By Jason Vallee Sun staff writer Apr 24, 2023
When Jay Douglas purchased the Mechanic Street Marina in Pawcatuck in 2016, his wife Suzie Flores said the couple was looking for a productive, innovative way to spend their winter months out on the water. The couple wanted an activity that could potentially help to improve waterways, provide a secondary income and encourage economic growth and healthier living.
Flores never anticipated that the desire for winter work would lead to her and Douglas to form the Stonington Kelp Company, a sugar kelp business that in the past few years has grown into the largest kelp harvester in Connecticut...