Kelp (Laminaria digitata, Laminaria hyperborea, Saccharina latissima, Saccorhiza polyschides, and Alaria esculenta)

Scotland provides a home to a wide variety of seaweed species, with different species thriving in different coastal areas. One of the most abundant and widely harvested types of seaweed, and one which has a lot of potential as a sustainable material, is kelp. Kelp is a large brown seaweed that grows on rocks, from…