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United States of America (XUS) Coastline 19,924 km    

 

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Commercial seaweed species & production
Genus species type Total mt Cultivated
Alaria esculenta brown n/a n/a
Alaria fitulosa brown n/a n/a
Ascophyllum nodosum brown 280 n/a
Asparagopsis taxiformis red n/a n/a
Chondrus crispus red 120 n/a
Codium muelleri green n/a n/a
Desmarestia spp. brown n/a n/a
Enteromorpha spp. green n/a n/a
Fucus gardneri brown n/a n/a
Gelidium spp. red n/a n/a
Gracilaria coronopifera red 1 n/a
Gracilaria parvispora red 1 n/a
Hypnea nidifica red n/a n/a
Laminaria bongardiana brown n/a n/a
Laminaria longicruris brown n/a n/a
Laminaria saccharina brown n/a n/a
Macrocystis integrifolia brown 14,721 n/a
Macrocystis pyrifera brown n/a n/a
Nereocystis luetkaena brown 20 n/a
Porphyra umbilicalis red n/a n/a
Postelsia spp. brown n/a n/a
Sargassum spp. brown n/a n/a
Ulva spp. green n/a n/a
total     15,143 n/a

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