It is being used as a fertiliser as costs rise due to the war in the Middle East.
Marine farmer Suzie Flores also hopes the crop can revitalise the US's small fishing towns.
Camel Fish withdraws an appeal against a national planning decision after it was refused permission.
Black, crispy, often flat and square, dried seaweed is growing in popularity - but also in price.
Wakame - used in the food industry in Asia - was recorded on the Galloway coast for the first time.
The Marine Management Organisation cites new environmental and safety concerns.
Volunteers in Hastings launch a project to grow kelp in a laboratory for planting out on the sea bed
Societe Jersiaise says the project will shed light on the "relatively unseen" calcified red seaweed.
The Marine Management Organisation rejected plans for Port Quin, Cornwall,
