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Sri Lanka seaplant statistics

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Sri Lanka (XCE) Coastline 1,340 km

The Trincomalee area of Sri Lanka has been a source of Gracilaria and one can assume that this country has the potential for further development of seaplant-based industries, much as can be found in the nearby Tamilnadu area of India.

 

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Commercial seaweed species & production

Genus species type Total mt Cultivated
Gracilaria sp. red n/a n/a
Sargassum sp. brown n/a n/a
Turbinaria sp. brown n/a n/a
total     n/a n/a

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Acetabularia | Capsosiphon | Caulerpa | Codium | Dictyosphaeria | Enteromorpha | Ulva

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Alaria | Ascophyllum | Cladosiphon | Cystoseira | Desmarestia | Durvillaea | Ecklonia | Egregia | Fucus | Hizikia | Hydroclathrus | Laminaria | Lessonia | Macrocystis | Nemacystus | Nereocystis | Pelvetia | Postelsia | Sargassum | Scytosiphon | Turbinaria | Undaria

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