Evaluating Infrastructure and Seeding Methods for Scalable Bull Kelp Cultivation

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...

Spatial and Temporal Variability of Carbohydrate Compositions in Cultivated Alaria marginata, Nereocystis luetkeana, and Saccharina latissima

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...

Adapting Current Mariculture Techniques for Enhancement of Pinto Abalone (Haliotis kamtschatkana)

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...

Aquaculture Opportunity Area Identification in Alaska State Waters

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...

Improving Aquaculture through Dulse Farming and Youth Education

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...

Assessment of Seeding Density, Pre-Harvest Trimming, and Environmental Conditions on the Performance of Farmed Kelp

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...

Establishing a Platform for Inclusive Cultivation of Black Seaweed (Pyropia abbottiae) in Alaska

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...

Enhancement of Red King Crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) in Resurrection Bay, Alaska

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...

Development of a Mariculture Model for Black Chiton (Katharina tunicata)

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:...

Develop Mitigation to Minimize Herring Spawning Events on Kelp Farms

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...