Kelp farming on Sweden's west coast: Environmentally friendly aquaculture | HALIEUTIQUE MER ET LITTORAL | Scoop.it

The negative environmental effects of kelp cultivation is very limited, especially compared to other kinds of aquaculture, according to studies from experiments in a two-hectare test farm in Kosterhavet at the Swedish west coast. The results are presented in a new dissertation by Wouter Visch, who has studied the brown algae sugar kelp, Saccharina latissima.