US seafood giant Trident Seafoods is eyeing commercial seaweed farming in Alaska, according to government records that show the company has applied for two leases with the state for sugar kelp, bull kelp and ribbon kelp.
The company has applied for a 25-acre lease in the Cook Bay area of Kodiak, as well as for a 101-acre lease in the Left Hand Bay area of the Aleutians, according to state documents.
Trident was not immediately available to comment on the leases, but its move is yet another example of the state's growing mariculture industry, according to proponents.
