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Automated Seaweed Harvest: Machines, Cutters and the Road to Scale

Hand-harvesting caps a kelp farm at boutique scale. How mechanised cutters, pump systems and harvest geometry work — and when automation actually pays.

Naomi Reyes · September 26, 2026

A fisher in oilskins hauls a kelp-laden longline over the side of a workboat at sunrise, with farm buoy lines stretching across calm coastal water.

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From Fisher to Farmer: How Working Boats Switch to Seaweed

The realistic path from fishing to kelp farming: which skills transfer, which do not, what the economics look like in years one to three, and how to de-risk the switch.

Naomi Reyes · September 26, 2026

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