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Kelp. (Photo by Ratha Grimes / Flickr) Kayla Desroches/KMXT A company that turns seaweed into pasta is planting the season’s first round of kelp in Alaska waters. This week, Blue Evolution is set to transfer seeded line from its lab to the waters around Ketchikan and Kodiak. Recently, they successfully transferred seeded line into Larsen Bay in Kodiak. Set net …

Nick Mangini’s crew pictured from above following harvest. Tamsen Peeples far right. Kayla Desroches/KMXT Kayla Desroches/KMXT Commercial seaweed farming could be the hot new industry in Alaska, and Kodiak is getting in on it. Blue Evolution, a company from the Lower 48 that turns seaweed into pasta products, has partnered up with both Alaska and out-of-state groups to harvest and …