September 7, 2023 — Alaska is pushing for an increase in mariculture and kelp-farming sites across the state in an attempt to provide employment opportunities for Indigenous Alaskans.
At the second annual Seagriculture conference, a seaweed and mariculture conference taking place 6 and 7 September in Portland, Maine, U.S.A., Markos Scheer, the founder and CEO of Craig, Alaska-based mariculture firm Seagrove, touted the latest investments and innovation slated for Alaska’s mariculture sector.