People living on Fiji's outer islands with few sources of income can now turn to growing seaweed for cash.
The Fiji Sun reports that the people of remote Ono-i-Lau in the Lau group earned 50-thousand US dollars from 100 tonnes of seaweeds grown in just six weeks.
A fisheries ministry official, Malakai Tuiloa, is quoted as saying that there is a big demand for Fiji seaweed in Japan where it is used in cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.
He says the growing of seaweed has now started in seven locations around Fiji.
