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Porphyra or “nori”

The taxonomy is always in a flux, most recently the DNA has been done for NW Pacific species – more on this later

Quality quickly fades after the Equinox – but this species has mariculture potential as so delicate and tasth

Lots of excellent material on WWW – see below

First Nations do it differently

Here I have taken sun dried (so far as possible during short days of March – and then taken inside to finish drying it --- here on a cookie sheet

For an excellent discussion of Hartley Bay practices see this PDF file where Tsimshian elder Helen Clifton has shown ethno-botanist Dr Nancy Turner how Porphyra is harvested and preserved at Kiel camp of ‘Hartley Bay’ first nation.

Fades fast after Equinox

Even before the high tides change from day time to night time – (which makes the upper intertidal more inhospitable) –I see the Porphyra ‘going punky’ – actually it is putting all its energy into reproduction etc – Here is video from TPL porhyra in Mar04_past.WMV 853K WMF 

Not even a hint

Along the full length of the yellow arrow we will be able to collect lots of ‘nori’ by mid April (usually after Easter), but when this picture taken there is not a sign that Porphyra will be present AND abundant

EXCELLENT Material

Perhaps done by university students—this is as good a description of life history, mariculture, chemistry taxonomy  and human uses as one will find in any Textbook. Note especially the high protein content which here is attributed to wall and drying properties