We are generally one of the bulk suppliers of seaweed products obtained by the Indian east coast, especially from backwater shallow regions, one of the world's rich reservoir of marine sea. About 271 genera and 1,153 species of marine algae, belonging to the groups Cholorophyceae, Rhodophyceae, Phaeophyceae and Cyanophyceae are reported from this région containing inter tidal and back water sha