Alaska has an ambitious goal: to turn its growing mariculture business into a $100 million industry by 2040.
It has a long way to go. But federal and state agencies are taking steps toward making products like seaweed and shellfish easier to grow and market.
Marine research organization Alaska Sea Grant will spend the next two years investigating how to better preserve kelp to make commercial ready-to-eat products, using a $50,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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