This program focuses on some new uses of traditional resources from the oceans: oyster farming, a field where science and tradition are joining to improve the quantity and quality of oysters brought to market; the extraction of chemicals from seaweed, which has found industrial and medicinal applications; and the use of organisms from the sea for a host of purposes, from coral to replace bones to fish oil preventing heart disease. (23 minutes)

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