Addressing a Data Gap and Community Questions Rockweed (Ascophyllum nodosum)—an alga, not a fish, but still managed as a fishery by law—has been harvested for thousands of years on Maine’s coast, more extensively in the early 1900s, and on a commercial scale starting in the 1970s. When rockweed came to be harvested at a larger read more Finding the Balance: How Vital Research on Rockweed Harvest Helps Coastal Communities, Economies, and Ecosystems