aquaculture

Aquaculture 101: Everything You Need to Know

Aquaculture 101: Everything You Need to Know

Quick Key Facts What Is Aquaculture? When you think of agriculture, the first images that come to mind might include big red barns full of hay, a flock of fuzzy sheep or an orchard of apple trees. But agriculture isn’t just all the flora, fauna and equipment that puts land-based food to our plates. It […]

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    Shell Fish Farming: Is it Sustainable?

    Shell Fish Farming: Is it Sustainable?

    By Hannah Norman An otter backstrokes past the damp walkway as sea lions bark, resting on adjacent planks. Sunlight filters into the shaded labyrinth of mesh-lined cages that hang in the water column beneath Monterey’s Municipal Wharf No. 2. Inside the suspended cylinders, thousands of California red abalone are munching on freshly harvested kelp. “Welcome […]