by Jessica Whitney | Dec 5, 2024
Evaluating Infrastructure and Seeding Methods for Scalable Bull Kelp Cultivation Sea Quester Farms aims to further develop food-grade, commercially viable bull kelp cultivation techniques through trials conducted at our farm site near Juneau, AK. The proposed... 
by Jessica Whitney | Dec 5, 2024
Spatial and Temporal Variability of Carbohydrate Compositions in Cultivated Alaria marginata, Nereocystis luetkeana, and Saccharina latissima This study aimed to determine spatial and temporal patterns of commercially valuable carbohydrate compositions among commonly... 
by Jessica Whitney | Jun 25, 2024
Adapting Current Mariculture Techniques for Enhancement of Pinto Abalone (Haliotis kamtschatkana) A pilot mariculture research and development project to establish rearing protocols for Pinto Abalone in Alaska. Principal Investigator: Jeff Hetrick, Alutiiq Pride... 
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 Jessica Whitney | Apr 18, 2024
Improving Aquaculture through Dulse Farming and Youth Education Ḵ’aach’ or dulse is a traditionally important seaweed species that has been harvested in Southeast Alaska for millennia by the Tlingit and Haida peoples. Tribal members have expressed concern that this... 
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
Potential for Resilience: Examining the Effects of Ocean Acidification on Alaskan Bivalves In Southern British Columbia, tribes have noticed variability or decline in their black seaweed populations in some locations. The goals of this project are to engage with the... 
by Natalie Osborne | Jan 20, 2023
Enhancement of Red King Crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) in Resurrection Bay, Alaska A pilot project with the goal of establishing a shellfish enhancement model for Red King Crab in Resurrection Bay, AK. Principal Investigator: Jeff Hetrick, Alutiiq Pride Marine... 
by Natalie Osborne | Jan 20, 2023
Development of a Mariculture Model for Black Chiton (Katharina tunicata) A pilot mariculture research and development project to establish rearing protocols for Black Chiton in Alaska. Principal Investigator: Jeff Hetrick, Alutiiq Pride Marine Institute Funding:... 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...