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Harvesting Spirulina from Lakes in Myanmar

The diagram below was provided courtesy of Dr. Min Thein, Myanmar Pharmaceutical Industries, Microalgal Biotechnology, 192, Kaba Aye Pagoda Road, Yangon, Myanmar. Fax 95 1 295 755. (Photo of Dr. Min Thein and Robert Henrikson at ICAA Conference, Italy, September 1999)

Production began at Twin Taung Lake in 1988, and by 1999 increased to 100 tons per year. About 60% is harvested from boats on the surface of the lake, and about 40% is grown in outdoor ponds alongside the lake. During the blooming season in the summer, when spirulina forms thick mats on the lake, people in boats collect a dense concentration of spirulina in buckets.

Spirulina is harvested on parallel inclined filters, washed with fresh water, detwatered and pressed again. This paste is extruded into noodle like filaments which are dried in the sun on transparent plastic sheets. Dried chips are taken to a pharmaceutical factory in Yangon, pasteurized, and pressed into tablets. For more on Myanmar Spirulina see Earth Food Spirulina, Chapter 8.

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