Boothbay Register cites UMaine rockweed statistics in article on seaweed industry
The University of Maine was mentioned in a Boothbay Register article about Robert Morse and his business, North American Kelp. The Waldoboro-based company processes kelp harvested off the coast of Maine, according to the article. Morse cited a UMaine study that found more than one million tons of rockweed exist on the state’s coast. Currently being harvested annually is around 1.4 percent or 14,000 tons, the article states.