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Sea Grant-NCCOS Alaska Mariculture Siting and Development Workshop
Sponsored by National Sea Grant Office, NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), Maryland Sea Grant, and Alaska Sea Grant.
Date: February 19, 2025 (in person)
Location: Harrigan Centennial Hall (Crescent Harbor, 330 Harbor Dr, Sitka, AK 99835)
Workshop Details
Mariculture impacts numerous groups, resulting in different perspectives on the growth of the industry, including the use of digital tools created to aid with the siting and expansion of mariculture operations. It is important to provide opportunities to deliberately connect and build capacity amongst different community members and groups and gather associated input and feedback to ensure these mariculture tools help improve sustainable mariculture growth in ways that meet different goals and needs.
To achieve this, an interactive session will be facilitated by Maryland Sea Grant in partnership with Alaska Sea Grant and the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Sciences (NCCOS). During the session, participants will be able to voice their opinions and provide feedback on mariculture siting tools and data, as well as better define how they want to be included in future tool improvements and developments. Specifically, participants will explore potential opportunities to showcase the data gathered during the Aquaculture Opportunity Areas process beyond the site suitability maps for Alaska and learn about a potential collaboration with Alaska’s Mariculture Map tool. Afterwards, participants will engage in a series of small-group discussions to understand preferences for tool function, delivery, and assistance. By the end of the session, participants will better understand future tool needs for Alaska, as well as different perspectives on mariculture expansion and tools. All information will be collected by Maryland Sea Grant and compiled into a report for NCCOS to guide future resource and tool developments in Alaska.
Workshop Materials
All participants will be provided with a briefing book of materials.
A workshop summary will be posted shortly after the conclusion of the workshop.
For further questions, contact:
Maryland Sea Grant Aquaculture
mdsg-aquaculture@umd.edu
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