The Klahoose First Nation is among the first coastal communities to partner with Cascadia Seaweed in an attempt scale up kelp aquaculture along the West Coast.
The federal fisheries minister, B.C. agriculture minister, and federal and provincial Green Party politicians are all on board to open the week-long Seaweed Days being debuted by Cascadia Seaweed on Monday.
For Lisa Girbav and Stephen Kingshott, an ideal date probably involves harvesting seaweed and seafood in northern B.C.’s chilly waters — and then writing about it.
Researcher Thierry Chopin has been pitching the ecological, economic and social benefits of farming seaweed and salmon together since the late 1990s. But, there won't be adoption of co-cultivation in salmon farming until there is regulatory change and financial incentive, he says.
Shared goals of providing economic diversification, employment opportunities and skills training for coastal First Nations communities make for a good partnership between one coastal First Nation and a commercial kelp business in B.C.
Scientists are eager to find ways to reduce methane emissions through possible changes to cows' diets, and seaweed has great potential, said Spencer Serin, a researcher affiliated with North Island College and Cascadia Seaweed on Vancouver Island.
Many science, industry and investment stakeholders support seaweed aquaculture as a potential means to grow a sustainable super food that benefits the economy and environment.
An ambitious project to map and monitor sea kelp forests along the entire B.C. coast is afoot, and scientists are using seemly disparate tools — both ancient and modern — to do it.
In 'Heart of the Coast: Biodiversity and Resilience on the Pacific Edge,' Tyee Bridge explains how sea otters, urchins and starfish each have a role to play in fragile kelp-bed ecosystems.
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