Growing awareness of the climate crisis and a shift to plant-based diets have turned kelp farming into a thriving industry. While farmers in much of the US spend the late…
Coastal Communities Network
Scotland
Scotland
Posts Tagged ‘Seaweed’
MBL claim kelp harvesting ‘entirely sustainable’
Monday, November 19th, 2018
Traditional seaweed hand harvesting image © BBC News Backers of a controversial plan to harvest kelp off the Scottish coast have said it could support a £300m industry. The...
Read More...
Sir David Attenborough demands MSPs protect kelp
Friday, October 26th, 2018
Kelp Forest Image © Richard Shucksmith for SNH, Flickr Renowned naturalist Sir David Attenborough has insisted it is “absolutely imperative” that action is taken to protect kelp in Scotland’s...
Read More...
Big company plan to harvest kelp makes waves
Thursday, September 6th, 2018
Ailsa McLellan dons her wellies and waterproofs and heads to the seaweed-covered shoreline near her home in Leckmelm outside Ullapool. Around her, there is nothing for company but the mountainous...
Read More...
Kelp dredging proposal criticised by Scottish conservationists
Tuesday, August 28th, 2018
Kelp bed, Richard Shucksmith © SNH A proposal to mechanically dredge kelp forests off the coast of Scotland has led to an outcry from conservationists, who say it would...
Read More...
Who cares about eelgrass?
Wednesday, June 27th, 2018
This blog article from Untamed Science takes a look at the threats to aquatic plants, and restoration efforts underway to save Zostera marina, or eelgrass. For a little underwater plant,...
Read More...
Richard Lilley: Help us put seagrass meadows on the map
Monday, June 11th, 2018
In Scotland we are lucky. Our beautiful nation is blessed with a wealth of productive coastal habitats that provision us with some of the best seafood on the planet. Our...
Read More...
Seagrass supports 20% of fisheries, research finds
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2018
Popular fish for eating such as cod and pollock are reliant on the existence of healthy seagrass meadows, research led by Swansea University has found. The meadows - areas of...
Read More...
Giant Kelp: Here to Help
Saturday, April 28th, 2018
The year was 1834, and the HMS Beagle was sailing through the Strait of Magellan near Tierra del Fuego, when Charles Darwin’s mind turned to giant kelp. “The number of...
Read More...
What does the future hold for seagrass?
Thursday, February 22nd, 2018
What does the future hold for seagrass? Benjamin Jones considers the issues facing these valuable meadows in this BBC Earth Blue Planet 2 blog post. The savannahs of the seas...
Read More...
