Our Ocean Farms

Ocean grown and hand harvested in Canada’s Salish Sea

Our sites are carefully selected for their seawater exchange, deep water upwelling, nutrient interactions with local shellfish and shelter from winter storms. Their proximity to historical kelp beds will allow our seed to reestablish once prominent submarine forests. Our team will continue to experiment with novel seeding techniques and planting methods for the cultivation of native kelp species.

We aim to dedicate a percentage of our farms to reseeding local kelp beds, with plans to cultivate robust and resilient plants to stand the test of environmental fluctuations. We also commit a portion of our harvests to support environmental innovation, sustainable aquaculture and agri-food and biomaterial development Provincial and Federal research programs.

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Salish Sea – Trincomali Channel, BC.


48 deg 52.736 N, 123 deg 28.173 W

Trincomali Channel offers a steady current flow and access to some of the most nutrient rich waters in the Southern Gulf Islands. Kelp once flourished here and the presence of robust plants in the vicinity provides the opportunity to reforest local beds. It is here that we suspend rows of lines underwater to act as rows in our garden. We’ll plant baby kelps that we’ve raised in a hatchery along each row so that they grow to the surface as they naturally would from a rocky reef or seafloor. Five months after planting baby kelps, we’ll be able to harvest the leaves (fronds) from these plants, while leaving every other row of plants for habitat creation. Harbour seals, whales, rockfish, salmon/salmonid, river otters and herring make their home here and are expected to live and find shelter in our kelp grove.

Salish Sea – Trincomali Channel, BC.


48 deg 52.736 N, 123 deg 28.173 W

Trincomali Channel offers a steady current flow and access to some of the most nutrient rich waters in the Southern Gulf Islands. Kelp once flourished here and the presence of robust plants in the vicinity provides the opportunity to reforest local beds. It is here that we suspend rows of lines underwater to act as rows in our garden. We’ll plant baby kelps that we’ve raised in a hatchery along each row so that they grow to the surface as they naturally would from a rocky reef or seafloor. Five months after planting baby kelps, we’ll be able to harvest the leaves (fronds) from these plants, while leaving every other row of plants for habitat creation. Harbour seals, whales, rockfish, salmon/salmonid, river otters and herring make their home here and are expected to live and find shelter in our kelp grove.

Dixon, Island – Barkley Sound, BC.


48 deg 51.217 N, 125 deg 6.865 W

Tucked in behind Dixon Island, this site is sheltered from the fetch of Barkley Sound’s Pacific swell. Our first farm experimented with a dual species cultivation approach on suspended ropes that ran parallel along the seafloor. Our kelp species compliment one another by occupying differing depths with little shading. Early season plants had higher total essential amino acids, while later season plants were notably richer in glutamic acid, which supports our digestive and immune systems. When grown within the right conditions, Pacific Sea Kelp offers a full-bodied complement of micro and macronutrients.