8 articles
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 ·
A guide to Nova Scotia's kelp beds of the North Atlantic — the species, the urchin wars, the invaders, the warming, and where to see kelp today.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Sargassum horneri arrived in California in the 2000s and spread fast. Profile of the invasive 'devil weed', its ecology, impacts and control.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·
Carcinus maenas is Europe's toughest shore crab — a kelp-edge scavenger at home and one of the world's most consequential marine invaders everywhere else.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
How marine invasive species spread: ballast water, hull fouling, aquaculture escapes and plastic rafting — the vectors, and why some coasts are vulnerable.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
A practical biosecurity system for kelp farms: the pest vectors that matter, zoning and quarantine design, and what to do in the first 48 hours of an outbreak.
Naomi Reyes ·
A biosecurity plan is your farm's immune system on paper. Components, zoning, SOPs and records that keep pests, pathogens and invasive hitchhikers off your lines.
Naomi Reyes ·
Wakame is a beloved edible kelp in Japan and Korea — and one of the world's most widespread invasive seaweeds. Understand both sides of Undaria pinnatifida.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·