Fisheries and Working Waterfronts

Commercial fisheries continue to be an important component of the California economy, with fisheries of the Santa Barbara Channe
Commercial fisheries continue to be an important component of the California economy, with fisheries of the Santa Barbara Channe
Join us at the California Estuarine Research Society (CAERS) 2025 meeting April 10th & 11th in Costa Mesa. Early bird registration ends 3/15, abstracts are due 3/30, and more meeting information can be found here.
CAERS meetings provide an engaging and friendly environment for networking among academic researchers, students, managers and other practitioners, and for sharing estuarine and coastal themed knowledge.
NOAA Sea Grant announces the award of $9.3 million in grants for 32 projects to advance the development of a sustainable marine and coastal aquaculture industry in the U.S.
California Sea Grant is providing research to state policymakers working to develop strategies to combat ocean acidification.
California’s coastal waters are changing, making them less hospitable to some marine life and threatening the state’s $45 billion ocean-based economy. A new, first-of-its-kind portal, created with $478,000 in funding from the Ocean Protection Council and California Sea Grant, helps track the increasing acidity and lack of oxygen — or hypoxia — in the region’s coastal ocean.
California Sea Grant program briefing book from 2018-2023. Used during the site review visit from October 8-10, 2024.
Beginning in 2014, California’s coastline suffered a severe marine heat wave. An expanse of unusually warm water known as “the Blob” hovered in the Pacific, wiping out much of the state’s kelp forests, especially in Northern California.
From Morro Bay to Crescent City, commercial fishermen in California pull in millions of pounds of Dungeness crab annually. The industry valued at $32 million to $95 million per year.