US EditionStudents Learn To Farm Fish, Seaweed. But Where Are The Jobs?
- The University of Hawaii operates eight permitted seaweed research sites where students learn cultivation, but job opportunities remain limited in 2025.
- The limited jobs stem from a workforce deficit and complex regulations that nearly every aquaculture business identifies as major challenges.
- Researchers lead an international project integrating hatchery innovations and Indigenous knowledge to advance scalable bull kelp farming alongside local training efforts.
- Senator Glenn Wakai emphasized that coordinated efforts must occur simultaneously to create employment opportunities for recent graduates, cautioning that without adequate support, these workers may be forced to leave Hawaii.
- Without addressing workforce and regulatory barriers, the state's $90 million aquaculture industry risks failing to reach its potential $600 million annual value by 2034.
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Students Learn To Farm Fish, Seaweed. But Where Are The Jobs?
Aquaculture is projected to become Hawaiʻi's strongest food industry, but the state may not be doing enough to ensure there are good jobs in the future for local teens already preparing for the field.
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Students Learn To Farm Fish, Seaweed. But Where Are The Jobs? Aquaculture is projected to become Hawaiʻi’s strongest food industry, but the state may not be doing enough to ensure there are good jobs in the future for local teens already preparing for the
Students Learn To Farm Fish, Seaweed. But Where Are The Jobs?
Blue Economy CRC Spawns New Trans-Pacific Research Partnership
A new Catalyst: Seeding grant (NZ$80,000) will bring together leading bull kelp researchers from New Zealand, Australia, and Chile in an ambitious collaboration to accelerate the commercial cultivation of Durvillaea spp. Led by Professor Lindsey White (AUT), the project aims to integrate hatchery and farming innovations with Indigenous and international expertise to advance a scalable, sustainable bull kelp industry. This initiative builds on se…
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