Seaweed

Wakame - used in the food industry in Asia - was recorded on the Galloway coast for the first time.

The Marine Management Organisation cites new environmental and safety concerns.

Volunteers in Hastings launch a project to grow kelp in a laboratory for planting out on the sea bed

Societe Jersiaise says the project will shed light on the "relatively unseen" calcified red seaweed.

The Marine Management Organisation rejected plans for Port Quin, Cornwall,

Those involved in the Vraiqu'sie Project will receive £5,000 to further their work.

Scientists in the Caribbean are turning algae that have been choking beaches into biofuel.

Cornwall MP Ben Maguire says there is a lack of consultation by the Marine Management Organisation.