It seems that the brown seaweed, Cladosiphon sp. may have more potential in Tonga as the fishery is
larger than Caulerpa (this cool-water preferring species does not occur in Fiji or Samoa – GR South
pers comm.), According to Malimali (2007), Cladisiphon sp. or limu tanga’u in Tongan (Mozuku in
Japanese) supplemented supply for the Japanese sushi market in the late 90’s when the production
from Okinawa declined due to damages from a typhoon