Alaska’s newest kelp hatchery recently finished its first growing season in a mobile shipping container in Kodiak. The ...

In Washington State, the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe’s new preservation facility offers a back-up plan for an uncertain future. By Natalia Mesa/Hakai Magazine Published May 28, 2023 9:00 PM EDT This ...

This article was originally published by Hakai Magazine. Kelp is common along temperate shorelines around the world. For millennia, this large brown algae has been vital to coastal Indigenous peoples.

On a clear March afternoon, John Smet shut off the engine of his workboat as he approached his go-to wild kelp bed. It was high tide, so less kelp was pooling on the surface of the water, making it ...