Tag: aquaculture

Comment may also be made at one of two public scoping meetings: April 22, from 2-3 p.m. and April 28 from 9-10 a.m.

The updated National Aquaculture Development Plan credits aquaculture as one of the most environmentally sustainable ways to produce healthy food.

The U.S. grows less than one-hundredth of one percent of the world’s $6 billion seaweed market but Alaska has the goods to grow into a major contributor.

Alaskan interest in growing kelp continues to outpace that of shellfish, based on applications filed during the annual window that runs from January through April.

In his 46 years as Alaska’s lone representative in Congress, Rep. Don Young helped toss out foreign fishing fleets from Alaska’s waters with the onset of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act in 1976, and today he is intent on doing the same with offshore fish farms.

Legislation introduced in Congress by Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, would keep commercial finfish aquaculture operations out of the federal exclusive economic zone unless specifically authorized by Congress.

Board members of the Prince William Sound Regional Citizens Advisory Council have elected city of Homer representative Robert Archibald as president, and former president Amanda Bauer, representative for the city of Valdez, as vice president.

Michael Rubino, who has served as director of NOAA Fisheries Office of Aquaculture since 2011, is moving into a new role where he will...

By Lauren Frisch For The Cordova Times Growing up near the beach, Brian Ulaski often overlooked wrack, the seaweed that washes up on coastlines. Later, as an undergraduate...

A group of fish harvesters and seafood industry entities is urging Congress to oppose attempts to legitimize open net pen finfish aquaculture, as proposed...