Safe and Sustainable Fisheries and Seafood Supply

California Sea Grant Extension Specialist Receives The Maritime Alliance Sustainable Seafood Award
Scientist Theresa Talley recognized for strengthening community connections to local seafood

Ecology and Trophic Interactions of Jumbo Squid (Dosidicus gigas) in the California Current Ecosystem
The original goal of this project was to assemble a picture of the jumbo squid’s life history in the California Current.

Minimizing the Use of Fishmeal and Fish Oil in the Diet of California Yellowtail, Seriola lalandi—A Top Candidate for Offshore Aquaculture
Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute is partnering with the USDA, University of Idaho and Universidad Autónoma de Baja California to develop fish feeds with little or no fish protein and fish oil.

Understanding Roles of Competing Bacterial Endosymbionts in Abalone Health, Management and Restoration
Several years ago, a new rickettsia-like organism (RLO) was observed in the tissues of farmed abalone.

CA Sea Grant informs new law to permit Fishermen’s Markets
California Governor Jerry Brown has signed new legislation to streamline the permitting and operation of direct, local fishermen’s markets in California.

Ventura Shellfish Enterprise
Strategic Permitting to Increase Shellfish Farming in So. California

Trophic Ecology of the Gopher Rockfish (Sebastes carnatus): Providing Baseline Information for Evaluation of Marine Protected Areas
How are the California Central Coast marine protected areas (MPAs), which were established in 2007, affecting gopher rockfish?

Genomically Enabled Crossbreeding to Improve Yields of Farmed Pacific Oysters
This project seeks to develop tools and knowledge for developing a high-yield Pacific oyster for commercial culture.

Setting the Stage for Community-Based, Fishermen-Led Lost Crab Fishing Gear Recovery
Dungeness crab fishing grounds from Crescent City to Morro Bay may be littered with thousands of lost crab pots.

Developing an Index of Abundance for Pacific Sardine in California
New aerial surveys of sardines off Southern California will address fishermen’s concerns that sardine abundance estimates are effectively “missing California fish,” as this project will help pay fo