A seaweed harvest at a kelp farm in Rongcheng in the Shandong Province of China. VCG/VCG via Getty Images When considering how to regulate the seaweed industry to mitigate potential climate ...

Kelp's prominence arises from its ecological sustainability and diverse applications in food, agriculture, cosmetics, and ...

World Seaweed Day on June 4 highlights seaweed's importance for marine ecosystems, nutrition, and climate solutions.

While he still casts his traps on occasion, farming kelp by hand and selling it as snacks and seasonings has become his main focus. Although China, Indonesia, South Korea, and the Philippines still ...

In China, the seed string cost-to-yield ratio is similar ... the state is home to the country’s first commercial kelp farm and boasts world-class scientists at the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean ...

In China and Korea, where seaweed farming first developed into a larger industry, governments provide kelp seed to farmers for free or at a subsidized cost. The lack of state support in the U.S ...

In 2022, China, the leading producer of finfish ... In Norway, for example, one farm is growing salmon and kelp in the hopes that the kelp will absorb nitrogen and other nutrients expelled by ...

“Often times, the people concerned about scale will show you a picture of farms in China ... seaweed farming area in Maine,” said Briana Warner, CEO of Atlantic Sea Farms, a kelp aquaculture ...

WITH SEA FARMING AND KELP. CHRISTA ROSEN AND INGA POTTER HEAD OUT FROM KITTERY POINT, MAINE, ANTICIPATING A HEALTHY HAUL. A LEISURELY TEN MINUTES FROM THE HARBOR, YELLOW BUOYS MARK THEIR GROW LINES.

Jon McGee of New England Sea Farms in Guilford said he harvested roughly 10,000 pounds of sugar kelp on his farm last spring, and he expects to grow roughly five times that volume this year.