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A
~
3000 km
Fig.2.1. Worldwide geographic distribution of algal proliferations. (After Briand 1987)
Climates: A Arctic; S subarctic; F microthermal; C meso thermal; T intratropical. Legend:
1 Germany; 2 England and Wales; 3 Scotland; 4 France; 5 Ireland; 6 Italy; 7 Norway; 8
The Netherlands; 9 Sweden; 10 Spain; 11 Portugal. 12-21 USA: 12 Massachusetts; 13
Rhode Island; 14 Connecticut; 15 New York; 16 North Carolina; 17 South Carolina; 18
Florida; 19 Washington; 20 Oregon; 21 California. 22 Cuba; 23 Argentina; 24 Tunisia; 25
Senegal; 26 Republic of South Africa; 27 Tanzania; 28 India; 29 China; 30 Japan; 31 Guam;
32 Hawaii; 33 Australia; 34 New Zealand
dismayed husband: "Don't think of it as sea-weed, but as sea-lettuce".
Indeed if records relate that dulse was eaten fourteen centuries ago,
currently the use of algae in food is expanding, particularly in the healthfood industry; the European-grown Undaria pinnatifida is now commonly used as human food. The ancient Greeks fed seaweeds to cattle in
times of scarcity. And the press hails at regular intervals sea plants as the
saviors of humanity the day lack of food will starve people.
One may wonder, however, considering that sea plants are hard to
digest and have a high mineral content whether consumption as food
and/or feed will make a large dent in the algae "oversupply". Agricultural use, pharmaceutical preparations, packing materials are common
but limited markets. Agricultural use has even been in decline because in
industrial countries chemical fertilizers are cheaper.
A case has been made about the use of algae in cosmetology (Xn th
International Seaweed Symposium [1984]; Y. De Roeck-Holtzhauer in Seaweed Resources in Europe [1991]; L. Evin in Bull. Soc. Dermopharm.
R.H. Charlier and Th. Lonhienne
A
~
3000 km
Fig.2.1. Worldwide geographic distribution of algal proliferations. (After Briand 1987)
Climates: A Arctic; S subarctic; F microthermal; C meso thermal; T intratropical. Legend:
1 Germany; 2 England and Wales; 3 Scotland; 4 France; 5 Ireland; 6 Italy; 7 Norway; 8
The Netherlands; 9 Sweden; 10 Spain; 11 Portugal. 12-21 USA: 12 Massachusetts; 13
Rhode Island; 14 Connecticut; 15 New York; 16 North Carolina; 17 South Carolina; 18
Florida; 19 Washington; 20 Oregon; 21 California. 22 Cuba; 23 Argentina; 24 Tunisia; 25
Senegal; 26 Republic of South Africa; 27 Tanzania; 28 India; 29 China; 30 Japan; 31 Guam;
32 Hawaii; 33 Australia; 34 New Zealand
dismayed husband: "Don't think of it as sea-weed, but as sea-lettuce".
Indeed if records relate that dulse was eaten fourteen centuries ago,
currently the use of algae in food is expanding, particularly in the healthfood industry; the European-grown Undaria pinnatifida is now commonly used as human food. The ancient Greeks fed seaweeds to cattle in
times of scarcity. And the press hails at regular intervals sea plants as the
saviors of humanity the day lack of food will starve people.
One may wonder, however, considering that sea plants are hard to
digest and have a high mineral content whether consumption as food
and/or feed will make a large dent in the algae "oversupply". Agricultural use, pharmaceutical preparations, packing materials are common
but limited markets. Agricultural use has even been in decline because in
industrial countries chemical fertilizers are cheaper.
A case has been made about the use of algae in cosmetology (Xn th
International Seaweed Symposium [1984]; Y. De Roeck-Holtzhauer in Seaweed Resources in Europe [1991]; L. Evin in Bull. Soc. Dermopharm.