Training Resources

There is state and federal support for developing Alaska mariculture industries, which could help increase sales of Alaska seaweed, and increase the capacity and capability of new and existing companies involved in purchasing and processing. This guide was developed to help individuals and companies better understand what’s involved as they decide whether to enter the seaweed processing industry, and to provide some industry standards in the manufacturing or processing of kelp.

This report is provided by the Alaska Mariculture Task Force to Governor Dunleavy as a requirement of the Administrative Order No. 297 that re-established the Task Force. State support, spanning multiple administrations, is critical to reach the goal of growing a $100 million per year mariculture industry in 20 years.

An increasing body of evidence shows that seaweeds, including kelp, can be used as a
tool to neutralize or remove excess nutrients and metals from the water column. Here we report
on a preliminary field assessment showing potential nutrient and carbon removal differences in
sugar kelp and ribbon kelp grown in common gardens.

Read about the four steps to organic certification.

The PCSGA Research Committee has updated the research priorities document to reflect current Board of Directors’ research priorities for membership. The purpose of the document is to enable the PCSGA membership, funders and agencies to have up to date understanding of what researchable issues the PCGA finds most important for funding for the current year.

With mounting interest in marine aquaculture development in the United States, there is a growing need to provide regulators with relevant and rigorously developed science advice to support and inform aquaculture management decisions.

The world’s leading aquaculture accelerator keeps getting better. Hatch is evolving the accelerator model to provide greater value and flexibility for your startup based on feedback from the 100’s of companies we have worked with. With the extensive capabilities of the wider Hatch Blue group, they have built a program where startup development meets strategic consulting.

We reached out to all parties (as knowledge allowed) that have experience growing bull kelp (e.g. for restoration, food security, commercial, etc.) to conduct interviews to document their experience and the cultivation specs of their farming efforts; summarized, here.

In this 3-credit online course, students are introduced to the principles, concepts and methods used in the production of seaweed, shellfish and other mariculture products with an emphasis on the techniques used by Alaskan producers. The course will cover all aspects...

A field-based semester intensive is being offered in the Fall by the University of Alaska Southeast – Sitka Campus Applied Fisheries program.  This program provides hands-on, practical, and occupational training.