Alaska`s fledgling commercial seaweed industry grows
(WorldNews Business)

Advertisement ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Alaska`s fledgling commercial seaweed industry is growing, with producers excited about this year`s harvest. There were no commercial seaweed farmers in Alaska five years ago, though there have long been subsistence seaweed harvests along Alaska coasts. Now, there are 16 aquatic farming operations permitted to culture species of seaweed in the state, said Cynthia Pring-Ham, the aquatic farming coordinator for the Commercial Fisheries Division of...