Seaweed landings in 2002 reached 103.9 million pounds, compared to 81.9 million pounds in 2001.
Like most seaweed, it's raked out of the water when it's mature enough.
Sea kelp is a form of seaweed. As it grows, it takes iodine out of seawater. Over time, sea kelp has a much higher concentration of iodine than seawater. Sea kelp is harvested, dried, and burned to collect iodine. There are also several other products on the market containing seaweed that have an antiseptic nature.
Shore Seafood is the largest clam harvested in the US.
Modifilan is brown seaweed harvested by divers from the strain Laminaria japonica. It is found in the cold waters of the northern Pacific. The nutritional value of seaweed has been known for centuries, but it wasn't until after the Chernobyl incident in Russia that the unique properties of this seaweed were discovered by Russian scientists. (from eHow.com)
yes it is autotrophic
It really all depends on, if you are buying dryed seaweed to eat or wet seaweed, or some non-edible kind. It also depends on, where you would be buying it.
In US industrial agriculture, dry, mature soybeans are normally harvested with a combine harvester. Smaller operations might use a smaller combine, perhaps towed behind a tractor. They can also be harvested and shelled out by hand, but this is much more labor-intensive. Green soybeans in the form of edamame are normally harvested by hand.
Uh.....if you are thinking of eating it, you're sick. Sushi HAS seaweed, but I don't think it helps......much.
between August and October
It varies depending on how much natural precipitation is available, but in the driest parts of the US, a good corn crop can still be harvested from 6,000 gallons of water per bushel of grain harvested. That works out to about 3.7 acre-feet of water over the course of the growing season.
many do. the sea otter ties itself up with seaweed to prevent itself from drifting away on the tide while sleeping. the seaweed dragon hides amongst the seaweed, looking so much like the seaweed that predators cannot see it. there are many more creatures that use seaweed, but im not sur eof them right now.
It very much depends on the amount of corn produced, as if less corn is produced the prices rise and if more corn is harvested the prices drop- however, in the latter circumstance there is usually more to buy...