The Mariculture Research and Restoration Consortium project brings together researchers from the University of Alaska Fairbanks, state and federal agencies, tribal and scientific entities with nine shellfish/seaweed farms throughout three regions of coastal Alaska. This large interdisciplinary project is measuring environmental drivers and examining the ecological effects of aquatic farms through various lenses from the physiochemical properties of the water column to the interactions with invertebrate, fish, avian, and marine mammal communities. We are studying farm productivity across this large geographic gradient using standardized growing methods and a research-scale array with a suite of environmental sensors. One of the highlights of the project is how academic and agency scientists are working alongside aquatic farmers to support their information needs. In turn, farmers are collecting and submitting samples and data that contribute to addressing a suite of questions about how farms are influenced by and interact with their environment. This research project will provide valuable insight to inform site selection of future farms and to inform future farming practices, with the ultimate goal to support an ecologically and economically sustainable mariculture industry in coastal Alaska.