Seaweeds have been used as fodder for cattle and aquatic animals like fishes. The average length and weight of fishes fed with E. intestinalis reached a mean total length of 77.7mm and a mean weight of 20.4g and the fish fed with E. clatherata is reported to posses mean length of 82.5mm and mean weight of 23.7g. Whereas the fish fed with artificial feed mean length was 76.3mm and a mean weight was 18.5g.
