Seaweed farming: a new lifeline for fishers facing declining catches
Seaweed has long been considered a healthy and enriching delicacy in many cultures. But with fish stocks under pressure it's..
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Seaweed
Macroscopic marine algae
Seaweed, or macroalgae, refers to thousands of species of macroscopic, multicellular, marine algae. The term includes some types of Rhodophyta (red), Phaeophyta (brown) and Chlorophyta (green) macroalgae. Seaweed species such as kelps provide essential nursery habitat for fisheries and other marine species and thus protect food sources; other species, such as planktonic algae, play a vital role in capturing carbon and producing at least 50% of Earth's oxygen.
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