Mariculture in the News

The Alaska Mariculture Cluster (AMC) is proud to roll out a new logo and brand system implemented by the AMC Marketing Program to help Alaska oysters and kelp stand out and generate awareness in the marketplace.

“I’m here sharing about being a farmer and the struggles and challenges that we face firsthand so other Indigenous farmers can get into the industry,” said Hamme.

Last summer, Prince William Sound College (PWSC) graduate Brittany Kuzma followed kelp harvested in Prince William Sound from the water to the field, as part of a mariculture research internship that took her from Cordova to Palmer.

Caiti Alexander of Wanderflower Body Co. sources seaweed from Kachemak Kelp, so she must estimate in the fall how many bottles and jars she’ll produce so the farmers can sow the right amount for the spring harvest.

2025 was another year of growth for Alaska’s mariculture industry, with more oysters and kelp harvested around the state.

The Alaska Blue Economy Center (ABEC), launched in 2019, is at the forefront of the movement to rebuild Alaska’s historic ocean industries. It’s built around the ideas of a blue economy, which recognizes and promotes the economic significance of ocean industries in a sustainable manner.

I surprised even myself when I fell hard for a roasted oyster. That happened in Homer, Alaska, at the Broken Oar Oyster Bar attached to the Kachemak Shellfish Growers Co-Op while on a press trip to Alaska to learn about its young oyster-farming industry.

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. We don't...

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...

Noble Ocean Farms is a small but growing kelp farming operation in Simpson Bay, run by Sean Den Adel and his wife, Skye. “We’re just two people with a boat and a vision,” says Den. “We want to do more than study the ocean – we want to actively heal it.”