Seaweed: A nutritious foodstuff that needs protecting

FEW people live as close to the sea as I do. My house is on a cliff at the north-western edge of the Dingle Peninsula, where it bears the full brunt of the Atlantic Ocean.
Some of my neighbours still practice traditional ways and I occasionally see them collecting seaweed from the shoreline. As someone who is interested in food and has a growing curiosity about foraging, I used to long to join them.