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RedCascadian t1_iqof85n wrote

Reply to comment by thorium43 in Could offshore wind sites host edible seaweed farms? The Swedes think so by thorium43

Anchor points for mussels, too. Damn I love shellfish.

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Aggravating-Bottle78 t1_iqoq882 wrote

And the great thing about seaweed and shellfish farming is that there are very few inputs required as compared with land agriculture (ie fertilizer, weed killer, etc) and it grows all year round.

Cbc featured a Newfoundland fisherman who went from fishing to growing seaweed and oysters and mussels. He has been really good at promoting the industry.

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RedCascadian t1_iqp0q3v wrote

It's also carbon negative if done right, and benefits sealife, even cleans up the water!

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Aggravating-Bottle78 t1_iqpb794 wrote

Yes, in fact they can just grow it and sink it, and it grows very fast. It can actually be a good animal feed that is cheap (if you can transport it) and reduces the cow burps.

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xXSpaceturdXx t1_iqpexs2 wrote

I read an article once about some red seaweed that they could feed cows that was cheap and it reduced cow farts by a large percentage. But I think it was one of those things that is good on paper but it didn’t really catch on.

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angeredtsuzuki t1_iqpshyo wrote

The cows "didn't like the taste" apparently. Easier to just...not eat beef.

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secrettruth2021 t1_iqppbu2 wrote

From a polluted sea...

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RedCascadian t1_iqr5c5e wrote

Yes. The whole sea is too polluted for shellfish to be safe to eat. That's why grocery stores sell so much and we all get sick after eating it.

/s

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