Restorative Aquaculture in California Webinar

Thursday, November 19, 2020

5:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M.

The HSU Sponsored Programs Foundation will be hosting a webinar presented by California Sea Grant. You can either register and view it on your own, or come participate with our staff via zoom 

California has been at the forefront of environmental action for decades. However our ocean, bays and estuaries are still in dire need of not only protection but restoration. While aquaculture has been historically linked to contributing to environmental damage, more recently aquaculture is being used with the goal to restore and enhance our marine environment.

California Sea Grant and Save Our Shores are pleased to present a short introduction to three of the restoration and conservation oriented aquaculture activities underway in California. Tune in to this webinar and hear about endangered white abalone’s road to recovery, efforts to rebuild decimated Olympia oyster populations, and sea urchin ranching with a view to restore our kelp forests.

Each presenter will give a brief 10 min introduction of their restoration aquaculture program followed by 5 mins of open Q&A with the audience.

AGENDA

• 5:00 pm: Welcome address & introduction – Luke Gardner CA Sea Grant (Convenor and Moderator) and Kevin Johnson CA Sea Grant (Convenor)
• 5:05 pm : Presentation 1 – “Making haste at a snail's pace: Saving the endangered white abalone” Kristin Aqualino, UC Davis.
• 5:20 pm : Presentation 2 – “Using aquaculture to save native oysters from local extinction in a California estuary” Kerstin Wasson, Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve.
• 5:35 pm : Presentation 3 – “The sushi solution: Using roe enhancement aquaculture to aid in kelp forest restoration” Renee Angwin, SDSU.
• 5:50 pm : Summary and closing remarks – Katherine O’Dea, Save Our Shores (Convenor)
• 6:00 pm : Webinar ends

If you would like to learn more about this webinar and its speakers, please visit https://caseagrant.ucsd.edu/events/restorative-aquaculture-in-california

REGISTRATION Register via this link by November 18, 2020. You can either register and view it on your own, or contact Erika Andrews at erika.andrews@humboldt.edu if you would like to join via zoom.