Testing Methods to Minimize Herring Spawning Events on Alaska Kelp Farms  Each spring, Alaska kelp farmers have the potential to run afoul of commercial herring fisheries when wild herring spawn in kelp farms. Scientists teamed up to investigate how to best keep herring from spawning on farms. This research addresses the emerging need to reduce negative interactions between aquatic farms and a species of commercial and regulatory importance. Read More >> Eyes in the Sky for Aquaculture Farmers: Location Scouting Using Satellite Data  NOAA Fisheries and CoastWatch partnered to adapt a new satellite-derived Habitat Suitability Index to identify productive regions for seafood farming in the Gulf of Maine. Using satellite imagery, researchers can collect data on a number of water quality parameters quickly and efficiently. Read More >> Meet Salish Seafoods: Geoduck Farmers in Washington  This Tide to Table profile features Salish Seafoods, a tribally owned company that sells wild salmon and farms clams, oysters, and geoducks. Take a walk in the muckboots of operations manager, Rod Schuffenhauer, to learn about how he farms geoducks from tide to table. Read More >> New Study Identifies Marine Spatial Planning Approaches to Site Aquaculture Scientists at NCCOS, NOAA's Office of Aquaculture, and partners published a new journal article detailing innovative spatial planning methods for aquaculture siting. The manuscript was the Bulletin of Marine Science's May 2025 Spotlight Publication! Read More >> Macroalgae Aquaculture: Biofuel Production and Reducing Entanglement Risk  The NCCOS Marine Spatial Planning Team, funded by the Department of Energy's MARINER Program, is conducting spatial planning and entanglement simulations to support macroalgae aquaculture development in California, including siting commercial-scale farms and assessing potential entanglement risk. Read More >> NOAA Fisheries Accepting Comments on Spatial Planning Study to Identify Draft Aquaculture Opportunity Area Options Within Alaska State Waters  NOAA Fisheries filed a Notice of Availability releasing the preliminary results of the marine spatial planning study. It includes the identification of draft Aquaculture Opportunity Area options within state waters of Southeast, Southcentral, and Southwest Alaska as part of the identification planning process. A 30-day comment period opened April 23, 2025, and there were two virtual listening sessions in May. Read More >> | 
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