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Rockweed may refer to:

• Ascophyllum nodosum, a seaweed also known as kelp, Norwegian kelp, or bladderwrack
• Fucus vesiculosus, a similar seaweed also known as bladderwrack

There is controversy over impacts of commercial harvesting of Ascophyllum nodosum for use in garden or crop fertilizers and livestock feed supplements in North America and Europe. Opponents of wild Ascophyllum harvests point to the algae's high habitat value for over 100 marine species{{cite web

| url = http://quoddytides.com/rockweed3-25-11.html

| title = Six plans approved for Cobscook Bay rockweed harvest

| accessdate = 2011-03-23

| date = March 25, 2011

| publisher = The Quoddy Tides

}}, including benthic invertebrates{{cite journal

| author = P. Larsen

| year = 2010

| url = http://www.jcronline.org/doi/abs/10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-10-00004.1?journalCode=coas

| title = The Macroinvertebrate Fauna of Rockweed (Ascophyllum nodosum)–Dominated Low-Energy Rocky Shores of the Northern Gulf of Maine

| journal= Journal of Coastal Research

}}, commercially important fish{{cite web

| url = http://www.cobscook.org/reference/publications/GOM%20Rockweed%20Conference.htm

| title = Gulf of Maine Rockweed Conference Notes

| accessdate = 2011-03-23

}}, wild ducks{{cite journal

| author = B. M. Blinnabd, A. W. Diamonda, D. J. Hamiltonac

| year = 2008

| url = http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1675/1524-4695-31.4.520

| title = Factors Affecting Selection of Brood-rearing Habitat by Common Eiders (Somateria mollissima) in the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada

| journal= Waterbirds

| volume=31(4)

| pages=520-529

}}, shorebirds{{cite journal

| author = L. Tudor

| year = 2000

| url = http://www.maine.gov/IFW/wildlife/species/plans/birds/migratoryshorebirds/speciesassessment.pdf

| title = Migratory Shorebird Assessment

| publisher = Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife

}}, and seabirds{{cite web

| url = http://www.cobscook.org/cobscookBay/soundings/art9-rock2.htm

| title = Life Within the Rockweed

| date = September 22, 2000

| accessdate = 2011-03-24

| publisher = The Quoddy Tides

}}. Shoreland owners in Maine, as well as federal, state, and local agencies in the United States have placed their conservation lands off limits to Ascophyllum removal{{cite web

| url = http://new.bangordailynews.com/2010/06/29/news/rockweed-harvest-in-question-this-year/

| title = Rockweed harvest in question this year

| publisher = Bangor Daily News

| date = June 29, 2010

| accessdate = 2011-03-24

}}{{cite web

| url = http://www.rockweedcoalition.org/pages/maps.shtml

| title = The Rockweed Coalition, Maps

| accessdate = 2011-03-24

}}. Rockweed harvesters point to the value of the seasonal jobs created by the harvest operation{{cite web

| author = Acadian Seaplants Limited

| url = http://www.rockweedcoalition.org/downloads/2011_acadian.pdf

| title = 2011 Rockweed Harvest Plan for Cobscook Bay, Maine

| accessdate = 2011-03-23

}}.

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