by Laine Welch | Apr 19, 2021 | Environment, Fish Radio Programs, Seaweeds
Asparagopsis taxiformis – popular Pacific “red seaweed” can help save the world from greenhouse gases More studies prove that seaweed can help save the planet from greenhouse gases. Fish Radio has followed studies in Australia and Canada...
by Laine Welch | Jan 22, 2021 | Environment, Fish Radio Programs, Seaweeds
They are coming to take our cows away! claim critics of the proposed Green New Deal that’s cropped up in Congress. The deal calls for major investments in clean-energy jobs and infrastructure to help transform to a more earth friendly economy. It’s making...
by Laine Welch | May 21, 2020 | Fish Radio Programs, Mariculture, Seaweeds, Shellfish
Interest continues to grow for startups of shellfish and seaweed farms – and in more remote regions of Alaska. Eighteen growers put in applications for new or modified farms in the 2020 time slot that runs from January through April. That’s an increase of...
by Laine Welch | Apr 24, 2020 | Fish Radio Programs, Seaweeds
A type of seaweed that naturally tastes like bacon is quickly becoming the IT new super-food. Dulse is a red seaweed that can be found along the coasts from California to Alaska. It has been used as a food source for centuries throughout Scotland, Ireland and...
by Laine Welch | Mar 3, 2020 | Fish Radio Programs, Seaweeds
Bullwhip Hot Sauce was the biggest winner in the Alaska Symphony of Seafood competition that wrapped up last week in Juneau. The hot sauce, made with bull kelp by Juneau-based Barnacle Seafoods, took home the Grand Prize in a field of 20 entries, four of which...
by Laine Welch | Dec 5, 2019 | Fish Radio Programs, Mariculture, Seaweeds
Training more Alaska seaweed farmers is the goal of a program next February in Kodiak, Sitka and Ketchikan. The training is phase two of the Alaska Mariculture Initiative that aims to grow a $100 million seaweed industry in 20 years. The program is funded by a...