CT Sea Grant awarded major federal grant to help fledgling domestic kelp industry
Kelp farmer J.P. Vellotti shows some of his kelp growing April 9, 2018, in his 5- to 6-acre farm in Fishers Island Sound off Bluff Point. Connecticut Sea Grant, supported by a $766,650 federal grant, will lead a three-year, multistate initiative to help the fledgling domestic kelp industry. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
Kelp farmer J.P. Vellotti, not pictured, shows some of his kelp growing April 9, 2018, in his 5- to 6-acre farm in Fishers Island Sound off Bluff Point. Connecticut Sea Grant, supported by a $766,650 federal grant, will lead a three-year, multistate initiative to help the fledgling domestic kelp industry. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)