by Natalie Osborne | Jan 18, 2023
Kachemak Bay Kelp Processing and Distribution Hub: Removing a Bottleneck to Growth in the Alaska Seaweed Industry This team will be assessing the entire process of seaweed growth, harvest, processing and distribution in Homer, Alaska, to determine and remove...
by Natalie Osborne | Jan 18, 2023
Adding Floating Kelps to Enhance Farm Yield of Kelp Mariculture This project investigates how integrating floating kelp species with non-floating species might impact yield per area of mariculture farms. Principal Investigator / Project Partners: Mike Stekoll,...
by Natalie Osborne | Jan 18, 2023
Mariculture Research and Restoration Consortium (MarReCon): Sustainable Mariculture Development for Restoration and Economic Benefit in the EVOS Spill Area Mariculture Research and Restoration Consortium (Mar. ReCon) is a research and monitoring program designed to...
by Natalie Osborne | Jan 18, 2023
Kelp the Sound: Building Mariculture Expertise in Prince William Sound, Alaska The purpose of this project is to increase local accessibility to regional expertise on kelp farming and increase local capacity for a kelp nursery to grow seedlings. Already, this project...
by Natalie Osborne | Jan 18, 2023
Rapid Seeding of Aquaculture Grow-lines Researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have developed a new concept for seeding grow-lines with juvenile seaweed for the mariculture industry. This project will be testing the novel farming techniques...
by Natalie Osborne | Jan 18, 2023
Social, Cultural and Economic Assessment of Kelp Mariculture Opportunities for Coastal Villages Within the EVOS Spill Zone This 5-year project aims to assess how Indigenous kelp mariculture operations within the EVOS spill area would be socially beneficial,...
by Natalie Osborne | Jan 18, 2023
Bullkelp Farm Improvements to Enable Scaling of Innovative Food Products By investigating/working with established kelp farmers, processors, and marketers of bull kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana), this project aims to develop, test and improve farming protocols to enable...
by Natalie Osborne | Dec 26, 2022
Development of Scalable Coastal and Offshore Macroalgal Farming This project is to determine the feasibility of using offshore kelp mariculture to provide biomass for fuels. The goals are to develop replicable scale model farms in Alaska that will demonstrate...
