UWC professor says seaweed has the potential of becoming a primary food source [SOUND] 

# Oceans, once thought to be limitless, are now under severe pressure from overfishing, global warming and pollution. This is according to University of the Western Cape marine biologist, professor Gavin Maneveldt. Nearly 90-percent of the world’s marine fish stocks are either fully fished or overfished. Maneveldt says scientists are exploring alternative food and energy sources as the global population is projected to reach 9.7-billion by 2050. He says one promising solution lies in the vast, untapped potential of seaweeds: