Brackish & Co.

[ Brackish & Co. / Jules Marsh / Current work ]

Where the river meets the sea.

A mixed-water practice: custom software, practical business solutions, brand strategy, seaweed education, and quieter consultations.

I’m Jules. I build practical tools for small teams, and I’m bringing a decade of seaweed work into a community-funded effort for clearer rules, public education, and a stronger coastal industry.

Jules Marsh in a black hat and white linen shirt
[The practitioner]
The 12-month seaweed plan Explore Studio
“We are sick of these tired cycles of economic vulnerability, resource grabs, and waste and harm spiraling down. We are ready to breathe differently. And evolve.”
Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Undrowned (AK Press, 2020)

Software for independent businesses. A working future for seaweed.

[ SEAWEED COMMUNITY ACTION FUND ]

A working future for seaweed.

I’m bringing a decade of seaweed work into a shared 12-month effort: clearer rules for growers, public education, and practical support for a community-scale industry. You do not need to know aquaculture to take part.

The plan proposes finishing CAPRA, a draft California aquaculture permitting bill, retaining a lobbyist, and building the public support to carry it. Community contributions and larger organizational funding can work together. The priorities remain open to review.

Read the 12-month plan Add your support, free Contribute on Open Collective

No payment or account is needed to add your name and input here. Free support and financial contributions are separate.

[Where are you headed?]

Studio, shore, and a quieter door.

[ Studio ]

Business strategy & software, built to last.

Custom web apps, database architecture, practical business solutions, financial planning, and brand strategy. I take on work the industry needs but nobody is doing at a scale small teams can actually afford — high-touch partnerships priced for the folks who need them most. Specifics upon request.

For individuals and small businesses who want a real site and a real partner — not a template and a support ticket.

Web appsAgency platformsPermitting & dataConsultingBusiness solutionsBrand
View services & rates →Also: agency & research platformsPermitting platforms, regulations tracking across states, monitoring databases, lease and siting maps, and shared boards that bring agency communication together — for any regulator, program, or organization building the infrastructure a thriving aquaculture industry depends on.Go to agency & research →

[ Seaweed ]

Walks, field guides, and coastal learning.

Small-group low-tide walks and tastings around Camano Island, plus where it's legal to harvest in WA, OR & CA, a recipe and ID library, printable field guides, and a live Salish Sea whale-sighting map.

Book a tourDownload the manualAll seaweed →

[ Quiet door ]

Enlichen — slowness, symbiosis, self-inquiry, plant medicine.

Gentle wellness coaching and teaching that holds reverence for plant medicine as ancient medicine. For the quieter side of feeling well. For those already looking.

Enter quietly →

[Rates & access]

Every service carries a sliding-scale Driftline rate — no proof required, just ask. All pricing is listed as transparent ranges; nothing is gated behind a discovery call. If the top of a range still doesn't meet your situation, I make room.

Brackish Course case study cover

[ Brackish Course — enrollment open ]

Run aquaculture like an actual business.

Nineteen modules on permits, budgets, leases, buyers, labor, and insurance. Editable templates you keep, graded checkpoints, and a certificate you earn instead of clicking through. Explore the current enrollment options at the school.

  • [01]19 modules, self-paced
  • [02]Editable templates you keep
  • [03]Graded checkpoints + certificate
  • [04]Faculty Pass available

First five students get 50 percent off with the code FIRSTFIVE. Money tight? Entry is $44 on the Driftline rate — just ask.

Enroll at brackishcourse.orgSee the case study

[Origin & arc]

Built for the teams the industry forgets.

Brackish started where most tools stop. The aquaculture and agriculture co-ops I work with needed operations software, financial tracking, and permitting support — but the market only serves enterprises or hobbyists. I build in the gap: high-touch platforms and consulting priced for small teams who still need enterprise-grade care.

[Brackish Commons]

Brackish Books

Farm ops & finance

Permit Reef

Flagship regulatory platform

Project Brackish

Open co-op platform

Explore the software family →
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[Current currents]

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    Software & consulting

    Web apps, databases, business solutions, brand strategy

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    Seaweed & foraging

    Tours, ID guides, recipes, PNW coastal ecology

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    Enlichen

    Wellness coaching & plant medicine

[The Tide Line]

Field notes from the tide, in your inbox.

West Coast seaweed, in one inbox: the news, the policy moves, the science worth knowing, plus walk dates and the occasional letter from me. Quiet, never noisy, and you can leave any time.

Jules crouched in a tidepool, gathering seaweed by hand

Let's get brackish.

Whether you're building a platform or wading into the intertidal — tell me what you're working on.

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[The Tide Line]

Field notes from the tide, now and then.

West Coast seaweed, in one inbox: the news, the policy moves, the science worth knowing, plus walk dates and the occasional letter from me. Quiet, never noisy. Unsubscribe any time.