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Sustainable harvesting of wild seaweed resources.
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Macroalgae have played an important role in coastal communities for centuries. In the past, they have been harvested and gathered from shorelines around the world for traditional uses such as food, animal feed and a crude fertilizer (marine manure). Today, seaweeds are used in a multitude of applications with expanding global industries based on hydrocolloids, cosmetics and food supplements, and also as a potential biofuel source. However, of the approximately 10 000 algal species reported to exist, only a small number are commercially utilized. While representing only a small fraction of total global seaweed production, harvesting and gathering ‘wild’ seaweeds has had, and continues to have, an integral role in many coastal societies, often being intrinsically linked to the cultural identity of those coastal communities. Today, 32 countries actively harvest seaweeds from wild stocks, with over 800 000 t harvested annually from natural beds. It is vitally important that seaweeds are utilized sustainably and that natural resources are effectively managed by coastal communities with vested interests around the world. As the popularity of seaweeds increases and the use of less traditional species with novel applications comes to the fore, it is critically important to make certain that the sustainability of the resource is ensured given the increased pressures of harvesting. Issues exist regarding ownership of the resource and its over-exploitation, and the implementation of environmentally damaging harvesting techniques must be avoided. Resource scientists, managers, conservationists, governments, and other stakeholders need to be proactive in the sustainable management of these vulnerable, yet valuable, resources.
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“A lack of accurate figures on the seaweed resource production has been identified as one of the main constraints to the development of the seaweed harvesting and farming industry in Europe (Mac Monagail et al., 2017)”
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“Some species like L. digitata , C. crispus , and P. palmata have an historical record of consumption as food (García Tasende and Rodríguez González, 2003; Mouritsen et al., 2013; Mac Monagail et al., 2017).”
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“The main volumes are harvested with the use of seaweed trawlers and mechanical cutting, an activity that started already in the 1960s and targets two main species: L. hyperborea and A. nodosum (Vea and Ask, 2011; Mac Monagail et al., 2017).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Mac Monagail, M., Cornish, L., Morrison, L., Araújo, R., & Critchley, A. T.
- Affiliations
- Earth and Ocean Sciences, School of Natural Sciences, Ryan Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
- J. S. Craigie Research Centre, Cornwallis, N.S., Canada
- Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway (IE)
- European Commission (BE)
- Private Phycologist, 10288, Hwy 1, Evangeline Trail, Paradise, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Venue
- European Journal of Phycology
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2017-10-02
- Volume
- 52
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 371-390
- ISSN
- 0967-0262 (ISSN-L)
- 1469-4433
- OpenAlex
- W2763355149
- Cited by
- 253
- References
- 158
- Citations by year
- 2026: 31 · 2025: 36 · 2024: 40 · 2023: 29 · 2022: 33 · 2021: 34 · 2020: 26 · 2019: 15 · 2018: 9
- FWCI
- 9.09
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- European Journal of Phycology (publishedVersion)
- ARAN (University of Galway Research Repository) (Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway) (acceptedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Arrow@dit (Dublin Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion)
- ARAN (University of Galway Research Repository) (Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Joint Research Centre (European Commission) (submittedVersion)
- University of Galway Research Repository (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- Research Repository UCD (University College Dublin) (cc-by-nc)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Oceanography › Marine and coastal plant biology
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Aquatic Science › Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Coastal and Marine Management
- Keywords
- seaweed, sustainable resource management, coastal communities, overexploitation, resource ownership, harvesting methods, marine conservation, seaweed biofuels, seaweed industry
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