Patent ID: 7080478

Claim:
A method of cultivating seaweeds in land based seawater ponds, said method comprising the steps of: producing spores and sporelings sexually and asexually in cultures maintained in a phycological laboratory facility, growing the sporelings in suspension cultures under optimal growth conditions in a plurality of sleeves aerated and containing seawater enriched with nutrients 0.5 mM NH 4 Cl and 0.05 mM NaH 2 PO 4 H 2 O bi-weekly, transferring sporelings in the range of 0.5–1 cm long to small growth tanks that are nutrient enriched bi-weekly, transferring the matured sporelings to a plurality of large cultivation tanks that are nutrient enriched to allow for rapid growth yields of about 1 kg/m 2 /week, cutting the seaweed and transferring to inoculation ponds, cutting the seaweed and transferring to cultivation ponds, harvesting full grown seaweed pieces that reach 10 cm in length or 2.5–4 kg/m 2 density, drying and grinding the harvested seaweed, and preparing the resulting product for use.