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Photographs of Cladosiphon okamuranus and the surrounding cultivation area at Bise, Okinawa. Top: Juvenile thalli of C. okamuranus growing on a portion of a cultivation net, which was deployed in aseagrass bed. Lower left: A photograph taken while a nutrient survey was conducted at the cultivation area of C. okamuranus . The bottom water was sampled at regular intervals inside 50 m × 80 m area. Lower middle: The abundantly growing C. okamuranus darkens the cultivation nets during the midpoint of the cultivating period. Lower right: A lagoon triggerfish Rhinecanthus aculeatus visits the cultivation site during our surveys. See Sato et al . in this issue.