National Seminar on Shellfish Resources and Farming Session-I

Abstract

Seaweeds, constituting an important renewable marine resource, grow in the shallow waters of sea wherever suitable substrata are available. In India seaweeds are found more abundantly along the southeastern and northwestern parts of the coast, and they are very sparse or negligible along other parts. The seaweeds are traditionally harvested on a commercial scale by skin diving from the two important regions mentioned above.