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 ...
Cold Current Kelp co-owner Krista Rosen holds up an example of wild sugar kelp that has grown on the company’s previously planted line in Kittery, Maine, on Dec. 15, 2024. Early on a freezing Sunday ...
CRISTA ROSEN AND INGA POTTER HEAD OUT FROM KITTERY POINT, MAINE, ANTICIPATING A HEALTHY HAUL. A LEISURELY TEN MINUTES FROM THE HARBOR, YELLOW BUOYS MARK THEIR GROW LINES. THEY CULTIVATE THEIR CATCH ...
New environmental DNA tools can accurately and inexpensively quantify kelp-derived biomass in sediments below commercial kelp farms, according to research recently published in PLOS One. The new study ...
KITTERY, Maine (WMTW) — Seven months ago, Maine business partners Krista Rosen and Inga Potter were hauling in their harvest from their kelp farm off the coast of Kittery Point. Fast forward to ...