SPECIES FIELD GUIDE

Seaweed

Requires no feed and absorbs nutrients from seawater; cultivated on rafts and lines along Indian coasts.

Seaweed

e.g. Kappaphycus alvarezii, Gracilaria spp.

Kappaphycus alvarezii seaweed cultivated in a display tank.

Photograph: Secretaria de Agricultura e Abastecimento Agriculturasp · CC BY 2.0. Depicted: Kappaphycus alvarezii. Wikimedia-provided thumbnail downloaded without further image edits; source page records any earlier changes.

  • Requires no feed and absorbs nutrients from seawater; cultivated on rafts and lines along Indian coasts.
  • Relevant to integrated multi-trophic aquaculture and to coastal livelihoods.