What’s Being Done to Revive L.A.’s Decimated Abalone Population

In the Bay Foundation’s two-year-old Abalone Research Laboratory on Terminal Island, abalone of varying sizes pass their days submerged in white tanks of saltwater. They look more like bewhiskered stones than snails, but when a palm-size one is removed from the water, the mollusk rises up on the muscular foot it uses to attach to surfaces… Continue reading What’s Being Done to Revive L.A.’s Decimated Abalone Population

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SCAS Member Project Update: TBF Abalone Research and Restoration

The Bay Foundation (TBF), a research based environmental non-profit and affiliate of Loyola Marymount University’s Coastal Research Institute (CRI), constructed a laboratory for abalone research and restoration projects in 2016. This research lab allows TBF to conduct controlled experiments to better understand abalone broodstock conditioning and spawning behavior. The “Ab Lab” is located at the… Continue reading SCAS Member Project Update: TBF Abalone Research and Restoration

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Kelp Forest Restoration Annual Report July 2017 – June 2018 (Year 5)

Kelp forest ecosystems are iconic and productive features along the coast of California with services that span a wide array of consumptive (e.g., commercial and recreational fishing) and non-consumptive (e.g., tourism, scuba diving and coastal protection) uses. This publication provides an update on the Palos Verdes Kelp Forest Restoration Project

Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment of the SMBNEP Bay Restoration Plan – September 2016

In 2016, The Bay Foundation (TBF), with support from the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission (SMBRC), was awarded an EPA grant to conduct a broad, risk-based, Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment (CCVA) of the objectives in the Santa Monica Bay National Estuary Program (SMBNEP’s) Bay Restoration Plan (BRP). The CCVA identifies risks associated with individual objectives… Continue reading Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment of the SMBNEP Bay Restoration Plan – September 2016

Southern California Green Abalone and Kelp Forest Restoration Project: January 1, 2012 – September 30, 2015

(Abstract) The Southern California Green Abalone and Kelp Forest Restoration Project aims to restore populations of green abalone (Haliotis fulgens), a federal species of concern, to Southern California where they were once plentiful and supported a thriving commercial fishing industry. This pilot project explored methods of spawning, rearing, and outplanting green abalone, investigated the genetic… Continue reading Southern California Green Abalone and Kelp Forest Restoration Project: January 1, 2012 – September 30, 2015

Development and Application of Genomic Tools to The Restoration of Green Abalone in Southern California

(Abstract) Due to severe declines in abundance throughout southern California, the green abalone (Haliotis fulgens Philippi 1845) became protected under a state-sponsored fishery moratorium in 1997 and was declared a NOAA NMFS Species of Concern in 2004. Recently, H. fulgens was chosen for possible stock restoration via translocation of wild adults to depleted habitat and supplementation through releasing… Continue reading Development and Application of Genomic Tools to The Restoration of Green Abalone in Southern California

Kelp Forest Restoration Project

The kelp forest ecosystems off the southern California coast are known to be some of the most diverse and productive ecosystems in the world. They are vital for providing habitat and food for over 700 marine species, including kelp bass, California spiny lobster, abalones, marine mammals, birds, and fish. Many of these kelp forest species… Continue reading Kelp Forest Restoration Project