Kelping hands

Starting last spring, over the summer and into the fall, I (and many others) had the opportunity to help out with the Belfast Marine Institute kelp farm. It has been a great experience.

BMI at Belfast Area High School embarked on an aqua-culture educational program and last fall was able to establish an actual working kelp farm off City Park. On three 400-foot lines, students transplanted Sugar Kelp (Saccharina latissimi) and Alaria Kelp (Alaria esculenta).

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Charles Lagerbom teaches AP US History at Belfast Area High School and lives in Northport. He can be contacted at [email protected].

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