41 articles
How to become an aquatic or fish veterinarian: vet school route, residencies and certifications, aquaculture health work, employers and honest pay.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Asparagopsis fed to cattle slashes methane emissions, and farmers want to grow it. The biology, the tank systems, the hard problems and what to know before trying.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·
Europe's biggest wrasse rules the kelp rocks: nest-building, sex-changing, shell-crushing — and now conscripted onto salmon farms as a cleanerfish. Full profile.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Meet the corkwing wrasse: a small nest-building cleanerfish of Europe's kelp forests, now caught at scale for salmon farms — biology, ID marks, reef role.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Farmed and wild-harvested seaweed differ in consistency, price, ecology and use. A clear-eyed sourcing comparison for buyers, chefs and anyone choosing kelp products.
Naomi Reyes ·
Endemic to New Zealand, the green-lipped mussel filters big southern water, builds reef — and anchors one of the world's most admired shellfish farms.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Nori farming runs on Pyropia's strange two-stage life: a blade at sea and a filament hidden in shells. How the biology drives a billion-sheet industry.
Naomi Reyes ·
Wakame (Undaria pinnatifida) is a winter-grown crop seeded in autumn and raced to harvest before summer storms. Methods, seasons, markets and limits.
Naomi Reyes ·
Hatchery technicians grow the ocean's juveniles — kelp spores, oyster larvae, fish fry. Here's what the craft involves, how to get in, and where it leads.
Naomi Reyes ·
Kelp farm technicians seed, string, harvest and maintain the ocean's fastest crop. An honest guide to the work, the seasons, the skills and the pay.
Naomi Reyes ·
The right kelp harvest kit — cutting tools, line reels, bins and a disciplined deck layout — turns a chaotic pull into a flow. An equipment guide for small seaweed farms.
Naomi Reyes ·
Before kelp seed string leaves the hatchery, run these viability checks: settlement density, sporophyte stage, contamination, transport stress and a trial outplant.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·
The lumpfish is a lumpy, suction-bellied cold-water fish that farms raise by the million to eat sea lice off salmon — and its roe fishery is older than you think.
Naomi Reyes ·
New Zealand's Marlborough Sounds are drowned river valleys where kelp beds, mussel farms, dolphins and a famous shipwreck share startlingly calm water.
Tom Okafor ·
What do microplastic monitoring programs actually measure on kelp coasts — and what do the results say? Sources, exposure pathways and the honest state of the data.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Gracilaria sea mosses are among the most farmed seaweeds on Earth and the classic source of agar. Profile of their ecology, culture and cuisine.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·
Working a kelp farm means cold water, lines under tension and small crews. The complete safety framework: PPE, man-overboard drills, weather limits and lift plans.
Naomi Reyes ·
What to measure on a small seaweed farm, with what: temperature, light, dissolved oxygen, salinity and turbidity sensors — priced, compared and integrated into daily work.
Naomi Reyes ·
A seaweed farm permit is paper; social licence is people. How to consult fishing communities, councils and neighbours before — and long after — your lines go in.
Naomi Reyes ·
A kelp harvest is won or lost in logistics: weather windows, crew and crane slots, landing hygiene and the critical first six hours. An operations manual for seaweed farms.
Naomi Reyes ·
Seaweed hatchery technicians grow the microscopic half of kelp's life — spores, gametophytes, seeded lines. A guide to the craft, the skills and the way in.
Naomi Reyes ·
Seaweed grades are built on a handful of tests — moisture, ash, contaminants, colour and sensory score. Learn what buyers measure and how to grow and handle for top grade.
Naomi Reyes ·
From 5-metre skiffs to crane barges: how to choose, equip and use a workboat for a kelp farm — propulsion, deck layout, lifting gear and the mistakes that cost seasons.
Naomi Reyes ·
Aquaculture technicians run the hatcheries and farms the blue economy is built on. Here are the skills, certifications, pay patterns and honest routes in.
Naomi Reyes ·
How to evaluate a seaweed farm site: the physical criteria that decide your crop, the water quality checks, and the social map of neighbours and rules.
Naomi Reyes ·
A design guide for integrated multi-trophic aquaculture: the nutrient mass balance, how to pair fish, shellfish and seaweed, and how to lay out the water.
Naomi Reyes ·
IMTA pairs kelp and shellfish with fed fish farms so waste nutrients become crops. How integrated multi-trophic aquaculture works, its benefits and its limits.
Naomi Reyes ·
How seaweed farm permitting works: site leases, environmental assessment, navigation and fisheries consultation, timelines, costs and tips for approval.
Naomi Reyes ·
Where farm kelp seed really comes from: buying from hatcheries, permitted wild sorus collection, provenance rules, quality checks and ordering lead times.
Dr. Elias Brandt ·
A practical guide to building a small kelp hatchery: culture room design, seawater systems, equipment, budgets and the weekly workflow that produces seeded twine.
Naomi Reyes ·
Starting a small seaweed farm is achievable in one to two years for a committed team. Permits, site selection, gear, costs, and the mistakes that sink first farms.
Naomi Reyes ·
Lacuna vincta, the chink-shell kelp snail, lives its whole life on kelp blades — sometimes a helpful gardener, sometimes a grazer that can riddle a farm.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
When Pacific oyster larvae began dying in Northwest hatcheries in the mid-2000s, ocean acidification stepped out of the textbook. Here's what happened.
Dr. Lena Fischer ·
Giant red sea cucumbers vacuum the kelp forest floor, recycle nutrients and buffer reef chemistry — and global fisheries show what happens when they're gone.
Naomi Reyes ·
How to choose a kelp farm boat: match vessel class to farm stage, run the real total-cost math, weigh new vs used vs leased, and sea-trial before you sign.
Naomi Reyes ·
Iwate's ria coast grows some of Japan's finest kelp in drowned valleys — and fifteen years on from the 2011 tsunami, its recovery tells a coastal story for our century.
Tom Okafor ·
From satellite chlorophyll to shellfish closure thresholds, here's how harmful algal bloom forecasts are built, issued and used to keep seafood and coasts safe.
Dr. Lena Fischer ·
A safety culture beats a safety manual. How seaweed farms build one — near-miss reporting, toolbox talks, stop-work authority and learning from small boats and cold water.
Jack Callum ·
Marine hatchery technicians raise oysters, abalone and fish from egg to juvenile. Here's the daily work, the qualifications, and the routes into the job.
Naomi Reyes ·
A coastal atlas guide to the Yellow Sea: the heartland of world kelp farming, from Qingdao's kombu rafts to green tides and a shallow, changing sea.
Naomi Reyes ·
A map of seaweed and shellfish aquaculture careers: hatchery techs, farm crews, health specialists, engineers and managers — what each role does and how to get in.
Naomi Reyes ·