By Emma Kehoe, 2025 ACEP summer intern
August 26, 2025
Inspired in part by recent declines in salmon and crab fisheries, Alaskans are looking for a new marine-based industry. As a result, kelp farming is expanding in Alaska during the salmon off-season with the first harvest just over a decade ago.
As kelp farming grows each year, farmers, processors and researchers are innovating new ways for this industry to be sustainable, efficient and independent of fossil fuels.