Along the western coast of Ireland, a way of life older than memory now faces a reckoning familiar to coastal peoples the world over: the moment when a resource long held in common becomes, in the eyes of capital, an opportunity. A Canadian corporation has moved to claim exclusive harvesting rights over Irish seaweed grounds, drawn by surging global demand for what was once a humble, hand-gathered crop. The question before Irish regulators is not merely administrative — it is a question about who belongs to a landscape, and whether belonging can survive the arithmetic of industrial scale.
Canadian Firm's Seaweed Monopoly Plan Rattles Irish Harvesters
Traditional seaweed harvesters face displacement and loss of livelihood if the Canadian corporation gains exclusive harvesting rights.
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