by Jessica Whitney | Apr 18, 2024
Aquaculture Opportunity Area Identification in Alaska State Waters In June 2023, NOAA announced the beginning of the process to identify Aquaculture Opportunity Areas (AOAs) in Alaska state waters, in partnership with the State of Alaska. An AOA is a defined... 
by Jenny Renee | Jan 23, 2024
Cooperative Seaweed Aquaculture Research Principal Investigator / Project Partners: Michael Stekoll, University of Alaska Fairbanks Sam Walker, BLU3 Nick Mangini, Kodiak Island Sustainable Seaweed Project Term: 2023-2025 Funding: $184,300, BLU3, Inc. View All... 
by Jenny Renee | Dec 1, 2023
Drying seaweed using waste heat: a proof of concept to build community resilience for food security and economic diversity in PWS, AK Principal Investigator / Project Partners : Alysha Cypher, Prince William Sound Science Center Kristin Carpenter, Prince William Sound... 
by Jenny Renee | Nov 13, 2023
Mar ReCon – Kelp Farming; Assessment of seeding density, pre-harvest trimming, and environmental conditions on the performance of farmed kelp Mariculture Research and Restoration Consortium (Mar ReCon) is a research and monitoring program designed to address the needs... 
by Jenny Renee | Nov 10, 2023
Control of farmed Nereocystis luetkeana sporophyte density via novel seeding technology Carbohydrates derived from kelp in the form of polysaccharides and sugar alcohols present significant market opportunities to nascent mariculture industries. However, the abundance... 
by Jenny Renee | Oct 25, 2023
Fucoidan Extraction and Characterization of Alaskan Saccharina latissima (sugar kelp) and Costaria costata (5-ribbed kelp) and the Identification of Future Market Opportunities This project will verify the presence, quantity, and quality of fucoidan in two species of... 
by Natalie Osborne | Jan 20, 2023
Assessing the Potential Habitat Provision of Kelp Aquaculture Farms in Alaska For this project, NOAA researchers will work in direct coordination and collaboration with farmers on Alaska Ocean Farms, a local kelp farm in Kodiak, Alaska. The objectives of the project... by Natalie Osborne | Jan 20, 2023
Develop Mitigation to Minimize Herring Spawning Events on Kelp Farms A Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii) spawn event in spring of 2020 destroyed the kelp crop on a 100-acre kelp mariculture operation, the largest operation in the U.S., worth approximately... 
by Natalie Osborne | Jan 20, 2023
Scalable Aquatic Kelp Farm Pilot An evaluation of kelp farm feasibility in select test sites near Indigenous communities in Prince William Sound. Principal Investigator: Willow Hetrick-Price, Alutiiq Pride Marine Institute Project Term: 2021 – 2023 Funding:... 
by Natalie Osborne | Jan 18, 2023
Prince William Sound Kelp Mariculture Development for Habitat Restoration and Local Economy This project aims to develop feasible mariculture strategies for local communities to engage in kelp farming. Principal Investigator: Willow Hetrick-Price, Alutiiq Pride Marine...