Seaweeds

Duration: 0:22:00

Creator: MLean Productions | National Film Board of Canada

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Focuses upon the research to determine possible harvesting techniques of seaweed for food and medicine. Documents sea harvesting of dulse and Irish Moss off the eastern coast of Canada's Maritime Provinces and presents several harvesting methods. Includes interviews with several research scientists and notes the need for continued research in methods of sea harvesting without upsetting the sea's ecological balance.

Complete Record: , Focuses upon the research to determine possible harvesting techniques of seaweed for food and medicine. Documents sea harvesting of dulse and Irish Moss off the eastern coast of Canada's Maritime Provinces and presents several harvesting methods. Includes interviews with several research scientists and notes the need for continued research in methods of sea harvesting without upsetting the sea's ecological balance.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.