Kelp seed hatchery expansion could be coming to Ketchikan

Kelp seed hatchery expansion could be coming to Ketchikan

Young kelp plants grow inside water tanks at Premium Aquatics’ hatchery in Ketchikan. (Hunter Morrison/KRBD) It’s a warm and sunny October day along the shoreline of the Tongass Narrows. Markos Scheer walks down a boardwalk and into a warehouse, where the air feels like the inside of a refrigerator. He points to a row of PVC pipes submerged in tanks of water. A fabric-like substance is spooled around them. “That’s all growing sugar kelp,” Scheer…