Algaculture

Algaculture is a form of aquaculture involving the farming of species of algae.The majority of algae that are intentionally cultivated fall into the category of microalgae (also referred to as phytoplankton, microphytes, or planktonic algae). Macroalgae, commonly known as seaweed, also have many commercial and industrial uses, but due to their size and the specific requirements of the environment in which they need to grow, they do not lend themselves as readily to cultivation (this may change, however, with the advent of newer seaweed cultivators, which are basically algae scrubbers using upflowing air bubbles in small containers).Commercial and industrial algae cultivation has numerous uses, including production of food ingredients such as omega-3 fatty acids or natural food colorants and dyes, food, fertilizer, bioplastics, chemical feedstock (raw material), pharmaceuticals, and algal fuel, and can also be used as a means of pollution control.Global production of farmed aquatic plants, overwhelmingly dominated by seaweeds, grew in output volume from 13.5 million tonnes in 1995 to just over 30 million tonnes in 2016 (Source: Wikipedia)

藻类养殖是一种水产业形式，涉及藻类物种的栽培。在有意栽培的藻类中，大部分属于微型藻类（亦称为浮游植物、小型植物或浮游藻类）。宏观藻类，通常被称为海藻，亦拥有众多的商业和工业用途，但由于其体型及生长环境的特殊要求，它们并不易于进行栽培（然而，随着新型海藻栽培技术的发展，这一状况或许将会改变，新型海藻栽培器本质上是一种利用小型容器中上升气泡的藻类清洁器）。商业和工业规模的藻类养殖具有多种用途，包括生产食品添加剂如欧米茄-3脂肪酸或天然食品色素和染料、食品、肥料、生物塑料、化工原料（原材料）、药品、藻类燃料，并可作为污染控制的一种手段。全球养殖水生植物（主要由海藻主导）的产量从1995年的1350万吨增长至2016年的超过3000万吨（来源：维基百科）