FORAGING GEAR

If you are going to harvest seaweed you need a few tools. After years of doing this both commercially and recreationally, here are my recommendations.

The best tool for harvesting seaweed via foraging (i.e. cutting off the rocks) are grape shears. They are safe to crawl around the rocks with and are excellent for precision cuts and shaping of the seaweed.

My favorite after trying many brands are the FELCO 310. These are stainless and Swiss made. They are a good value and routinely last me two years with weekly use. I’ve tried several other brands and they tens to rust up fairly quickly. I don’t use a holster for mine but some people love using a holster. Click on the picture below to get a FELCO 310.

I’ll post other gear that I like on here soon.