Aquaculture Planning to Boost Alaska Economy
Federal and state agencies are embarking on a three-year process to identify Aquaculture Opportunity Areas where Alaska waters would be opened to new permits for farming marine resources.
Tag: Blue Economy
Research Will Help Seaweed Farming and Traditional Aquaculture
Alaska Sea Grant and the Aleutians East Borough will partner on a project to launch a pilot seaweed farm near Sand Point on the Alaska Peninsula, with a $99,800 grant from National Sea Grant, part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Pondering the Power of the Ocean
Yakutat once found quirky fame as a surfing destination for the adventurous. Now, residents are looking into capturing wave energy to provide the town’s power.
Researchers Delve into Unexamined World of Alaska Seaweed
In Alaska, few studies have explored seaweed, even though there is growing interest in harvesting it for food and fertilizer. Now a graduate student at the University of Alaska Fairbanks is part of a team taking some important first steps to determine whether seaweed and wrack can be harvested more broadly in Southcentral Alaska.
Facing the Blob
Amalga Harbor, near Juneau, has a remote release of hatchery chum salmon returning there. Pictured is one the first common property purse seine fisheries.