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Posts Tagged ‘seal oil’

Alaska Sea Grant helps solve seal oil safety concerns

By Anne Gore | March 9, 2021
strips of seal fat in bucket

For many rural coastal communities in Alaska, seal oil is a mainstay of traditional diets. It is used as a dipping sauce and to flavor stews, and as an ingredient…

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Mixing science with traditional knowledge, researchers hope to get seal oil on the menu

By Sue Keller | March 7, 2018

In 2016 the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation recommended Alaska Sea Grant seafood specialists Chris Sannito and Brian Himelbloom pay a visit to Kotzebue, to evaluate the traditional process of…

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