For Michael Doall, the salty waters surrounding Long Island have always harbored exploration and entertainment. Growing up along the coast, Doall spent countless days fishing, surfing, and swimming at the beach, partly because his mother let him skip school on especially lovely spring afternoons. “From birth one of my passions has been the ocean,” Doall…
Author: Candice Powers
[Policy Brief] Regenerative Ocean Farming: A climate-forward venture for people and our planet
To: Danielle Blacklock, Director of the NOAA Fisheries Office of Aquaculture BLUF: To mitigate anthropogenic threats to seafood species and marine ecosystems, NOAA must employ their Aquaculture Opportunity Area (AOA) assessments to implement regenerative ocean farming (ROF) in all suitable coastal areas. ROF will (1) counter ocean acidification (OA), (2) prevent harmful algal blooms (HABs),…
Stewardship of Our Oceans Should Belong to the First Nations People
For Jen Rose Smith and her fellow dAXunhyuu (Eyak people), seaweed has always been a treasured tool and a tasty treat. The Eyak peoples have developed an array of uses for kelp, from using specially prepared kelp as an anti-crack finish for canoes, to pressing it into blocks for later consumption (2021). While this knowledge…
Changing our minds, stomachs, and planet: The mission to make kelp mainstream
It is soothing to watch ocean waves lap the shoreline of Machiasport–a sleepy coastal town of less than 1,000 people, situated in Downeast Maine. If you look beyond the jagged coastline, vibrant buoys bob in synchrony, unsuspiciously supporting a sea crop that flourishes just feet below the surface: kelp. This particular ocean farm belongs to…
