[Along the coast]
I can only be on one beach at a time. These are the festivals, tours, and teachers I'd point you toward from Puget Sound down to Monterey — some mine, most other people's, all worth your Saturday.
California Seaweed Festival · Monterey, CA
The gathering for anyone serious about seaweed on this coast — growers, harvesters, cooks, scientists, and a lot of people who just love the stuff. I will be there in Monterey this year, and I am hosting a walk under the festival program.
Brackish & Co. — hosted under the California Seaweed Festival · Monterey, CA
A guided shore walk I am leading as part of the festival. Same approach as my Salish Sea walks — identification, ethics, and what to actually do with it in the kitchen — tuned to central California species and California rules. Registration runs through the festival; I will link the direct page here as soon as it is live.
Alanna — Shifting Tides · Oregon coast
If you are on the Oregon coast, go with Alanna. She runs Shifting Tides and she is the person I send people to without hesitation — grounded, generous, deeply careful about the shore she works on. Different coastline than mine, same ethic.
Washington Dept. of Fish & Wildlife · Washington
Where to buy the license that covers seaweed in Washington.
Visit →Oregon Dept. of Fish & Wildlife · Oregon
Oregon personal-use rules, limits, and licensing in one place.
Visit →California Dept. of Fish & Wildlife · California
California rules for personal and commercial algae harvest, plus the MPA map you should check first.
Visit →Need the rules before you go? Coast Guide → — harvest law and the map, state by state.
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