Uploaded February 2023 | Updated September 2026, 16 hours ago
Moderator Tom Mumford (Marine Agronomics) and panelists Simona Augyte (Ocean Era) and Katherine Davis (Washington Dept. of Fish & Wildlife) consider questions related to genetic diversity in wild and cultivated kelp, as well as disease safeguards.
Only a handful of seaweed farms and restoration projects have been permitted in Washington, but there is no shortage of interest in –and questions about– the future of seaweed cultivation in our shared waters. The Washington seaweed community needs reliable information to make informed choices about this future. Constituents also need to recognize where the available information is incomplete or unreliable. Through this symposium, Washington Sea Grant aims to move the community towards a shared understanding of what is known, and what is not known, about seaweed farming and what it could look like. Learn more about the Washington Seaweed Collaborative: waseaweedcollaborative.org
Moderator Tom Mumford (Marine Agronomics) and panelists Simona Augyte (Ocean Era) and Katherine Davis (Washington Dept. of Fish & Wildlife) consider questions related to genetic diversity in wild and cultivated kelp, as well as disease safeguards.
Only a handful of seaweed farms and restoration projects have been permitted in Washington, but there is no shortage of interest in –and questions about– the future of seaweed cultivation in our shared waters. The Washington seaweed community needs reliable information to make informed choices about this future. Constituents also need to recognize where the available information is incomplete or unreliable. Through this symposium, Washington Sea Grant aims to move the community towards a shared understanding of what is known, and what is not known, about seaweed farming and what it could look like. Learn more about the Washington Seaweed Collaborative: waseaweedcollaborative.org
![Beach Walk: A Naturalists Review [Part 3]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_JDVyYvkaXo/mqdefault.jpg "Beach Walk: A Naturalists Review [Part 3]
Explore Puget Sound sea life as the tide goes out. This 35 minute video has been broken into 3 parts for presentation on YouTube: 1-Introduction, beach etiquette, and teaching tips; 2-Cobble/boulder beaches and the sea life that are commonly found on them (sea stars, crabs, snails, anemones, seaweed and more); and 3-Sand/mud beaches (eelgrass, clams, jellies, etc.) with additional habitats, ways you can protect sea life on the beach and at home, acknowledgements and links to other resources. This video is sponsored by Washington Sea Grant (part of the University of Washingtons College of the Environment) and produced by Nancy Sefton of Unicorn Studios in Poulsbo. The video was developed in support of the Kitsap Beach Naturalist Program that is co-coordinated by Washington Sea Grant and WSU Kitsap Extension. Thanks for watching and for enjoying, appreciating and protecting our sea life!
Music by Alex Flint and Neil Moore.")
