Also called: Ocean Farmer, Seaweed Grower
Grows kelp and other seaweeds on underwater ropes for food, fertilizer, and even bioplastics.
In winter you seed long ropes with tiny kelp spores and hang them in the ocean. By spring the kelp has grown up to 10 feet long, and you haul it in by boat. Many kelp farmers are former fishermen diversifying in Maine and Alaska.
Very new industry; often part of a mixed income with fishing or oyster farming.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
No formal education, about 0 years after high school. On-the-job; nonprofit training programs and leases from the state.
Ways in: On-the-job training, Self-taught. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Marine Science, Aquaculture.
Growing faster than average. Small but fast-growing niche.
Low risk for 10 years. Ocean farming is hands-on and small-scale; demand for seaweed is growing faster than automation.
Classes: Biology, Business.
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