Researchers are focusing on the edible red seaweed, Gracilaria parvispora. The alga, known as "long ogo" by the Japanese, is eaten by people in Hawaii, Asia and the Pacific and is also a source of ...

Long ogo was once the most important edible seaweed on Hawaii's reefs. In the past, people would go out to the reef and yank the seaweed off the rocks or even take the whole rock, Glenn says.

An October 2024 study published in Scientific Reports found that invasive species such as "gorilla ogo" and "spiny seaweed" thrive in areas with submarine groundwater discharge, where daily tidal ...

More than two dozen people in Hawaii have been infected by Salmonella bacteria in an outbreak that is tentatively linked to seaweed from an unnamed farm on Oahu. The 14 infected people include ...

Prickly seaweed appeared in 45 percent, or 1,272 acres, of the acres surveyed; gorilla ogo in 21 percent, or 587 acres; and hookweed in 10 percent, or 286 acres.

Hilo Bay and other Hawaii shorelines are being plagued by invasive seaweed species, which University of Hawaii researchers have discovered are outcompeting native species. Veronica Gibson, a UH ...

Ogo seaweed is used in Hawaiian poke (raw fish) salads. It’s also served raw in other kinds of salads, in cold broths with shellfish preparations and with ceviches or sushi.

Manauea, commonly referred to as ogo and actually a cousin of that seaweed type, was once abundant in areas such as Ewa Beach. It was common 50 years ago for people to “pick ogo” from the ...

Seaweeds. Limu means “seaweed” in Hawaiian and could refer to any number of different types. Often, the “limu” in your bowl will be ogo (see below).