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Ireland aims to produce more seaweed for food and fertilizer
Aug. 9, 2010 — Stop anyone in the street and ask them which country is the most famous for eating seaweed, and nine times out of ten, the answer will be "Japan." But did you know that Ireland has at least a 900-year old tradition of eating seaweed! Seaweeds harvested in Ireland traditionally played a role in food products and in fertiliser products, and they still do, but a new seaweed cultivation project which is a joint collaboration between Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), the Irish Sea Fisheries Board and the Marine Institute and is funded under the Sea Change Strategy and the Marine Research Sub-programme of the National Development Plan, 2007-2013, has already demonstrated how this dynamic natural resource can be produced more effectively.
