Ocean Health Restoration

We are a team built to solve the world's most challenging problems.

Engineers, marine operators and fishing captains working alongside biologists and geneticists. Agronomists partnering with fabricators, software developers, and data engineers — it takes all of us to create the solutions our world needs.

Photo of a man in high visibility jacket on a pile of woodchips. Carbon Removal – Running Tide

Diver collecting macroalgae data from coastal microforest.

Employee tending to algae at shellfish hatchery.

scientist lookinging in a microscope

Our Partners

We’ve been on a mission to harness the power of the ocean to build a climate positive future since 2010.

2010s

Our CEO, Marty Odlin, conceptualizes the first microforest.

2017

Running Tide is founded and the team builds a system to revolutionize ocean growing.

2018

Our first macroalgae and shellfish are produced in Casco Bay, Maine.

2019

We start growing macroalgae on vertical lines.

We build IoT sensors and advanced automation systems.

2020

Our macroalgae passes carbon removal targets for the first time.

We open our shellfish hatchery in North America.

We deploy North America’s largest distribution of macroalgae lines.

2021

Our footprint scales as we operate multiple shellfish farm sites.

We operate the largest capacity macroalgae hatchery in North America.

We engage in the first of many restoration projects.

Our proprietary verification system is operational.

We conduct multiple research deployments into international waters.

2022

We are scaling carbon removal globally and producing millions of shellfish