It's Maine's hot new product

It's green, it's gooey and it's giving Maine's famous lobsters a run for their money.

Well, not really. At least not yet. But when it comes to seaweed production, Maine is the No 1 in the United States.

The state now supports more than 20 companies that grow or collect seaweed, about double from 10 years ago. Maine harvesters collected 17.7 million pounds of seaweed in 2014 - the most ever recorded for the state and more than four times the 2004 total.