Alaska Mariculture Alliance: the voice of the industry
Heather McCarty, President, Alaska Mariculture Alliance (AMA), USA
Conference
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Seagriculture USA
11 - 12 September 2024
Ketchikan, Alaska, USA
About speaker:
Speaker is a long-time member of the Alaska seafood industry, starting as a salmon fisherman in Prince William Sound, and the marketing and public relations manager for the salmon aquaculture program in the Sound – the largest salmon hatchery program in the US. As a representative of a community development organization that owns crab harvesting and processing quota in the Bering Sea, co-chairs a program to restore red and blue king crab through hatchery rearing and juvenile releases. Co-chaired the Alaska Governor’s Mariculture Task Force which wrote the first strategic plan for mariculture development in the state; now chairs the AMA.
Company:
The Alaska Mariculture Alliance is a statewide nonprofit organization whose mission is to develop and support a robust and sustainable mariculture industry for the long-term benefit of Alaska's economy, environment, and communities.
Presentation:
Presentation will include a short history of mariculture development in Alaska, the make-up, mission and goals of AMA, and the major short-term focuses of the organization as we recognize the issues facing mariculture success in the State.