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There are mainly 3 sea areas for producing seaweed in Penghu. They are nearby sea area of Chiangmei, the nearby sea area of west coast of the downstream of Chengkun reservoir, and the nearby sea area of Watung. And only Baisha County includes Chiangmei and Watung two nearby sea areas. Because Chiangmei cultivating farm is good for reaping fry, it has been the place that has the best cultivating performance of whole county for years.Seaweed is one of the marine algae with high economic value. It tastes good and is full of nutrition that its protein is easy to be digested and absorbed and it also contains a variety of vitamins. Professor Kanada of Tohoku University in Japan even indicated that seaweed has a function to prevent the hardening of the arteries. Moreover, Penghu Marine Biology Research Center of Taiwan Fisheries Research Institute, Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan has already successfully processed seaweed into seaweed jelly, and transferred the technology to popular manufacturing. Therefore, it is health food that deserves to be promoted.