Fish Farming News http://fish-news.com/ffn The business newspaper for the Aquaculture Industry Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:42:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Sugar kelp farming: A promising new industry for coastal Maine http://fish-news.com/ffn/sugar-kelp-farming/ http://fish-news.com/ffn/sugar-kelp-farming/#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 21:32:39 +0000 cfncomfish http://fish-news.com/ffn/?p=2151

Continue reading »]]> WALPOLE, ME – Maine shellfish growers, traditional fishermen, chefs, and consumers all have a reason to be enthusiastic about a leafy brown algae called sugar kelp.

New culture techniques may be the missing link needed to bring aquaculturists and the seaweed industry together to develop a new sea vegetable industry for the Northeast.

It may even be a source of potential income for some lobstermen in the future.

matt-kelpwPhoto courtesy of Matthew Moretti @ Fish Farming News 2013

Matthew Moretti of Wild Ocean Aquaculture/Bangs Island Mussels with kelp grown at Bangs Island.

KELP4-P Dobbins photo, starting up

Paul Dobins/Ocean Approved photo © Fish Farming News 2013

A view of one of the rafts used to farm sugar kelp off the coast of Maine.



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