The mission of the Alaska Mariculture Research and Training Center is to build partnerships and leverage resources to facilitate and coordinate training, research and dissemination across disciplines (e.g. biology, engineering, economics, marketing, food sciences, etc.) for better success of industry and community development and to improve mariculture management.
Upcoming Events
116th Annual Meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association
March 17 - March 21Kachemak Bay Science Conference
March 17 - March 2022nd Annual Subsistence Memorial Gathering
March 21 @ 9:00 am - 9:00 pmAlaska Seaweed Genetics Workshop
April 1 - April 2Daak Khusteeyi 2024 — Our way of life by the sea
May 8 - May 11
Upcoming Training
Aquaculture Opportunity Areas: Juneau Spatial Planning Workshop
March 26 @ 9:00 am - March 27 @ 12:00 pmSea to Sale: Quality Control – Sourcing Consistent Kelp
April 23 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am3 Day Aquaculture Intensive
April 28 - April 30Sea to Sale: Metrics that Matter – Kelp Impact Reporting
June 18 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 amSea to Sale: Get Them Hooked! How to Market Your Products
July 16 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Training Resources
Latest News
Turns Out Undersea Kelp Forests Are Crucial to Salmon
The beloved fish that feed orcas and humans depend on kelp forests’ unique habitat.
Cordova Kelp Farmers Need to Process Their Harvest. A Scientist is Piloting a Solution.
Alysha Cypher with the Prince William Sound Science Center has a $400,000 EPA grant to use waste heat from the local electric co-op to dry Cordova seaweed.
U.S. Department of Energy Announces Teams Selected to Explore Critical Mineral Extraction from Ocean Macroalgae
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $5 million in funding for three projects to evaluate the feasibility of extracting Rare Earth Elements (REEs) and Platinum Group Metals (PGMs) from macroalgae for use in energy applications.
NOAA Fisheries Releases its 2023 Alaska Aquaculture Accomplishments Report
The NOAA Alaska Regional Office and the Alaska Fisheries Science Center continue to coordinate efforts to support the growing Alaska aquaculture industry.
The Washington Post–Alaska’s newest gold rush: Seaweed
Alaska underscores both the urgency in developing the industry, and its promise. The communities here are losing their livelihoods and food faster than in many other places. In Alaska, ocean farming could chart a different path from the sort of extraction that’s defined it for more than two centuries.
Foundations of Kelp Farming: Educating the new wave of aquatic farmers
In order to increase workforce development in the Alaskan kelp farming industry, Alaska Sea Grant hosted the four-day intensive hands-on workshop Foundations of Kelp Farming at the Kodiak Seafood and Marine Science Center in March.