Aquaculture 2025

March 6 - 10, 2025

New Orleans, Louisiana USA

Macroalgae Aquaculture: Supporting a Successful Seaweed Sector

Saturday, March 8, 2025 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM Balcony J
Chair: Anoushka Concepcion, Melissa Good, Simona Augyte

  • 8:35 AM
    Danielle Blacklock

    UNLOCKING THE POTENTIAL OF SEAWEED: NOAA’S CONTRIBUTIONS TO A SUSTAINABLE U.S. AQUACULTURE INDUSTRY

  • 9:00 AM
    Jordan Hollarsmith

    OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR ALASKA KELP AQUACULTURE

  • 9:15 AM
    Angela Korabik

    THE SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES OF GROWING BULL KELP IN ALASKA

  • 9:30 AM
    Jaclyn Robidoux

    MAINE’S SEAWEED SECTOR: INSIGHTS FOR SEAWEED FARMING IN THE U.S.

  • 9:45 AM
    David Bailey

    THE DEVIL’S IN THE DETAILS: ADDRESSING THE PRACTICAL LIMITATIONS HOLDING BACK THE KELP FARMING INDUSTRY

  • 10:30 AM
    Julianne Grenn

    SEA LETTUCE Ulva spp. AND OYSTER CO-CULTURE: A POTENTIAL CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION STRATEGY FOR OYSTER FARMERS

  • 10:45 AM
    Simona Augyte

    LAND-BASED CULTIVATION OF RED MACROALGAE IN HAWAI'I

  • 11:00 AM
    Kalani Ortiz

    CULTIVATING SEAWEEDS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FOR SUSTAINABLE CULINARY USES

  • 11:15 AM
    Andrew Kim

    CLASH (CORE-LIT APPARATUS FOR SEAWEED HATCHERIES): AN ALL-IN-ONE MODULAR SEAWEED HATCHERY SYSTEM

  • 11:30 AM
    Jennica Lowell Hawkins

    THE AFFECT OF NUTRIENT SOURCE ON GROWTH RATE, PROXIMATE COMPOSITION, AND BACTERIAL COMMUNITY IN SEVERAL SPECIES OF TROPICAL MACROALGAE GROWN IN LAND-BASED CULTURE SYSTEMS

  • 11:45 AM
    Michael Ciaramella

    SEAWEED FOOD SAFETY: DRAFTING A HAZARDS AND CONTROLS GUIDE

  • 12:00 PM
    Sharon Palmer

    HARNESSING THE NUTRITIONAL POWER OF SEAWEEDS AND BIVALVES: TRANSFORMING DATA INTO DELICIOUS STRATEGIES FOR BOOSTING CONSUMPTION

  • 12:15 PM
    Brian Donovan

    AN ECONOMIC AND PRODUCTION ANALYSIS OF SEAWEED FARMERS IN CALIFORNIA AND THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

  • 1:30 PM
    Arthur Veremchuk

    EFFECTS OF FLUID VELOCITY ON CO2 UPTAKE RATE BY THE RED SEAWEED Agarophyton vermiculophyllum

  • 1:45 PM
    Nichola Dyer

    SEAWEED AND ITS MULTIFACETED IMPACT ON WOMEN, THROUGH LENSES OF FOOD SECURITY, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, TRADE, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

  • 2:00 PM
    Samuel Chan

    THE RED SEAWEED LEARNING COLLABORATIVE: EXTENSION ENHANCING RESEARCH IMPACT

  • 2:15 PM
    Tammy Warner

    DEMONSTRATION: BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC PLANNING FOR SEAWEED AQUACULTURE SYSTEMS IN THE UNITED STATES

  • 2:30 PM
    Diego Valderrama

    PRELIMINARY TESTING OF A LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA) USER-FRIENDLY TOOL TO INTEGRATE ECOSYSTEM SERVICES INTO BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC PLANNING FOR SEAWEED AQUACULTURE

  • 2:45 PM
    Interactive Session on Kelp