Next time you bring home fish and chips, consider a sprinkling of health-giving seaweed. Karengo is the Maori name for edible red seaweeds that belong to the genus Porphyra, known in Japan as nori ...

Scientists are investigating if Aotearoa New Zealand’s seaweed and algae can be used in sun care products that are healthy for our skin and the environment. The scientists are looking at how ...

Seaweed gathered on Ninety Mile Beach (Te-Oneroa-a-Tōhē) holds a special bounty for the mussel spat harvesters of the Far North. They hope the strands of ...

New Zealand Food Safety is advising people not to consume a seaweed tonic being sold in glass bottles. There have been no reports of associated illness to date from the product labeled “NZ ...

A seaweed extract has the potential to combat inflammatory bowel disorders, say University of Tasmania researchers. Their new mice study showed the oral use ...

Rotting seaweed has plagued the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, US and West African coasts for a decade. So we’ve developed a new approach to turn what’s now rubbish into green electricity and ...

The industry is worth billions of dollar in Asia and the market is excited about another high-quality, New Zealand-made product. "Asia is interested because New Zealand's got a clean, green image ...

A United Nations report says that nearly 16 million tons of seaweed were farmed in 2008 — most of it in Asia. Yarish helped a company called Ocean Approved start the United States' first open ...

While you may have enjoyed seaweed wrapped around your favorite fish in sushi, it hasn’t exactly become a household name in the west—yet. However, seaweed farming may change that in the very ...