In this episode I talk with Shannon Cellan about paralytic shellfish toxins and her work at the Sitka Tribe of Alaska.

Links!Shellfish Testing Data: https://seator.org/data/

Shellfish Testing Map: https://ahab.portal.aoos.org/#map

Sitka Tribe of Alaska Environmental Research Lab (how to submit shellfish for testing): https://seator.org/lab/

Vocab!

Action Potential - https://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/ap.html

Alexandrium - https://accs.uaa.alaska.edu/wp-content/uploads/NOAA-PMN-Factsheet-Alexandrium_spp..pdf

Cyanobacteria - https://asm.org/articles/2021/september/cyanobacteria-blankets-of-doom-causes-and-effects

Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) - https://www.noaa.gov/what-is-harmful-algal-bloom

Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning - https://dec.alaska.gov/eh/fss/shellfish/paralytic-shellfish-poisoning/

Poison vs. Toxin - https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/364-poisons-and-toxins

Phytoplankton - https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/phyto.html

Saxitoxin - https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Saxitoxin

Sodium Ion Channel - https://kids.kiddle.co/Ion_channel

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At a talk on Whale Entanglement—that’s where whales get caught in fishing gear—I asked researcher Michelle Dutro, during the audience Q&A, if kelp farms pose a risk to whales.

Spoiler Alert: there have been no issues with whales and Alaska kelp farms.

Resources Mentioned

Michelle Dutro’s Page on Whalefesthttps://sitkawhalefest.org/speakers/3927/

Report Marine Mammal Entanglements in Alaska (phone numbers)https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/contact/alaska-marine-mammal-stranding-network-24-hour-hotline

Journal article about using fiberglass rods in seaweed farm gearhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0144860924000244

From Michelle Dupro’s Lecture – a story about rescuing a humpback from entanglement in Alaskahttps://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/successful-effort-rescue-entangled-humpback-whale-alaska

Also from Michelle Dupro’s Lecture (contains info on how to respond to an entanglement)https://alaska-training.whaledisentanglement.org

Sitka WhaleFest – Official Websitehttps://sitkawhalefest.org/

NOAA: Approved Weak Inserts for Large Whale Take Reductionhttps://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/new-england-mid-atlantic/marine-mammal-protection/approved-weak-inserts-atlantic-large-whale-take

Study of Fish Farm Entanglements in British Columbia https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10954164/

Sitka WhaleFest 2024 Lecture Videos (the theme was climate change) https://www.youtube.com/@sitkascience/videos

World Wildlife Fund: Seaweed Farming and Whale Entanglement Riskshttps://www.worldwildlife.org/our-work/oceans/sustainable-seafood/farmed-seafood/farmed-seaweed/seaweed-farming-avoiding-the-potential-risk-of-entanglement/

Ropes vs. Lines – Explainedhttps://www.boatingwithdawsons.com/blog/difference-rope-line/

TheFishSite.com article about preventing entanglements with mussel farmshttps://thefishsite.com/articles/aquaculture-2016-preventing-entrapments-in-mussel-farming-gear

Explanation of Wood Stock Referencehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock

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In this episode Josie talks to us about her summer internship at an Oyster Farm. Josie is a student at the University of Alaska Southeast’s Alaska Aquaculture program.

Here’s a video of the FlipFarm baskets in action.

Here some links referenced in the show:

FlipFarm — Josie talks about working with this gear: https://www.flipfarmusa.com/

Listen to a podcast with Eric Wyatt, Josie’s Boss: Oyster-ology, Episode 24.

Some information on Oyster Farming from Alaska Department of Fish and Game:

https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=fishingaquaticfarming.mariculturefaq

Blue Starr Oyster’s website: https://bluestarroysters.com

More information from NOAA Fisheries: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/sustainable-pacific-oyster-farming

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We talk about product development, marketing, employment and other kelp things. I really appreciate Kathryn taking the time to talk to Mariculture Minute!

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In today’s episode we hear from an Anna, an aquaculture intern from UAS Sitka. Anna tells us what it’s like to work at Medvejie Hatchery.

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