CT Sea Grant leads project designed to spur the seaweed industry
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Participants in the National Seaweed Symposium examine samples of seaweeds\ grown in Maine during the Seaweed Showcase in Providence, R.I., in March 2020, which brought together more than 100 growers, researchers, regulators and others.contributed photo /Show MoreShow Less
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Products made by Barnacle Foods using Alaskan kelp are among those on display at the Seaweed Showcase during the March 2020 Seaweed Symposium.Contributed photo /Show MoreShow Less
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Chef Jeff Trombetta separates leaves of kelp before chopping during an introduction to kelp cuisine event in 2018.Contributed photo /Show MoreShow Less
CT Sea Grant-led Project Looks to Unlock Potential of Seaweed Industry
The UConn Avery Point-based program will lead efforts on the East and West coasts to boost commercial seaweed harvesting.
UConn students see kelp harvested from J.P. Vellotti’s beds in Groton as part of a visit to the Noank Aquaculture Cooperative on May 16, 2019, organized by Connecticut Sea Grant. (Judy Benson / Connecticut Sea Grant photo) Copy Link
Connecticut Sea Grant, based at UConn Avery Point, will lead a three-year, multi-state initiative to create the economic and business framework needed to spur the fledgling domestic kelp industry into the mainstream.
Bury Christmas, And a Happy New Use: Repurposing Christmas Trees to Prevent Coastal Erosion
When Christmas is over, those formerly-decorated trees may have a new purpose in protecting Connecticut beaches and marshes from erosion.
Discarded Christmas trees help trap sand, stalling erosion, as shown here at Old Black Point Beach in East Lyme (Photo courtesy of David Kozak) Copy Link
After they are stripped of festive tinsel and ornaments, most natural Christmas trees find their way out the door and into the dump. But there’s another possibility for these discarded evergreens: helping prevent coastal erosion.
“It serves a dual purpose right now, because people have their Christmas trees and they just throw them away; but if possible, we can use them to mitigate erosion,” Jennifer O’Donnell, UConn associate research professor of marine sciences, says.
UConn, Sea Grant’s Bob Pomeroy: Dedicated to Improving Marine Ecosystems Around the World
Bob Pomeroy, who recently retired from his post as an extension specialist and marine resource economist with Connecticut Sea Grant and UConn, has spent his career working on research and development projects with small-scale fisheries in Southeast Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
An aquaculture worker in Vietnam. Many small aquaculture farmers raising snakehead fish in a pond like this one now use a soy-based formula Bob Pomeroy and several partners developed (Photo courtesy of Sylvain De Guise) Copy Link
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Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in the Fall-Winter 2020-21 issue of Wrack Lines, the magazine of the Connecticut Sea Grant College Program, located at UConn Avery Point.]
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