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Mariculture:RecentStatewide&LocalDevelopments

Presentedto:SoutheastConferenceSeptember20,2017

Presentedby:JulieDecker,AFDF

Thispresenta&onwasfundedinpartfromNOAAAward#NA14NMF4270058.ThestatementsarethoseoftheauthorsanddonotnecessarilyreflecttheviewsofNOAAortheDept.ofCommerce.

Mission-toiden&fyproblemscommontotheAlaskaseafoodindustry&developefficient,sustainablesolu&onsthatprovidebenefits

totheeconomy,environmentandcommuni&es

Areasoffocus:1)AlaskaSymphonyofSeafood(productdevelopment)2)100%Club(fullu?liza?on)3)Sustainabilitycer?fica?on(RFM,MSC,socialresponsibility)

4)Fishingvesselenergyefficiency5)Mari?meworkforcedevelopment6)Mariculturedevelopment

Since 1978

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WhatisMariculture?

FinfishFarming

InAlaska,maricultureis…

Species=local(shellfish+invertebrates+aqua&cplants)+Pacificoysters

InAlaska,maricultureis…

Maricultureis…

FisheryEnhancement(public/private)

Aqua?cFarming(private)

Restora?on(public)

AlaskaMaricultureTaskForceAdministra?veOrder#280:GovernorWalkerestablishedtheAlaska

MaricultureTaskForce(AMTF)byAO#280in2016.

Direc?ve-“Todevelopaviableandsustainablemaricultureindustryproducingshellfishandaqua&cplantsforthelong-termbenefitofAlaska’seconomy,environmentandcommuni&es.”

GuidingPrinciples:1)  Defini?on:enhancementofwildfisheries&aqua?cfarming

ofshellfish&aqua?cplants2)  Compa?blewithresponsible&sustainablemanagementof

itsseafoodresources3)  Stakeholder-driven4)  BenefitsAlaskans

HumpIslandOysterCo.Wins2016EntrepreneuroftheYearfrom

KetchikanChamberofCommerce

BenefitstoAlaskans:Economic

ConnectsAlaskanswithtradi?onalfoodsources,

harves?ngac?vi?es&skills

BenefitstoAlaskans:Cultural

BenefitstoAlaskans:FoodSecurityIncreasesaccessto

localfoods

BenefitstoAlaskans:Industrial

Commercialfishingvessels–BristolBay Processingplant–Kodiak

Salmonhatchery–PrinceWilliamSound

• Compliments&expandsexis?ng$6billionseafoodindustry

• Buildsonassets–vessels,plants,sustainablefisheries,salmonhatcheries,

Alaskaseafoodbrand&ASMI

BenefitstoAlaskans:Environmental

Poten?alclimatechangemi?ga?on&habitatimprovementsthroughecosystemservices

(ie.waterfiltra?on,carbon,nitrogen&phosphorusremoval)

Howtostayinformed

Website:hbp://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=ame.main

Listserve:Signupatthewebsite

Toautoma?callyreceivepublicno?ces,etc.

NEWResearchProjectsFunded:

McDowellGroupcompletedfirstdrag;final

completedthisfall.

Scopeofanalysis:! Exis?ngindustry

! Opportuni?es&Challenges! EconomicModelforGrowth! StrategicDevelopmentGoals

NEWResearchProjectsFunded:

1)  MaricultureMap-DevelopmentofaGISTooltoInformMaricultureExpansioninAlaska(partners:AFDF,APICDA,TNC)

2)  GeoduckSpawning,NurseryTechniques,SeedSecurityandTechnologyTransfer(partners:OA,AP,SARDFA,farmers,Metlakatla)

3)  FecalColiformResearchtoInformImprovedDECWaterQualityProcedures(partners:PSI,farmers,DEC)

NEWResearchProjectsFunded:U.S.Dept.ofEnergy(DOE)

DOE’sAdvancedResearchProjectsAgency–Energy(ARPA-E)9/19/2017-announced$22millioninfundingfor18projects,focusontechnologicalchallengestogrowingandharves&ngseaweedefficiently&cost-effec&vely;developtoolstoenableUSbecomealeadingproducerofseaweedhelpingtoimproveU.S.energysecurityandeconomiccompe&&veness.

Category1Project:UniversityofAlaskaFairbanks,MikeStekoll–ProjectLeader;ProjectTeamincludesAFDF,R&MEngineering,Ketchikan&Kodiakfarmers,BlueEvolu?on.Year1=$500K;Years2-4=$4.5million

“…developreplicablescalemodelfarmscapableofthecosteffec&veproduc&onofsugarkelp,atypeofseaweed...apar&cularemphasiswillbeonthedevelopmentofcost-effec&veharves&ngmethodsbasedontechnologiesappliedinthecommercialfishingindustry…”

Category2&5Project:SameProjectTeam.Years1-3=$3.7million

NEW-TangibleIndica&onsofIndustryGrowth

1) Mariculturebills(HB76&HB128),sponsoredbyRep.Or?z&Sen.Stevens,movedthroughlegisla?veprocessintofinalcommibee(S-Finance)

2)  Firstcommercialseaweedharvest3) Newseaweedproductsdeveloped4) OceansAlaskapermibedfordemonstra?onseaweedfarm5) OceansAlaskaexploresintegra?onofpubliceduca?on6)  Statereceivesnewfarmapplica?onsin2017

20171stcommercialseaweedharvest

inKetchikan&Kodiak

L:StephanieMangini,KodiakIslandSustainableSeaweed,SugarKelp,2017;R:HumpIslandOysterstaff,April,2017

2017-1s

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mercialseaweedharvest

SeaweedProductsKelpisthenewKale!Kelpsmoothiecubes

KelpsalsaKelppicklesKelppasta

SeaweedsaladSeeauc&onitem!

ShellfishHatchery

2017StatewideFarmApplica&ons

Ifallarepermibed,thenewapps(green)represent:! 50%increaseinnumbersoffarms! 400%increaseinnumbersofacres! Increasesinoystersandseaweed! Loca?onsinSE,PWS,Homer&Kodiak! Largersizesincreaseeconomiesofscale&profitability

Thankyouforyoursupport!