and Onshore Systems for Cultivation of Selected Seaweeds (Leaded by Professor Dr Phang Siew Moi) and Sub – Programme C: Socio-Economic Assessment and Impact of High Value-Added Products Derived From Seaweed (Leaded by Associate Professor Dr Hanafi Hussin to the local and coastal communities at Bachok, Kelantan.

The workshop was held at the Bachock Marine Research Station, Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences, University of Malaya, Kampung Kuala Rekang, Bachok, Kelanatan, 2 May 2016. Twenty four participants including potential seaweed farmers, local/ coastal communities, researchers and postgraduate students from Malaysia attended the workshop. Lectures were delivered in the training workshop were as follows: Pengenalan Rumpai Laut dan Produk Rumpai Laut by Professor Dr Phang Siew Moi Rumpai Laut dan Penduduk Persisiran Pantai by Assoc. Professor Dr Hanafi Hussin Pengkulturan Rumpair Laut by Dr Yeong Hui Yin & Professor Dr Phang Siew Moi Sistem-Sistem Pengkulturan Lautan bagi Kultivasi Rumpair Laut by Assoc. Professor Dr

Sulaiman Oladokun Olanrewaju Produk bernilai tinggi daripada rumpai laut by Assoc. Professor Dr Juan Joon Ching

The training workshop also demonstrated on the onshore cultivation systems for selected Malaysian seaweeds as well as introduced the selected potential seaweeds during the hand-

on session. The workshop also offers a platform for the discussion and idea exchanges among the researchers, potential seaweed farmers as well as the local communities.

Opening remarks by Professor Dr Phang Siew Moi, Director, Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences (IOES), University of Malaya.

Workshop lectures were delivered by University of Malaya Grand Challenge Programme’s members.

Discussion and idea exchanges among the researchers, potential seaweed farmers as well as the local communities.

Demonstration on the onshore cultivation systems for selected Malaysian seaweeds by Professor Dr Phang Siew Moi, Project Leader and Workshop Chairperson during the training workshop.

Group photo during the workshop hand-on session which demonstrated the selected onshore cultivation systems for Malaysian seaweeds at the Bachok Marine Research Station (BMRS), Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences (IOES), University of Malaya, Bachok, Kelantan.