Figure 2 in Development and objectives of the PHYCOMORPH European Guidelines for the Sustainable Aquaculture of Seaweeds (PEGASUS)

Figure 2: The development of sustainable seaweed aquaculture in Europe faces a number of challenges: market size, potential environmental impact, and preservation of local genetic diversity, the need to intensify research – both fundamental and applied, regulation of food quality, heavy metals or alien species, and cultivation constraints ranging from automation to issues of epiphytism (© Michele Barbier).