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Alaskan interest in growing kelp continues to outpace that of shellfish, based on applications filed during the annual window that runs from January through April. The number of 2021 applicants dropped to just seven, reversing a steady upward trend that reached 16 last year, likely due to a âwait and seeâ approach stemming from the pandemic. âWe had people whose personal situations changed because of COVID. They became homeschooling parents, things like that, where they can no longer dedicate the time they thought they were going to have out on a farm site,â said Michell Morris, permit coordinator at the Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game. ....
Grundens is using recycled plastics from old fishing gear for a new line of rugged casual wear, and the first batch contains contributions from Cordova. Grundens, whose motto is âWe are fishing,â is the go-to brand for outer wear and foul-weather gear for mariners around the world. The company, which originated in Sweden in 1911, debuted its NetSource Collection this spring. The menâs shorts and womenâs leggings use Econyl, a regenerated nylon fabric that uses recycled fishing nets as the raw material. The company is connected with the Copper River Watershed Project, which collects the fishing nets and prepares them for shipping to Europe, where they are recycled into plastic pellets or, in this case, fibers. ....