Atlas7 min read
Cape Ann: Kelp Ledges and Old Granite on Massachusetts' North Shore
Cape Ann, north of Boston, is old granite meeting cold Atlantic water — sugar kelp ledges, famous shore dives and a coast living at kelp's warming edge.
Tom Okafor ·
#sugar-kelp
24 articles
Farming10 min read
Choosing Your First Seaweed Species: A Practical Decision Framework
Sugar kelp or wakame? Tank-grown dulse or longline Ulva? A five-question framework for matching your first farmed species to your site, market and appetite for risk.
Naomi Reyes ·
Kitchen7 min read
Crispy Kelp Snacks: Roasting and Frying Fresh Kelp Until It Shatters
Blanched kelp roasted or fried turns into shattering, saline crisps. Drying, oil and temperature rules, seasoning ideas, and why fresh beats store-bought.
Sofia Andersson ·
Field Notes8 min read
Field Notes: Returning to Lofoten in the Dark Season
In eight weeks the light goes at 68° north. What Lofoten's first seeded lines did through their first summer, and the plan for going back in.
Jack Callum ·
Field Notes9 min read
Field Notes: Holding a Nursery Together Through the Winter Storms
Tidewright field note from Lofoten: how a kelp nursery survives December — storm triage, line tensioning, and what three Atlantic gales teach a young crop.
Jack Callum ·
Field Notes7 min read
Field Notes: A Ranger Knowledge Exchange in Lofoten
Four Kudjela sea-country rangers fly north to our Lofoten project. A week of sugar kelp, winter light, and two very different coasts trading what they know.
Jack Callum ·
Field Notes9 min read
Field Notes: The First Harvest in Lofoten
Eighteen months after Lofoten's polar-night seeding, the sugar kelp belt met its first harvest. Field notes from the week the fleet got paid in kelp.
Jack Callum ·
Atlas9 min read
The Gulf of Maine: Where Kelp Meets the Fastest-Warming Sea
The Gulf of Maine is warming faster than almost any body of water on Earth. What that means for its sugar kelp forests, its lobster economy, and its future.
Dr. Lena Fischer ·
Atlas9 min read
The Gulf of St Lawrence: Green Kelp Under the Tides of the Magdalens
Sea ice, tides and working coasts shape the Gulf of St Lawrence's kelp beds — from the Magdalen Islands to Gaspé and the Mingan shore.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·
Atlas8 min read
Hudson Bay's Kelp Fringe: Subarctic Forests on the Churchill Coast
Sugar kelp under six months of sea ice, belugas in the estuary and a lengthening summer: a guide to the subarctic kelp fringe of Hudson Bay's Churchill coast.
Dr. Lena Fischer ·
Kitchen8 min read
Kelp Slaw: Crunchy Fresh Kelp, Sharp Dressing, Ten Minutes
Fresh kelp slaw with blanched sugar kelp, lime-sesame dressing and crunchy vegetables: the ten-minute seaweed salad that belongs next to grilled fish.
Sofia Andersson ·
Atlas12 min read
Nova Scotia: Kelp Beds of the North Atlantic
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 ·
Atlas8 min read
Rhode Island: Kelp on the Southern Edge of New England
Rhode Island's kelp beds were already at their warm limit when the water started heating. What remains — and what was lost — is a preview of New England's future.
Dr. Lena Fischer ·
Farming9 min read
Seaweed Yield Benchmarks: What a Hectare Should Produce
Realistic seaweed yield ranges by species — wet vs dry, per metre vs per hectare — why quoted numbers vary so wildly, and how to benchmark your own farm.
Naomi Reyes ·
Farming11 min read
Growing Sugar Kelp: A Species-Specific Farming Guide
How to grow sugar kelp (Saccharina latissima) from spores to harvest — site choice, seeding windows, grow-out depth, and the winter timing that makes this crop work.
Naomi Reyes ·
Farming9 min read
Harvest Timing: When Kelp Biomass and Quality Peak
When should you harvest kelp? How the biomass-versus-quality trade-off works, species-by-species seasons, and the sampling routine that catches the peak.
Naomi Reyes ·
Kitchen7 min read
Kelp Relish: A Bright, Briny Condiment for Fish, Burgers and Cheese
Kelp relish turns blanched sugar kelp into a sharp, crunchy pickle-condiment. Recipe, blanching ratios, storage and the ten foods it transforms.
Sofia Andersson ·
Field Notes8 min read
Field Notes: First Soundings on a New Atlantic Site
Ten days scouting Nova Scotia's eastern shore for what could become Tidewright's first Atlantic restoration site: sonar, charts and community halls.
Jack Callum ·
Field Notes8 min read
Wintering Over in Lofoten: Seedstock in the Dark
Wintering over at Tidewright's Lofoten hatchery means seedstock care in the polar night: light discipline, cold rooms, slow work and a culture lab that never sleeps.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·
Field Notes8 min read
Field Notes: First Lines in Lofoten — Seeding Sugar Kelp Through the Dark
Tidewright's northern-most program seeds sugar kelp through Lofoten's polar night, working from fishing boats at 68 degrees north. A field operations log.
Jack Callum ·
Farming12 min read
Farming Sugar Kelp: A Season-by-Season Guide to Saccharina latissima
A working calendar for sugar kelp farming — from summer sorus collection through autumn outplanting, winter growth and the spring harvest window.
Naomi Reyes ·
Kitchen6 min read
Kelp Pesto: A Coastal Twist on a Classic
A complete kelp pesto recipe from fresh blanched kelp or dried fronds: the technique, ratios, variations, and how to keep it green for a week.
Sofia Andersson ·
Atlas8 min read
Kelp Forests of Newfoundland and Labrador: Cold-Water Kelp and Cod
A guide to Newfoundland's kelp forests — sugar kelp reefs in ice-cold Atlantic water, urchin barrens, the cod collapse's shadow, and what recovery looks like.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Encyclopedia9 min read
Sugar Kelp (Saccharina latissima): Species Profile
Sugar kelp is the sweet-tasting cold-water kelp that farmers love. Explore its biology, range, life cycle and why it anchors a new wave of ocean farming.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·