TONGA: How a seaweed family business survived COVID and the volcano eruption.
Channel: Pacific Community
Date: 06/10/2022

Seaweed development in Tonga is a vibrant industry, a brown type seaweed called “mozuku” is a Tongan commodity. Since 2019 SPC has provided technical assistance to the South Pacific Mozuku Tonga Ltd under a grant agreement. Mozuku is an export-driven market, produced in Tonga and exported to Japan for the cosmetic industry. Due to the COVID pandemic, the mozuku industry in Tonga was severely affected by not being able to export due to the shutdown of international flights, and then by the volcano eruption that brutally impacted the business.  

This project is funded by The New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

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