Melissa Good

Melissa Good

Mariculture specialist

University affiliation

  • Alaska Sea Grant

Contact information

Media contact

Kate Barber

Areas of expertise

  • Fisheries and ocean science
  • Biology

Research interests/biography

Actively working as the Alaska Sea Grant mariculture specialist with community members, industry, Alaska Native tribes and corporations, seafood processors, community leaders and regulators to promote marine aquaculture in Alaska.

Recent projects include:

a farm-to-table project to connect Alaska consumers to locally grown oysters and seaweed products

developing educational mariculture materials

conducting a market assessment to identify technology and equipment used globally in primary processing and manufacturing of large volumes of seaweed

establishing a National Sea Grant Seaweed Hub

establishing a pilot seaweed farm in western Alaska

developing seaweed mariculture economic tools