Adam St. Gelais cuts kelp from a rope aboard a boat in Saco Bay on Wednesday. St. Gelais is a researcher with the University of New England, which received a $1.3 million grant from the Department of Energy to create a seaweed farm to assess the ability to grow seaweed in the open ocean.
Kelp stretches down from a rope as it is hauled aboard a boat in Saco Bay on Wednesday.
Gretchen Grebe hauls in rope with kelp attached.
Kelp clings to a rope leading up to a boat in Saco Bay where it is being harvested.
In this fish-eye view photograph, people harvest kelp from a rope and place it into coolers aboard a boat in Saco Bay on Wednesday. From right are Gretchen Grebe, Adam St. Gelais, Barry Costa-Pierce, Emma Jones and Liz Johndrow.
Kelp about to be harvested clings to a rope stretched across the port side of a boat in Saco Bay.
Liz Johndrow cuts kelp from a rope.
Barry Costa-Pierce places kelp he harvested from the line behind him into a cooler aboard a boat in Saco Bay on Wednesday.
Seen underwater, strands of kelp that are part of a seaweed farm created by researchers at the University of New England flow out from a rope they're attached to in Saco Bay.
Adam St. Gelais, left, moves a cooler while Gretchen Grebe cuts a section of kelp aboard a boat in Saco Bay.
Liz Johndrow holds a piece of kelp after cutting it off a rope aboard a boat in Saco Bay.
Barry Costa-Pierce, left, examines a piece of kelp while Adam St. Gelais packs kelp into a cooler aboard a boat in Saco Bay on Wednesday.
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