Kelp collectors on King Island are gearing up for a bumper winter harvest, after westerly weather dumped a large amount of bull kelp on the shore. The kelp is dried and then exported for use as fish food and garden fertiliser. Kelp harvesters rely on rough westerly weather to wash the kelp ashore.
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Volume 2 Number 4
October — December 2009
ISSN: 1834-4364
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