[brackish course]
A school built from the work itself.
Brackish Course is the education platform of the Brackish suite — courses, resources, and tools across multiple realms of learning. We start with aquaculture because that's where we work; the platform grows from there.
- Format
- Online
- Realms
- Growing
- Flagship course
- Brackish Business
- Suite
- Brackish
Realms of study
Live now
Aquaculture & the working water
Our first realm, taught from real farms and real permits. The flagship course, Brackish Business, is live now.
In development
More realms on the way
Brackish Course is built to grow — new subjects, new instructors, new formats. Each realm gets the same depth: working material, not summaries.
Included with courses
Resources & tools
Templates, checklists, models, and reference material attached to every course — editable versions you can make your own.
Flagship course · Aquaculture realm
Brackish Business: Aquaculture, Run as a Business
19 modules · 51 contact hoursEverything it takes to plan, permit, fund, and actually run an aquaculture business on the California coast.
Working growers, career changers, and college students who want the business half of aquaculture, not just the biology.
[module 01]
Business Types and Site Selection
How farm models (shellfish, finfish, seaweed, land based recirculating) drive the site you need, and how site constraints quietly decide the business model for you.
[module 02]
Permitting and Leasing
The federal, state, and local permit path in plain order, who signs what, and where applications actually stall.
[module 03]
Infrastructure Development and Production Planning
Gear, buildout sequence, stocking and harvest cycles, and building a production calendar that survives contact with weather.
[module 04]
Safety and Standards: OSHA, FDA, and Best Practices
Worker safety obligations, food safety controls, sanitation, recordkeeping, and what an inspection day looks like.
[module 05]
Social License to Operate
What social license is, how it is earned, how it is lost, and what it costs to rebuild.
[module 06]
Stakeholder Mapping and Engagement
Identify who has interest, who has power, who has neither but a very loud voice, and sequence your outreach accordingly.
Part of the Brackish suite
BrackishBooks
The publishing arm of the suite — field guides, course readers, and working texts that pair with Brackish Course material.
Brackish Course
You're here. Courses, realms, and learning tools — the teaching heart of the suite.
The wider suite
Brackish Course ties into everything we build — one account, one library, materials that move with you across Brackish projects.
How it works
01
Pick a realm
Start with aquaculture; more realms join the catalog as they're built.
02
Work the modules
Short lectures, one paired exercise per module, real deliverables.
03
Use the tools
Every course ships editable templates alongside the final materials.
04
Leave with proof
Certificates, finished documents, and work you can actually use.
Start learning with Brackish.
One account across the suite. Enroll in Brackish Business today, and your library grows with every realm we add.