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Câr-Y-Môr is a community benefit society that aims to improve the coastal environment and people's well being - registered in August 2019.

07/11/2026

A little shout out to our most dedicated Câr-y-Môr volunteer who paws hours of his time into our community business FOC - the wonderful Fred.

This salty sea dog is never far from Tommy’s side, stepping aboard however ruff the conditions.

Freddie, you’re a legend. Thanks fur everything 🐾

06/11/2026

POV: You’re a Welsh sea farmer in November 🌅

03/11/2026

Mighty mussels…

There’s been lots in the press recently about the UK’s reliance on the “big five” – the 80% of seafood we eat which centres around just five species (cod, tuna, prawns, salmon and haddock).

Many experts are asking us to look at alternative seafood choices, ones that are more sustainable, and readily available within our own waters.

Like Welsh mussels.

According to the Marine Conservation Society, swapping to mussels is “one of the most ocean-friendly choices you can make”.

As filter feeders, mussels are eco-superstars, filtering up to 50 litres of water every single day.

Ours are rope-grown alongside their fellow bivalves, scallops and oysters, and seaweed on our regenerative sea farms off the Pembrokeshire coast. This is a sea farming method known as IMTA (Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture).

This low impact method uses no fertiliser or fresh water. We literally let nature do its thing in the A-grade Ramsey Sound, with some of the mussel spat (baby mussels) naturally settling on the ropes.

Brought to shore by our local team, year-round, our mussels are processed less than four miles from where they were gathered.

They go through a process called depuration – where they are held in tanks of seawater for 42 hours to clean them.

Highly nutritious, mussels are quick to cook and arguably at their sweetest throughout autumn and winter.

Search “mussels” on Good Food for recipe inspiration.

And make the most of our current offer on fresh Pembrokeshire mussels The Sea Farm Shop or online at beachfood.co.uk

21/10/2026

Gweithgar - Hard Work ⚓️

Our community is built on hard work, resilience and not giving up - whether working on the boat, out on field trials, in the kitchen, licensing, fundraising, or through countless behind-the-scenes efforts.

Every day is a full-team effort, where every role drives real change and creates lasting impact, no matter the challenge.

And nowhere has that sentiment rung truer than out on our sea farms this past few weeks.

Thanks to the marine licence extension we were granted earlier in the year, it’s been all hands on deck to get the new seaweed lines in situ.

Yesterday was a particularly long one, with our working team heading out early into the Ramsey Sound on a mission to add the new seeded lines to our sea farms before the autumn storms blow in.

Don’t be deceived by the blue skies in the video; this was a day of very changeable weather where the team had to dig deep.

You’ve certainly got to have strong sea legs to do this job! 🌊

“It was amazing work by everyone at sea,” said our working partner Tommy once he was safely back on dry land with a brew!

“It was a really tough one and not much fun most of the time. 🤣

“But we made it happen, and hopefully it will lead to plenty of seaweed growing for next year!🤞”

The team plans to be back out again tomorrow for the final few jobs. If you happen to be walking the coast path please do give them an encouraging wave!

14/10/2026

Splice, Splice, Baby! 🪢🌊

A lot happens before a seaweed farm reaches the water.

Our working team recently spent several days preparing spreader bars, rigging buoys and C-links, and carefully measuring, cutting and splicing every line.

We’ve now deployed four new five-line arrays: two at St Justinians, one at Porthlysgi and one at Carn ar Wig.

That’s 20 lines and around 5.4km of growline, ready for the seeded seaweed twine.

A huge team effort - one splice at a time! 🌱

📷 Pictured is Tommy teaching his fellow working partner Andrea a new skill ⚓️

06/10/2026

“A rising tide lifts all boats”…

This phrase was coined by John F. Kennedy in 1963 to denote how an improved economy benefits all within that economy.

And with those words in mind, we’re excited to announce our own “rising tide”; one we hope will lift all boats in our Welsh community…

Câr-y-Môr has received long-term backing from rural insurer NFU Mutual.

The initial £1.3m, ten-year loan to Câr-y-Môr forms part of NFU Mutual’s wider commitment to protecting rural lives and livelihoods across the UK.

It will allow our team to focus on commercial growth and returning value to our coastal community – that same community that took a risk to get our fledgling sea farming business off the ground.

Diolch yn fawr iawn to NFU Mutual for their backing. It means the world to us that they have understood we’re trying to do something new to create jobs and help the environment, and then offered us support to do this on terms built for who we are.

