seaweed farming
Ocean crop agriculture
Seaweed farming is the cultivation of marine algae for food, fertilizer, animal feed, or industrial uses.
Seaweed farms typically use ropes or nets suspended in coastal waters where the algae attach and grow.
Also called sea vegetable farming or marine aquaculture.
Seaweed farming has expanded rapidly in East Asia.
- food productionCreating consumable provisions
- noriDried edible seaweed sheets
- rope linesTethered crowd-control barriers
- dulseEdible red seaweed
- climate resilienceAbility to withstand environmental shifts
habitat restoration · mariculture · wakame · sustainable practices · agar · nutraceuticals · sea lettuce · kelp · kelp forest · carbon sequestration · water filtration · kombu · algae · ecological balance · sushi · sustainable · coastal communities · iodine
seaweed farmingfishing
Catching aquatic creatures
wild harvesting · hunting · trawling · gathering · foraging
seaweed farmingdryland farming
Cultivation without irrigation systems
crop farming · grain farming · wheat farming · cattle ranching · ranching
seaweed farmingfish farming
Cultivating aquatic livestock
shellfish farming · shrimp farming · oyster farming · salmon farming