โ Scribed by Thomas F. Mumford
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
The cultivation of the red alga Porphyra in North America to produce the edible product nori' is now in its tenth year of development . Cultivation technology has been transferred and modified from Japan and Korea . Early efforts by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources indicated that cultivation is biologically feasible and could be economically viable . Commercial production has begun in Washington, U .S .A . and in British Columbia, Canada . Early products are of high quality . Constraints to more rapid development are institutional -obtaining necessary permits for use of water areas and financing is difficult . ' This paper is dedicated to the memory of Bud' Brinkhuis -friend and fellow phycologist who will be missed by all of us growing seaweeds .
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