“…Similar protein but lower ashes values (21.1-29.5% and 11-29% dw, respectively) have been reported for U. lactuca cultivated in Spain (Ventura & Castañón, 1998), U. rigida from the Portuguese coast produced as a by-product of a fish farm effluent (Valente et al, 2006), U. lactuca from the coastal area of Northern Chile (Ortiz et al, 2006), from Holbeck, UK (Marsham, Scott, & Tobin, 2007) and for Enteromorpha prolifera, Enteromorpha linza, and U. fasciata collected and cultivated in India (13.4-22.6 and 6.6-35.6% dw, respectively) (Naidu et al, 1993). Nevertheless, low protein and high ash values (5.9-17% and 17.5-55% dw) have also been reported for the following natural stock samples: U. fasciata and U. intestinalis (McDermid & Stuercke, 2003), U. lactuca (Wong & Cheung, 2000) and for E. intestinalis and Enteromorpha sp sampled on beaches from the city of La Paz, Baja California Sur, México (Aguilera- Morales et al, 2005).…”