Seaweed Aquaculture Provides Diversified Products, Key Ecosystem Functions Part II. Recent Evolution Of Seaweed Industry

Used mostly for the extraction of  phycocolloids, seaweeds remain a  relatively untapped resource with a  huge potential as edible food, feed  ingredients, cosmetics, agrichemicals,  biomaterials and bioenergy  molecules. Since they are also significant  nutrient and carbon sinks for this planet, seaweeds should be the objects of trading credits for the ecosystem services they render. However, some biotechnological issues and societal constraints remain. A long-term interdisciplinary implementation strategy based on aquanomy principles needs to be developed.