Uploaded February 2023 | Updated September 2026, 13 hours ago
Chris Eardley, WDFW Shellfish Policy Manager, and Brady Scott, WDNR Aquatics Asst. Division Manager, explain their respective agencies' roles and responsibilities with respect to wild and cultivated seaweed in Washington waters.
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
Chris Eardley, WDFW Shellfish Policy Manager, and Brady Scott, WDNR Aquatics Asst. Division Manager, explain their respective agencies' roles and responsibilities with respect to wild and cultivated seaweed in Washington waters.
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
