Aquaculture America 2026

February 16 - 19, 2026

Las Vegas, Nevada

Macroalgae / Microalgae

Wednesday, February 18, 2026 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM Concorde A
Chair: Anoushka Concepcion, Melissa Good

  • 8:30 AM
    Melissa Good

    STATE OF THE STATES: PROGRESS, CHALLENGES, AND OUTLOOK FOR SEAWEED AQUACULTURE

    Melissa Good

  • 8:45 AM
    Rafael Cuevas Uribe

    RIDING THE CALIFORNIA SEAWEED WAVE: AN OVERVIEW OF THE CAL POLY HUMBOLDT PROVIDENSEA SEAWEED FARM

    Rafael Cuevas Uribe

  • 9:00 AM
    Nicholas Mangini

    KELP IN ALASKA – AN OVERVIEW OF THE INDUSTRY SO FAR AND WHAT THE FUTURE MAY HOLD

    Nicholas Mangini

  • 9:15 AM
    Charlie Herrington

    ALASKA MARICULTURE CLUSTER: CATALYZING ALASKA’S SEAWEED INDUSTRY

    Charlie Herrington

  • 9:30 AM
    Angela Bowers

    BUILDING ALASKA’S SEAWEED WORKFORCE: MARICULTURE TRAINING AND INNOVATION AT UAS

    Angela Bowers

  • 9:45 AM
    Alix Laferriere

    THE ALASKAN BULL KELP RESEARCH SQUAD

    Alix Laferriere

  • 10:30 AM
    Catriona K. Macleod

    SEAWEED AQUACULTURE IN AUSTRALIA: ADVANCING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, CLIMATE ACTION AND BLUE ECONOMY GROWTH

    Catriona K. Macleod

  • 10:45 AM
    Phillip Tahimic

    GAMETOPHYTE SEEDING IN A UNIVERSAL HATCHERY SYSTEM: PROTOCOL FOR WINGED KELP Alaria marginata FROM NURSERY TO LAND-BASED TUMBLE CULTURE

    Phillip Tahimic

  • 11:00 AM
    Euna Seo

    SEX-SPECIFIC RESPONSES OF GAMETOPHYTES TO Sargassum horneri EXTRACT (SHE) CONFER CROSS-GENERATIONAL HEAT TOLERANCE IN Undaria pinnatifida

    Euna Seo

  • 11:15 AM
    Tamsen Peeples

    KELP HATCHERY INNOVATION; NATURAL FIBER AND NOVEL FERTILIZER

    Tamsen Peeples

  • 11:30 AM
    Samantha Miles

    HATCHERY DEVELOPMENT AND EARLY-STAGE CULTIVATION OF HAWAIIAN Asparagopsis taxiformis FOR RESTORATIVE AQUACULTURE

    Samantha Miles

  • 11:45 AM
    Jeong Hwa Hwang

    IRON AVAILABILITY AS A KEY DETERMINANT OF GROWTH, PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND PIGMENT SYNTHESIS IN Pyropia yezoensis

    Jeong Hwa Hwang

  • 12:00 PM
    Jae Woo Jung

    COMMERCIAL FERTILZER FOR ENHANCED COST-EFFICIENCY IN LAND-BASED CULTIVATION OF PACIFIC DULSE Devaleraea mollis

    Jae Woo Jung

  • 12:15 PM
    Evan Simpson

    DEVELOPMENT OF A LONGLINE CULTIVATION SYSTEM FOR RIBBON KELP Alaria marginata IN AN ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT

    Evan Simpson

  • 1:30 PM
    Kendall Barbery

    FROM SEED TO STABILIZATION: KEY FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM GREENWAVE’S KELP INDUSTRY REPORT

    Kendall Barbery

  • 1:45 PM
    Kayla McKinley

    MICROALGAE: WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? AN INTEGRATIVE ANALYSIS OF NUTRIENT REMOVAL AND BIOMASS ACCUMULATION IN ALGAL TURF SYSTEMS FOR AQUACULTURE PRACTICES

    Kayla McKinley

  • 2:00 PM
    Laura Karina Rangel Mendoza

    CRYOPRESERVATION OF Macrocystis pyrifera SPORES: PRELIMINARY INSIGHTS INTO FREEZING RATE OPTIMIZATION

    Laura Karina Rangel Mendoza

  • 2:15 PM
    Ima Hosseinzadeh

    PREY QUALITY CONSISTENCY OF PHYTOPLANKTON CULTURES IN HATCHERY SYSTEMS

    Ima Hosseinzadeh

  • 2:30 PM
    Michael Ciaramella

    SEAWEED SAFETY: ADDRESSING RISKS AND SUPPORTING INDUSTRY GROWTH

    Michael Ciaramella

  • 2:45 PM
    Ji-Sook Park

    BLUE CARBON FROM GREEN TIDES: CARBON REMOVAL POTENTIAL OF INTERTIDAL ULVA BLOOMS

    Ji-Sook Park

  • 3:00 PM
    Alan Wilson

    COPPER SULFATE TREATMENT HARMS ZOOPLANKTON AND ULTIMATELY PROMOTES ALGAL BLOOMS: A FIELD MESOCOSM EXPERIMENT

    Alan Wilson

  • 3:15 PM
    Andrew Barrick

    EFFICACY OF TREATING CYANOBACTERIAL BLOOMS USING COPPER AND ORGANIC HERBICIDE MIXTURES

    Andrew Barrick

  • 3:30 PM
    Steve Morton

    PARTICIPATORY SCIENCE APPROACH TO MONITOR HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS, WATER QUALITY AND CHANGES IN ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS WITH THE AQUACULTURE INDUSTRY

    Steve Morton

  • 3:45 PM
    Giuseppe Esposito

    ISOLATION AND ANALYSIS OF HAEMOLYMPH-ASSOCIATED CULTURABLE BACTERIA IN THE BLUE CRAB Callinectes sapidus IN THE NORTHERN ADRIATIC SEA (ITALY)

    Giuseppe Esposito

  • 4:00 PM
    Emily Reynolds

    SEAWEED MAPPING IN ALASKA

    Emily Reynolds

  • 4:15 PM
    Victor Wright

    A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF LIQUID ALGAE FERTILIZERS TO COMMERCIAL AND ORGANIC FERTILIZERS

    Victor Wright

  • 4:30 PM
    Aaron Poe

    KELP VALUES: SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF KELP MARICULTURE OPPORTUNITIES FOR COASTAL VILLAGES WITHIN THE EVOS SPILL ZONE

    Aaron Poe

  • 4:45 PM
    Angela Korabik

    FROM HATCHERY TO HARVEST: EXAMINING THE EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT HATCHERY ENVIRONMENTS THROUGHOUT THE BULL KELP Nereocystis luetkeana LIFECYCLE

    Angela Korabik

  • 5:00 PM
    Minu Kesheri

    DELTA-6 DESATURASE–RICH MICROALGAL FEED FOR ENHANCED PUFA BIOSYNTHESIS IN FISHES

    Minu Kesheri

  • 5:15 PM
    Ye-Seul Lee

    CAN HEAT TOLERANCE FROM Sargassum horneri EXTRACT BE PASSED ON THROUGH ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION IN Pyropia yezoensis?

    Ye-Seul Lee

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