PRODUCTION, TRADE AND UTILIZATION OF SEAWEEDS AND .
Output of furcellaran has risen steadily from about 100 tons in 1950, to around 500 tons per annum by the mid 1950s and reached between 700 and 1 000 tons annually during the 1960s. In recent years, production has been of the order of 1 200 per annum, prices varying between and per kg. 1