Diseases and pests are major limiting factors to aquaculture production, 1 including seaweeds, 2 prompting global action to improve biosecurity and knowledge of important yield-limiting pathogens affecting sustainable production, both now and in the future. 3,4 Seaweeds comprise almost 30% of global aquaculture production by volume. 5 Production of the carrageenophyte red algal genera Kappaphycus and Eucheuma (collectively known as eucheumatoids) has increased rapidly in the past decade, accounting for 33.99% of global aquatic plant cultivation in 2018. 5 Eucheumatoids are commercially cultivated for production of carrageenans, polysaccharides widely used in the pharmaceutical, cosmetic and food industries.Much of this cultivation occurs in South-East Asia, particularly