Looking for Energy in Algae

This is the VOA Special English AGRICULTURE REPORT.

Workers pump it into bags on a boat. They have to be careful not to suck up young fish or other small creatures.

In Puget Sound, big blooms of sea lettuce often break down in Dumas Bay. This process of rotting uses up oxygen and kills marine life. And when the sea lettuce washes up on the beach, it smells terrible.