Fellowship spotlight: Rachel French

A young woman wearing a winter cap and life jacket smiling at camera while holding up a piece of kelp. Blue sky is behind her.

For the past two years, Rachel French has supported Alaska’s growing kelp and oyster industry as an Alaska Sea Grant State Fellow with the mariculture team. She updated key oyster and kelp farming resources to strengthen connections to promote sustainable practices.

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Mariculture Conference draws a crowd

A fancy tray of oysters, with a hand in a blue glove holding an oyster shucker.

All photos by Jessica Whitney/Alaska Sea Grant Alaska’s enthusiasm for mariculture was evident at last month’s Mariculture Conference of Alaska. More than 300 people gathered in Anchorage for the three-day…

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Testing the waters of mariculture

A women, wearing a blue top and yellow lab gloves, displays a small plate covered with small red round slimy creatures.

An Alaska Sea Grant partnership enabled a group of Alaska Natives to dip their proverbial toes into the mariculture industry. In February, Alaska Sea Grant collaborated with the Central Council…

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