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The latest news about Alaska mariculture.

Tracking Alaska’s Mariculture Industry Growth: Spring 2026 Memo

Tracking Alaska’s Mariculture Industry Growth: Spring 2026 Memo

The Alaska Mariculture Cluster (AMC) contracted with McKinley Research Group and the Pacific Shellfish Institute ...
Popular kelp varieties benefit ocean environment

Popular kelp varieties benefit ocean environment

New research on the impact of kelp farming in reducing local carbon dioxide levels shows that sugar, bull and ...
Alaska study sees mixed results on links between kelp farms and CO2 levels

Alaska study sees mixed results on links between kelp farms and CO2 levels

A study into the amount of CO2 absorbed at a pair of Alaska kelp farms is throwing some cold water on hopes that ...
Holding Fast: Kelp Farms Seek Broader Market Base

Holding Fast: Kelp Farms Seek Broader Market Base

From fishing line to fertilizer, food to medicine, kelp has a long history of use in Alaska Native technology. The ...
New Seaweed Tissue Analysis Database Now Accepting Feedback

New Seaweed Tissue Analysis Database Now Accepting Feedback

Researchers funded through the Alaska Mariculture Cluster’s (AMC) Seaweed Tissue Analysis Program have launched a ...
The future of supply chains starts in the ocean

The future of supply chains starts in the ocean

Regenerative kelp farming in Alaska is emerging as a resilient, eco-friendly ingredient source for food, beauty, ...
Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation announces third cohort of funded innovation projects

Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation announces third cohort of funded innovation projects

The Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation (AFDF), a Juneau, Alaska, U.S.A.-based nonprofit, announced it will ...
Mariculture Conference draws a crowd

Mariculture Conference draws a crowd

Alaska’s enthusiasm for mariculture was evident at last month’s Mariculture Conference of Alaska. More than 300 ...
Testing the waters of mariculture

Testing the waters of mariculture

In February, Alaska Sea Grant collaborated with the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of ...
Alaska mariculture industry, though dwarfed by those in other states, continues to grow

Alaska mariculture industry, though dwarfed by those in other states, continues to grow

Alaska’s mariculture industry is continuing to grow, even though it is in its infancy compared to that in other ...
Alaskan oyster, kelp company Seagrove boasts year-round work, self-sufficient harvesting, processing, and shipping at SENA

Alaskan oyster, kelp company Seagrove boasts year-round work, self-sufficient harvesting, processing, and shipping at SENA

Markos Scheer said he knew starting Ketchikan, Alaska, U.S.A.-based Seagrove right in his hometown would be vital ...
GreenWave opens kelp nursery in Kodiak to reduce cost for farmers and increase production

GreenWave opens kelp nursery in Kodiak to reduce cost for farmers and increase production

Alaska’s newest kelp hatchery recently finished its first growing season in a mobile shipping container in Kodiak. ...
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