PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for processing laver enabling efficient elimination and prevention from miscellaneous laver or disease in laver culture, at low costs, in a short time and also in continuous work, so as to be harmless to the human body, corresponding to the state of the laver disease depending on the time and situation without giving bad influence on the human body and the environment and to provide a laver workboat favorably used in the method for processing laver.SOLUTION: The method for processing laver comprises the following process: a process of making the laver or a laver-adhering culture tool come in contact with acid-containing treatment liquid and then come in contact with water treatment liquid and a process of soaking the laver or the laver-adhering culture tool in the water treatment liquid followed by making the laver or the culture tool come in contact with the acid-containing treatment liquid. The laver workboat is provided with a treatment tank where the water treatment liquid is stored and a treatment tank where the acid-containing treatment liquid is stored, so as to make the laver or the laver-adhering culture tool continuously come in contact with the treatment tanks respectively.COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT【課題】海苔の養殖において、人体および環境へ悪影響をおよぼすことなく、低コストで、人体に安全に、かつ短時間で、しかも連続作業で効率よく海苔の病害の状況にあわせて臨機応変に雑藻や病害の駆除、予防処理をすることを可能とした海苔の処理方法を提供すること、ならびに前記の海苔の処理方法を好適に使用できる海苔作業船を提供すること。【解決手段】海苔もしくは海苔が付着した養殖具を酸を含む処理液に接触させ、次いで水処理液に接触させる工程、または海苔もしくは海苔が付着した養殖具を水処理液に浸漬し、次いで酸を含む処理液に接触させる工程を有すること特徴とする海苔の処理方法、並びに水処理液が収容される処理槽と、酸を含む処理液が収容される処理槽とが、海苔または海苔が付着した養殖具を各処理槽に連続して接触させ得るように配置されていることを特徴とする、海苔作業船。【選択図】図1
