Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture

Is Rockfish Keeping You Up? Try Getting Down with Recompression!
Rockfish pose a challenge for fishermen who want to catch-and-release. When hooked at depth and pulled to the surface, the gas in their swim bladder expands.

Investigation into the optimal bucket trap hole diameter to reduce capture of immature hagfish
The commercial fishery in California for Pacific hagfish, (Eptatretus stoutii) is entirely for export.

Federal grant helps Ventura meet growing need for aquaculture
The Ventura Shellfish Enterprise will hold the first of a series of public information workshops on February 16, 2017.

Can the U.S. have its fish and eat it too?
2016 was a banner year for marine conservation, including the addition of nearly 450,000 square miles to the U.S.

Restoration of the Endangered White Abalone, Haliotis sorenseni : Resource Assessment, Genetics, Disease, and Culture of Captive Abalone
Once a valuable fishery, white abalone in 2002 became the first marine invertebrate placed on the federal Endangered Species list.

Changing waters in Humboldt Bay: Extension Specialist Joe Tyburczy awarded funds to track ocean acidification
Research will provide critical information to aquaculture producers, eelgrass management

The knowledge of native peoples in coastal science
Native American tribes living on the coastal and Great Lakes shores continue to practice and preserve their sea-based cultural traditions.

NOAA Sea Grant awards two grants for aquaculture workshops to California
California Sea Grant has been awarded two new grants to host workshops on emerging issues in aquaculture, part of the National Sea Grant College Program’s $3.4 million in federal funding to support

New report identifies next steps for offshore aquaculture in Southern California
A new report released today provides recommendations for the growth an

The geographic inequity of San Diego seafood availability
Experts estimate that there is an $11.2 billion seafood trade deficit in the United States, driven by imports.