South Australia looks to harvest seaweed

South Australia wants to cash in on the increasing demand for seaweed by farming it alongside tuna and yellowtail kingfish. Fisheries Minister Michael O'Brien said farming seaweed within existing ocean pens used for tuna and kingfish could deliver an enormous boost to South Australia's fishing and aquaculture industries.

"The overall aim is to farm seaweed alongside finfish, where waste products and dissolved nutrients can be utilised by seaweed for growth," Mr O'Brien said. The minister said a $A1.1 million (€798,530.)  three-year project would seek to establish a viable harvest. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers