Technical Summary Reports:
The Nature Conservancy. 2024. Exploring the habitat value of kelp aquaculture and kelp-shellfish co-culture. A comparative study of kelp farming systems in northern and southern cold-temperate ecosystems. Arlington, Virginia. April 2024. (Contributing authors: Alleway, Byron, Jeffs).
The Nature Conservancy. 2024. A global monitoring, evaluation and learning framework for regenerative and restorative aquaculture: Helping nature thrive through aquaculture. Arlington, Virginia, USA. February 2024. (Contributing authors: Alleway, Jones, Hancock, Kirk, Reeves, Waters, Davis, Heckathorn, Schillaci, Rose, Brown, Fallourd, Roberts, Jeffs, Byron).
Media coverage:
May 28, 2024. University of Auckland. Seaweed and mussel farming can boost wild fish populations.
May 28, 2024. The Fish Site. Biodiversity benefits of seaweed and mussel farming.
May 28, 2024. TNC One Conservancy Science May 2024 Newsletter. Habitat value of kelp aquaculture.
May 06, 2024. The Nature Conservancy. Aquaculture Science Hub. Exploring the habitat value of kelp aquaculture and kelp-shellfish co-culture. A comparative study of kelp farming systems in northern and southern cold-temperate ecosystems.
May 03, 2024. Maine Aquaculture Association Kelp Curriculum. Kelp Us Learn: The biology and ecology of seaweed. Seaweed educational materials for 5th and 6th grade classrooms.
2024. Maine Aquaculture Association Kelp Curriculum. “Kelp Us Learn!”. Seaweed educational materials for 5th and 6th grade classrooms. Byron featured in sections 4, 5, & 13.
FY2023. The Nature Conservancy Global Aquaculture Program Annual Report
2023. The Nature Conservancy. The Science Behind Kelp’s Superpowers.
July 14, 2023. The Fish Site. The Nature of Aquaculture; Consumers will pay premium for seaweed products.
June 21, 2023. The Nature Conservancy. Seaweed Aquaculture as Habitat.
July 6, 2022. Mongabay. Scientists strive to restore world’s embattled kelp forests.
July 14, 2021. Cool Green Science. Can Kelp help Mussel Farms Thrive?
May, 2021. The Nature Conservancy. Studying the Benefits of Kelp.
May 20, 2021. UNE students plant, harvest seaweed as part of several research projects (wmtw.com)
April 14, 2021. The Fish Site. Assessing the habitat benefits of kelp aquaculture in New Zealand and Maine.
April 12, 2021. Jones, R., Byron, C.J., Jeffs, A. Assessing the habitat benefits of kelp aquaculture in New Zealand and Maine. The Fish Site.
April 05, 2021. UNE. UNE researchers examine kelp farming’s benefits to the ecosystem.