Tighten rules on seaweed farming, UN says
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Seaweed farming needs tighter regulation to limit damage to the environment after booming into a $6.4 billion business with uses in everything from sushi to toothpaste, a United Nations study showed on Sunday.
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Tighten rules on seaweed farming, UN says. (2016, September 5). Philippine Daily Inquirer, p. A11.
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