Mariculture of Red Seaweeds

摘要

As new applications for using red seaweed have developed, the demand for red seaweed has increased, to the point where commercial harvesting techniques now need to be developed to lessen dependence on wild seaweed stocks. The history of red seaweed use as a food in Asia, Polynesia, Europe and North America is traced. The seaweed's nutrient value and use as animal fodder, as 'nutrient scrubbers' to clean contaminated water, and as biomass for energy is documented. Attempts to manipulate seaweed habitat using artificial substrates, live storage, and vegetative propagation are described.