Setauket Harbor Task Force launched a new clean water initiative this passed winter. At the end of December 2020, we installed a series of anchors and lines in Setauket Harbor to grow sugar kelp during the winter months.

Sugar Kelp is a type of seaweed that grows naturally in the near shore parts of the ocean and Long Island Sound. It is known to remove C02 and excess nitrogen from coastal waters and is fast becoming a new high protein super food that is used for food flavoring, pet food and natural fertilizer.

The sugar kelp project in Setauket Harbor is a pilot program, funded by a grant from Moore Family Charitable Foundation and with support from the Town of Brookhaven.

Sugar kelp is grown from lines just below the surface of the water and grows downward in long strands.

In December of 2020, we installed the sugar kelp spores on our two lines which which are 100 feet long.

“Sugar Kelp removes CO2 and excess nitrogen from coastal waters.”