CT Sea Grant receives award for seaweed research
Groton — Connecticut Sea Grant, along with the Maine and New Hampshire Sea Grant programs, jointly received the Sea Grant Association’s Research to Application Group Award for their work to advance seaweed aquaculture.
The award was presented last week during the national Sea Grant Week conference in Newport, R.I. It recognized the group for its research paving the way for a new sea vegetable industry in New England, Connecticut Sea Grant, which is based at the Avery Point campus of the University of Connecticut, said in a news release.
Selected by a panel of judges from 17 total group nominations, this research has developed viable mass-scalable seaweed aquaculture for domestic markets, the news release said. Outreach programs continue to expand these markets with active seaweed harvesters and diversified products. New processing methods and product forms are being evaluated and tested in all three states. Seed banks and nurseries also were established to assist growers.
Connecticut participants named in the award nomination include: Charles Yarish, professor of evolutionary biology at the University of Connecticut’s Stamford campus; Jang Kim, former UConn assistant research professor of marine sciences and currently assistant professor at Incheon National University in Korea; John Curtis of the Bridgeport Regional Aquaculture Science and Technology Education Center; Anoushka Concepcion of Connecticut Sea Grant and UConn Extension and Peg Van Patten of Connecticut Sea Grant.
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