The parallel progress made in recent years both in our understanding of seaweeds, and in the growth of the seaweed industry, were addressed by Dr. J. MacLachlan, then Chairman of the International Seaweed Association, in his opening address to the Eleventh International Seaweed Symposium held in Qingdao, People's Republic of China, June 19-25, 1983. At this same symposium, discussions between FAO, the Academia Sinica and the International Seaweed Association, focussed on the requirement for training in applied seaweed activities. The need for a handbook or guide to practical phycology was also taken into account for the management both of wild seaweed resources and seaweed cultivation by man. From these discussions, it became clear that it is premature to look for such a handbook in the near future, given that although great strides have been made in understanding the biology and natural chemistry of seaweeds, relatively little has been written of global relevance on practical aspects of harvest and cultivation. The present set of case studies, by providing a detailed description of a range of such industries, aims at providing some of the basic elements from which such a broader and more relevant summary can be drawn. At the same time, these studies themselves can be of direct value to those working in the present seaweed industries.
Distribution:
FAO Fisheries Department
FAO Regional Fishery Officers
Authors
Marine Sciences (General)
Fisheries Policy (General)
For bibliographic purposes this document should be cited as follows:
Doty, M.S., J.F. Caddy and B. Santelices 1986 (eds.). Case studies of seven commercial seaweed resources. FAO Fish.Tech.Pap., (281): 311 p.
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ABSTRACTS Seven case studies are presented on commercial seaweed resources; five on wild crops, respectively Ascophyllum nodosum, Chondrus crispus, Gelidium, Laminaria longicruris and Macrocystis, are provided along with case studies of the farmed crops of Eucheuma and Laminaria japonica. Individually the cases range from descriptions of the wild crops and their management to the managed production of farmed crops including, in several examples, some information on economics and/or processing. These initial seven cases range from those emphaizing but one species from but one part of one country, to studies of a genus as it occurs commercially throughout the world. |
