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Federally-funded campaign aims to raise national awareness and boost domestic markets for Alaska’s seaweed and shellfish industry and produce.

The grant comes from the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Information is aimed at prospective farmers, educators, students, and the general public, and focuses especially on shellfish and seaweed farming.

"The vast majority of Americans prefer their seafood be harvested in the United States," Craig Morris, CEO of Genuine Alaska Pollock Producers.

Alaskan Governor Mike Dunleavy has announced his intention to create "a new fish farming industry". Until now, Alaska has prohibited finfish farming except for private non-profit salmon hatcheries.

In March the local seafood processor E.C. Phillips & Son Inc. acquired Trident's processing plant, bunkhouse, galley, and two housing units in Petersburg.