by Molly Dischner | Jan 22, 2026 | Press
2025 was another year of growth for Alaska’s mariculture industry, with more oysters and kelp harvested around the state. Those are some of the takeaways from a recent McKinley Research Group report. On the kelp side, the report estimates 240,000 pounds of seaweed...
by Molly Dischner | Jan 22, 2026 | Press
In recent decades, Alaska has seen reductions in the population of working-age adults, according to the Alaska Economic Trends Magazine. This is hitting Alaska’s seafood industry, which generates billions of dollars for the state and the US economy, but is seeing...
by Molly Dischner | Jan 7, 2026 | Press
I am, by default, a raw-oyster absolutist. Give me a pristine oyster—fresh out of cold water, properly shucked, still slick with its own briny liquor—and I want nothing more than to tilt the shell to my lips and let it speak for itself. No hot sauce, no mignonette, no...
by Molly Dischner | Jan 2, 2026 | Press
A decades-long effort to boost red king crab production in the US state of Alaska is finally taking shape with a pilot project underway in the Bering Sea to release hatchery-raised juvenile crab into the Bristol Bay fishery. ‘It’s kind of a leap of faith....
by Molly Dischner | Jan 2, 2026 | Press
ACEP Climate Innovation Fellow Audrey Welsh traveled to Cordova, Alaska, as part of a mariculture project. One of the goals of her trip was to build a relationship with the community; she met with mariculture leaders, community members and other stakeholders. She also...
