Wireweed
Latin name: Sargassum muticum
Global Distribution: Originally from Japan – now worldwide distribution
UK Distribution: Along the south coast to the Isles of Scilly and along the north Cornish coast …
Seaweed and plants
Environment Secretary visits COAST Discovery Centre
Scottish Cabinet Secretary, Roseanna Cunningham, visited us at Scotland’s first MPA visitor centre, the Discovery Centre, in September 2018. COAST was pleased to see her interact with the new exhibitions …
Kelp dredging, an unasked question
Ruaridh, 12 years old, lives in Lamlash Bay and is in the water nearly every day, swimming and snorkelling. COAST learned he is awaiting a response to his unasked question to environment secretary Roseanna Cunningham during her visit to Arran
Seagrass
Latin name: Zostera marina
Global Distribution: North Atlantic and North Pacific, Arctic region, only seagrass known from Iceland
UK Distribution: Wide but patchy distribution in southwest of England, the …
Sea lettuce
Latin name: Ulva lactuca
Global Distribution: Europe, North America (east and west), Central America, Caribbean, South America, Africa, Indian Ocean Islands, southwest Asia, China, Pacific Islands, Australia and New Zealand…
Oar weed (kelp)
Latin name: Laminaria digitata
Global Distribution: Atlantic coasts of Europe, including Baltic and Black Seas.
UK Distribution: Most British and Irish coasts, scarce along the east coast of England between …