We also hope this news will prompt wider financial support for the UK’s regenerative aquaculture sector.

Today we’ve enjoyed the opportunity to discuss this at the Aquaculture Common Issues Group (ACIG), which has met under the topic of “how regenerative aquaculture, particularly the cultivation of low trophic species like oysters, mussels and seaweed, can help shape a more resilient and sustainable food future”.

For further details on the NFU Mutual loan, please visit our website.

📷Jonathan Priestley, Head of Finance, Actuarial and Investment Office at NFU Mutual, and Nick Turner, NFU Mutual Chief Executive, during a visit to our Pembrokeshire sea farm.

28/09/2026

Today marks six months since we first opened the doors of Y Galon (The Heart).

This sea farm shop is the public-facing space within Sied-y-Môr, Câr-y-Môr’s state-of-the-art seafood processing facility and seaweed biorefinery.

Those who visited us prior to the opening of Y Galon will have experienced our first shop: an up-cycled shipping container!

Forming the backdrop for our commercial operations for more than five years, inside we sold fresh seafood and seaweed deli products year-round.

It was cold and cramped, but it was vital; giving our team a place to showcase the produce from our own sea farms – both shellfish and seaweed - alongside what we processed and bought in from our superb Welsh fishing and gathering community.

That shipping container generated an important income that laid the foundations for Câr-y-Môr’s viability. But as we grew, we needed something that better represented who we are and what we do, whilst serving our community and supporting our working team.

So at the end of March 2026 we moved into Sied-y-Môr, opened Y Galon, and marked a pivotal step in our growth.

This step has allowed us to expand our range of fresh seafood; support fellow local suppliers; welcome increasing numbers of visitors; educate more children; and finally provide our year-round working team with a space that does justice to their incredible hard graft.

What’s more, we think we’ve opened the UK’s first “sea farm shop” (if you know of another... please do let us know!) – selling produce grown and harvested from our sea farms just four miles away.

With today’s milestone in mind, we thought it about time we gave the sea farm shop its own platform. So if you don’t already, please follow and share our page on Instagram:

Here we’ll be updating you on stock, offers and fresh produce – while will remain our main account for job opportunities, education workshops, research, news and more.

Diolch yn fawr iawn to all who support our mission. Whether it’s buying seafood, joining as a member for £1, or simply following our story, every action supports us to become viable, For the Love of the Sea.

21/09/2026

📣Calling all farmers…

Are you buying fertiliser ready for next season?

Our Câr-y-Môr Biostimulant is a Welsh, homegrown seaweed foliar spray which can offer a natural alternative to synthetic fertilisers as well as:

🥔Help protect yields;

🌱Improve nutrient uptake;

☀Support resilience;

🚜Reduce reliance on artificial fertiliser.

In our trials backed by Welsh farmers, we found yields were up 29% on conventional grassland when fertiliser was reduced by 40% and the seaweed biostimulant applied. And yields of organic potatoes increased 24% after biostimulant application.

Interested? Drop our Biostimulant Partner Nick an email at [email protected] to discuss liquid seaweed use on your farm.

Or comment "BIOSTIMULANT" below and we'll DM you with further details.

Find out more about how our seaweed biostimulant is produced and read the trial report in full at: carymor.wales/biostimulant

16/09/2026

Thank you for visiting us

This morning we were thrilled to welcome a group of students from the University of Reading who are all studying for their BSc in Environmental Management.

Led by our working partner Jess in the superb surrounds of the students undertook a workshop to discover how we created the first shellfish and seaweed farm in Wales, and why we're now operating the first seaweed biorefinery in Wales in a bid to restore the soil, as well as the sea - all whilst putting Welsh seafood back on the menu and creating jobs for our coastal community.

We look forward to welcoming the students on this course every September, as it's always a pleasure to hear their questions and inspire their studies.

Diolch yn fawr iawn for taking an interest in what we do for the love of the sea.

We hope your students have an insightful experience on the remainder of their Pembrokeshire journey.

Address

Upper Clegyr
Saint David's
SA626QN

Opening Hours

Monday	10am - 5pm
Tuesday	10am - 5pm
Wednesday	10am - 5pm
Thursday	10am - 5pm
Friday	10am - 5pm
Saturday	10am - 5pm
Sunday	10am - 5pm

Telephone

+447772597776

Website

http://carymor.wales/

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