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Study: Denser kelp forests are better suited to survive ocean warming
New research reveals that denser and more sheltered kelp forests can withstand serious stressors amid ocean warming.
Intelligence
Mariculture interest is rising in Alaska, but connecting to markets is another matter
NOAA Fisheries’ State of Alaska Aquaculture Report paints a promising picture, but local producers face a raft of post-harvest challenges.
Intelligence
Can tapping into environmental DNA reveal kelp’s carbon sequestration potential?
A new global research project leverages environmental DNA to better measure and understand the carbon sequestration potential of kelp.
Intelligence
Meet the woman who’s pioneering commercial kelp farming in New York
Former professional basketball player Sue Wicks launches New York’s first commercial kelp farm, spearheading a growing industry for the state.
Intelligence
Playing favorites: How selective breeding can grow the seaweed sector
Seaweed farming experts are urging producers to employ selective breeding to capitalize on desired traits amid a changing climate.
Intelligence
Maine seaweed farming company secures a kelp dryer and promptly decides to share it
Oceans Balance in Maine secured an industrial kelp dryer from South Africa that has the capacity to process other local seaweed farming producers’ plants.
Innovation & Investment
‘Everyone is going to need a lot of seaweed’: Maine-based seaweed polymer innovator wants fisheries and aquaculture to quit plastics
Viable Gear Founder Katie Weiler joined the Advocate and Aquademia to discuss making lobster bait bags and other products with a seaweed polymer.
Innovation & Investment
Report: Nova Scotia kelp farming sector ready to take off
A new economic analysis reveals a $149 million potential for the emerging Nova Scotia kelp farming and product sector.
Responsibility
¿Puede el cultivo de kelp arreglar el planeta? Los expertos opinan sobre las promesas y las dificultades
¿Cómo puede el cultivo de kelp ayudar a resolver los desafíos globales? Un panel de expertos en algas discutió las promesas, las dificultades, y las lagunas de conocimiento.
Responsibility
Can kelp farming fix the planet? Experts weigh in on promises and pitfalls
How can kelp farming help solve global challenges? A panel of seaweed experts discussed promises, pitfalls and knowledge gaps.
Responsibility
Project seeks to ‘fill knowledge gaps’ about potential toxins in kelp and seaweed
Nofima scientists aim to expand knowledge of potentially toxic elements in cultivated sugar kelp and wild-harvested kelp and seaweed.
Responsibility
Kelp farms believed to help reduce coastal marine pollution
The water-filtering abilities of kelp farms could help reduce marine pollution in coastal areas, according to a new study.
Innovation & Investment
Urchinomics and Maruyama Suisan launch sea urchin ranching site in Japan
Sea urchin aquaculture venture Urchinomics has opened a sea urchin-ranching site in Nagato, Japan, in partnership with seafood processor Maruyama Suisan.
Innovation & Investment
This Maine company thinks kelp buoys and oyster farming can save the ocean through carbon capture and sequestration
Maine-based Running Tide uses carbon-capture and oyster farming techniques – using both low and high technology – to restore ocean health.
Intelligence
Maine kelp company discusses blue economy issues at World Economic Forum in Davos
Atlantic Sea Farms CEO speaks on blue foods and climate-change adaptation at World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Intelligence
Digital tool aims to map kelp forest canopy and aid ecosystem restoration
U.S. scientists released KelpWatch.org – a digital map of kelp forest canopy that will be instrumental in ecosystem restoration.