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Editor's Note 
 
Women are doing great things in aquaculture as this newsletter will show you. They're founding a kelp farming and skincare company and creating an education hub for Caribbean aquaculture. Enjoy!
- Seyitan Moritiwon, Associate editor
 
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Women-owned kelp farm awarded USDA funds for skincare research

Cold Current Kelp, a regenerative ocean farm and skincare company in Maine, has been awarded US$175,000 in Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) funds through the USDA.


PEI oyster farmers still waiting on Hurricane Fiona relief

In 2022, Hurricane Fiona’s impacts rocked Prince Edward Island’s aquaculture industry, causing an estimated C$70 million (US$51 million) in damages.


 
 
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Juli-Anne Russo: Educating on aquaculture in the Caribbean

The Caribbean Aquaculture Education & Innovation Hub is a project that brings together science, technology, business, entrepreneurship, and policy to address the need for the improvement of aquaculture in the Caribbean. Aquaculture scientist, Juli-Anne Russo founded this education hub to help with education and information sharing. » Read More...
 
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Lab on the move

In 2013, Anoushka Concepcion came up with the idea of a mobile seaweed laboratory but it wasn’t until 2023 that she got funding for the project. The associate extension educator at the Connecticut Sea Grant program and University of Connecticut extension said it’s being developed in response to a need by industry and regulators associated with the state’s emerging seaweed aquaculture industry. » Read More...
 
 
 
B.C. Aquaculture 
 

DFO looks to closed containment to replace B.C. salmon net pens by 2029

The Canadian government will be issuing nine-year licenses for closed containment projects on land and sea as part of its transition plan to ban open-net salmon farming. » Read More...

“Same as shutting us down”: First Nations leaders slam Canada’s plan to ban B.C. salmon farming by 2029

First Nations leaders are expressing their frustrations for the lack of consultation and collaboration for the Canadian government’s five-year plan to remove net pen salmon farming in the province. » Read More...

 
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Events 
 

WINAA Summit 2024

Sept. 5, 2024
Virtual event
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Seagriculture 2024

Sept. 11-12, 2024
Ketchikan, Ala., USA
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USTFA 2024 Fall Conference

Sept. 11-13, 2024
Corning, CA
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