Back to: Kelp Culturing 101

There are several key farmers and scientists whose work has built the foundation for the ocean farming industry and kelp hatchery protocols. At GreenWave, we’ve built and based our hatchery practices on Dr. Charles Yarish’s years of research on sugar kelp, protocols laid out by Atlantic Sea Farms’ (formerly Ocean Approved) “Kelp Farming Manual: A Guide to the Processes, Techniques, and Equipment for Farming Kelp in New England Waters,” and guidance and tips we’ve learned from other practitioners across the industry. Everything we’ve learned has been taught to us by an incredibly talented group of scientists, farmers, and industry advocates, without whom the industry would not be where it is today. 

Kelp hatchery designs, techniques, and protocols are still evolving, and we expect this guidance to shift in the future as new technology becomes available. But the backbone of kelp culturing methods were built from this body of research and is still in use today.  

Industry Perspective

Dr. Charles Yarish and his research team at the University of Connecticut have been instrumental in laying the groundwork that allowed the commercial kelp industry to flourish in the U.S.