“Another likely reason is that purchasers are content with a lot of benefits brought on by restored seaweed beds, such as improved fishing grounds and water quality as well as CO2 absorption.

Divers have discovered large beds of a rare pink calcified seaweed growing off the coast of south Cornwall. The areas - known as maerl beds - form the basis of marine food chains in the area ...

They found the Fal and Helford Estuary Special Area of Conservation supports a vast area of maerl, a rare and ancient seaweed ... where the extent of the maerl beds are significant," he said.

Other than serving as spawning grounds for fish and hiding spots for their offspring, seagrass and seaweed beds are capturing global attention as an ecosystem for blue carbon, or carbon dioxide ...

In Sagami Bay off the coast of Kanagawa, just south of Tokyo, the seaweed bed areas have decreased 80% over the past three decades, according to Kanagawa Prefectural Fisheries Technology Center ...

This process ensures that the natural seaweed beds are left in peace to perform their important ecological roles. Zeewaar's seaweed farm is located in the Jacoba bay of the Eastern Scheldt.