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Good Data, Unexpected Solutions
By helping oyster growers understand their genetics, California Sea Grant is creating a dataset that can solve even unanticipated problems
Reviving an Ancient Bond with Grape Leftovers
With kelp forests decimated, the Kashia found an abundant solution to culture abalone, using the pulp discarded by California winemakers
From Lab to Livelihood
How abalone research is cultivating California's next generation of aquaculture workers
Harboring Growth: California Ports Pioneer Aquaculture Solutions
New website helps harbor managers and ocean farmers navigate the path to seafood farming
New Portal Tracks Coastal Health
Real-time data helps protect $45 billion marine economy from the effects of ocean acidification and oxygen depletion
California Sea Grant Welcomes New Aquaculture Extension Specialist
Simona Augyte will build a new program expanding opportunities for Southern California aquaculture
Taking the aquaculture temperature
A new California Sea Grant report explores nonprofits’ views on California aquaculture
Understanding how the Pacific understands aquaculture
California Sea Grant is leading a collaborative effort to assess and strengthen public knowledge of a promising industry
Preparing abalone for a precarious future
New study suggests white abalone are vulnerable to warming — but genetics might make a difference
Can local seaweed reduce California's cattle methane emissions?
California Sea Grant research investigates home-grown solutions
Undergrad mentorship programs diversify marine sciences
Eight California Sea Grant-funded programs offer support to young researchers
A Boost For Aquaculture: Tools To Identify Suitable Sites for Farming Seafood
For those looking to launch an ocean-based aquaculture project, finding both available and suitable space to safely farm seafood can be a daunting challenge, especially in densely populated locations like Southern California
Fort Bragg has the best kind of blues
Collaborative efforts to develop a new “blue economy” include a new California Sea Grant extension fellow
The birth of the California Current Acidification Network
When oyster larvae started dying in record numbers, California Sea Grant jumped into action
Sharing Ocean Space to Boost Seafood Production
California Sea Grant’s New Website Offers Solutions For Shrinking America’s Seafood Deficit
Roe Crops: How Sacramento Became the Caviar Capital of the U.S.
Bolstered by steady funding assistance from California Sea Grant, California’s white sturgeon were successfully brought into domestication
How 50 years of California Sea Grant research kept abalone on the menu
Despite challenges brought by invasive pests and disease, California’s abalone are still hanging on.
Celebrate local this holiday season with a new California seafood finder
A new interactive website helps customers find local, sustainable seafood
Rock scallops like it rough
By going against conventional wisdom, a team of California Sea Grant and Moss Landing Marine Lab researchers might have finally figured out some critical factors for farming large quantities of elusive giant rock scallop larvae
California Sea Grant Receives Nearly $700,000 To Develop New Hatchery Technologies For Seaweed Farming
Funding will address critical knowledge gaps in propagating seaweed and expanding U.S. seaweed markets
California Sea Grant Awarded Nearly $630,000 In Yellowtail Research Funding
Improving production of this commercially ready marine fish for aquaculture will help reduce America’s reliance on imported seafood