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rockweed [2 records]

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Record 1 2023-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seafood and Freshwater Food (Food Industries)
  • Commercial Fishing
  • Algae
Universal entry(ies)
Fucus distichus
Latin
Fucus gardneri
Latin
DEF

Olive green to yellow green [alga which] can reach up to 50 cm high [and be] found on rocks in the middle and lower intertidal zone, also in upper mid littoral zone.

OBS

wrack and rockweed: trade names recommended by the "Comité de normalisation de la terminologie des pêches commerciales" and by Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Produits de mer et d'eau douce (Industr. alim.)
  • Pêche commerciale
  • Algues
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Fucus distichus
Latin
Fucus gardneri
Latin
OBS

Les appellations «goémon» ou «varech» sont largement utilisées pour désigner l'ensemble des algues récoltées sur le littoral (extraction de l'iode, engrais). Cet ensemble est constitué d'un mélange comprenant majoritairement (90 %) les algues des genres Fucus et Laminaria.

OBS

fucus bifide : nom commercial normalisé par l'OLF et le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie des pêches commerciales.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-08-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Algae
DEF

Any of a genus (Fucus, order Fucales) of brown algae with a flattened and forking plant body that bears swollen bladders.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Algues
DEF

Algue brune (phéophycées) de la famille des fucacées, constituant la plus grande partie de ce qu'on nomme communément goémon et improprement varech.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Algas
DEF

Alga parda de ramificación dicótoma abundante en las costas, que se utiliza industrialmente para la obtención de agaragar y yodo.

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