'Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi'
Abstract
Seaweeds, constituting an important
renewable marine resource, grow in the
shallow waters of sea wherever suitable
substrata are available. In India seaweeds are
found more abundantly along the southeastern
and northwestern parts of the coast, and
they are very sparse or negligible along
other parts. The seaweeds are traditionally
harvested on a commercial scale by skin diving
from the two important regions mentioned
above
