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With a $49 million grant, the Southeast Conference hopes to help Alaska’s handful of mariculture companies become a $200 million industry. Alaska growers are partnering with Canadian company Cascadia Seaweed to tap the agriculture biostimulant market. Cascadia Seaweed photo.

Alaska mariculture gets a big kickstart

Paul Molyneaux

Checking kelp on a grow line at Seagrove Kelp off Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska. Seagrove Kelp photo

State of Alaska aquaculture report 2024

Ben Hayden

Kelp reflecting near the surface of the water. — Kelp near the surface of the water. Photo by Shane Stagner on Unsplash.

Fishermen diversify to fill the kelp demand

Carli Clancy

Maine rockweed (seaweed) — Rockweed. Photo courtesy of Maine Seaweed Council

Maine prosecuting illegal rockweed harvesters

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Kelp forest off from the coast of California — Photo by Brian Yurasits on Unsplash

Tribe's vision for a new marine sanctuary may be coming true

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Alaska's newest gold rush: seaweed

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Could kelp be lifeline for New England fishermen?

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Instead of mechanizing his successful seaweed harvesting company, Maine Seaweed, Larch Hanson says he is developing “an old man’s economy of motion,” and refining his simple systems to accommodate that. Paul Molyneaux photo.

Seaweed Simplicity

Paul Molyneaux

NOAA publishes a new Aquaculture Science Advice Handbook

Jose Antunes

https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/4744ce515b531fa2f6fdfa6d4e983a7f.jpg — Photo by Kindel Media

Study: At-risk kelp forests provide billions of dollars in benefits

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Group strives to define terms for discussion of marine heatwaves

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