Over the last few years there has been a growing interest in large-scale, commercial seaweed harvesting, in particular the kelp species Laminaria hyperborea.

In 2016, Marine Scotland opened a public consultation asking for views on ‘Wild Seaweed Harvesting’ (the Trust’s response can be found here), and recently Marine Biopolymers Ltd submitted a scoping report for harvesting L. hyperborea from Scotland’s west coast.

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