Advancing Algal and Invertebrate Aquaculture
Principal Investigator: Susan Brawley (Marine Science, UÎÞÓÇÊÓƵ)
Partners: Luz Kogson (UÎÞÓÇÊÓƵ), Sarah Redmond (UÎÞÓÇÊÓƵ Marine Extension Team/ÎÞÓÇÊÓƵ Sea Grant), Shep Erhart (ÎÞÓÇÊÓƵ Coast Sea Vegetables), Seth Barker (ÎÞÓÇÊÓƵ Fresh Sea Farms), Phil Harrington Bait (Wholesale Marine Worms), J. West (Commercial Fisherman)
´¡²ú²õ³Ù°ù²¹³¦³Ù:ÌýInterest in sea vegetables as a healthy superfood was one of the top food trends of 2016, and demand for high quality seafood from ÎÞÓÇÊÓƵ in increasing. This proposal will promote a seasonally diversified sea vegetable (Marine macroalgae) aquaculture industry based on multiple kelps, lavers, and dulse through further cultivar isolations and comparative growth tests at the University’s CCAR-based Sea Vegetable Research Nursery. This work will include grow-outs demonstrating commercially applicable methodologies on two sea farms located in ÎÞÓÇÊÓƵ that hold experimental sea vegetable leases, ÎÞÓÇÊÓƵ Coast Sea Vegetables and ÎÞÓÇÊÓƵ Fresh Sear Farms.