Spirulina cultivation requires careful handling as the wet biomass is either sun dried or spray-dried for marketing. Drying is important to minimize contamination when consumed by humans. The highly alkaline pH levels during growth also help reduce contamination. References are provided on spirulina culture methods and statistics for fisheries and agriculture.

4. Potential

11. • 8. Contamination is minimal due to highly alkaline pH
levels.
• 9. The wet biomass is sun dried on polythene sheets
by the indivisual or spray-dried in mechanised units for
marketing purposes.
• 10. The culture of spirulina needs to be carried out
with almost care with spray-drying the product is for
human consumption.

17. References:-
• Yahoo Groups; Spirulina
Erythrocytes
http://www.biochemj.org/bj/369/0429/bj3690429.htm
• C. Stamatopoulos, 2002, Sample based fishery surveys, A
technical handbook, FAO Fisheries Technical Paper 425,
Rome 2002.
• Narain, P., 1999, How to integrate economic aspects of
agriculture with other economic activities of households:
farm plus non-farm income, Development and improvement
of economic statistics for food and agriculture, Joint ECE-OECD-
Eurostat-FAO Meeting on Food and Agricultural
Statistics in Europe (Geneva, 23 - 25 June 1999).
• FAO/FIDI, 2000, Inland fishery and freshwater aquaculture
production statistics in Asia/Pacific- Some suggestions for
their improvement, Asia Pacific Commission for Agricultural
Statistics (APCAS) 18th Session, Bali, Indonesia, 6 - 10
November 2000.