Welcome to National Aquaculture Week, when we celebrate increasing our access to fresh seafood while protecting coastal resources. Seafood farming, if done responsibly as it is in the United States, is one of the most environmentally sustainable ways to produce food and protein. Marine aquaculture can expand and stabilize the U.S. seafood supply in the face of environmental change and economic uncertainty.
Celebrate Aquaculture Week by learning about members of the aquaculture community who provide valuable jobs and increase access to fresh, sustainably sourced American seafood. Aquaculture is more than seafood production. It is about ecosystem stewardship, coastal communities, and economic opportunities.
New Aquaculture Features
Podcast: How to Maximize Aquaculture—Growing More Seafood Through Science
Have you ever heard the expression “What grows together, goes together”? In our latest podcast, hear from a scientist using an ecosystem approach to aquaculture, growing multiple seafood products together in a sustainable system.
Tide-to-Table Profiles
Check out new profiles below featuring growers across the country to learn more about the love they have for their communities, the food they grow, and the people they feed.
Kodiak Ocean Bounty Grows Oysters in Rural Alaska
Erik O’Brien is an oyster farmer working to anchor jobs and food in his rural Alaska community.
Big Island Abalone Grows Shellfish in Hawai'i
Satoshi Yoshida is an abalone farmer bringing a new kind of shellfish to Kona, Hawai'i.
Ocean Rainforest Farms Seaweed in Southern California
Javier Infante is a seaweed scientist doing cutting-edge research offshore Santa Barbara, California.
American Unagi Farms Eels, on Land, in Maine
Sara Rademaker is an eel farmer passionate about bringing sustainable jobs to rural Maine.
DJ’s Oyster Company, Growing a New Kind of Oyster in Texas
David Aparicio is an oyster farmer demonstrating resilience after a hurricane in Palacios, Texas.
Read about DJ’s Oyster Company
More Aquaculture Features
NOAA Fisheries and USDA's Agricultural Research Service to Breed Better Oysters
NOAA Fisheries and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service opened a new Northeast Oyster Breeding Center in Milford, Connecticut.
Learn more about the new oyster-breeding center
Video: Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Clam Garden
NOAA helped the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community build the first modern clam garden in the United States. It will provide food for the community, and provide environmental diversity that’s important in the face of climate change.
Podcast: Planet NOAA Podcast Episode 8—SEA-stainability
Aquaculture—or farmed seafood—is making the way we live, work and eat more sustainable. Break down the inner workings of NOAA’S aquaculture and sustainability science with Chief Scientist Dr. Sarah Kapnick and special guests.
Podcast: Seaweed—The Miracle Macroalgae with Major Economic and Environmental Value
Discover the versatility of seaweed and the contributions of seaweed farming—or seaweed aquaculture—to working waterfronts and environmental sustainability.
Story Map: Farming from Tide to Table—Aquaculture Recipes and Stories from Across the United States
Explore the map to learn about aquaculture growers across the country, and pick up a few new recipes!
