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FIG. 3. Annual Chondrw, harvests from the Maritime Provinces of Canada. a, Nova
Scotia"; b, Prince Edward Island. Drawn from data in MacFarlane (1952,
1984a). (Reproduced with the permission of the author and the Pergamon Press.)
detailed account of the methods used in the seaweed industry of the
Maritime Provinces has been given by Newton (1963).
Feldmann (1952) reported that in France 101 000 tons fresh weight
of Laminaria sp. were utilized in 1950-1951, and mainly used in the
30,000 r
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FIG. 4. Agar production from agarophytes in Spain, 1944-1951. Drawn from data in
* Quantities in 1961, 1962 and 1964 were 1 840, 2 256 and 1 842 tons dry weight
Aravio-Torre (1962).
(MacFarlane, personal communication).