On Thursday evening, a small, underwater farm in Gowanus celebrated its first harvest. The crop, 20 pounds of dried kelp, was stored in burlap sacks hanging from the rafters of an old, disused barge.

For decades, Maine fisherman Steve Train has made a living catching lobsters and other seafood. But as warming water off the Maine coast makes the future of the fishery more uncertain, he’s also now ...

Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino and Councilwoman Laura Maier harvested the last of the T town’s sugar kelp, grown in local waterways to ultimately be dried, composted and used to treat ...

In partnership with 16 small kelp-growing operations along the Maine coast, Atlantic Sea Farms, in Saco, is looking to reach more consumers with a number of initiatives underway. Atlantic Sea Farms ...

As CEO of Saco kelp processor Atlantic Sea Farms, Briana Warner has overseen its rapid growth and retail expansion. This year working with 27 “partner-farmers,” the company harvested 450,000 pounds of ...

When it comes to eating seaweed, most Americans likely think about snacking on toasted sheets of nori, the wrapper around their sushi, or maybe a bright and briny salad at a restaurant, but a handful ...

In the murky green shallows of Moriches Bay, Paul McCormick steps from his oyster skiff to walk in knee-deep water to a section of his aqua farm that holds promise for a new industry on Long Island: ...

Kelp is a type of seaweed that grows in large underwater forests and looks a little like green lasagna noodles with curly edges. But now, the growing industry in the U.S. needs to build infrastructure ...