I'm involved with /r/seasteading, and 200 miles is the boundary where 'international waters' begin. Algae for biofuel seems like it would a great cash crop for seasteading, but if it would be easier and more productive to do it closer to land, or on land, then other avenues may have to be explored. So, would having a permanently manned seastead with an algae farm make technical and economic sense?

I'm a graduate researcher in algal biofuels (specifically cultivation of biofilms as a biomass and lipid source to mitigate harvesting costs) and was excited to see a subreddit for this specific area, but no posts in a year?

Is anybody else working out in the field? If so what are you doing? How is it going? Getting any government funding? Lets get this thing rolling (relatively) again.