What Can I DO With Blue-Green Algae?

I’ve just been cleaning my backyard fish/lotus pool…it was FULL of mats of blue-green algae. Not much of a job-you basically just twirl the stuff around a stick, and pull it out. It formsmats on the surface of the water. I’be noticed that when it dries, it forms sheets like thick papaer.
My question: is this stuff usefull for anything? Could it be used for animal food? Or, could you make cardboard or paper out of it?
The stuff grows like carzy…it must be good for something?