December Marine Committee – Catalina Sea Ranch

Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce Marine Committee – December 6, 2016

The Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce Marine Committee meets once a month to provide information and education on all  topics that are “marine oriented”. The meetings are open to the public and will be held at 5pm the 1st Tuesday of the month at the Marina Park located on Newport Harbor in Newport Beach.

The December 6 Meeting will feature…

• Special Guest Speaker

  Kelly Stromberg
  Director of Aquaculture Operations for Catalina Sea Ranch
  Plus…
  • Newport Beach City Council Update
  • Harbor Commission Update
  • Harbor Resources Update

Reservations are not needed. Plenty of Free Parking at Marina Park. (Use Code 161218.)

Catalina Sea Ranch is the first aquaculture facility in U.S. federal waters. Located six miles off the coast of Huntington Beach on 100 acres, Catalina Sea Ranch will be commercially growing primarily mussels. Catalina Sea Ranch’s goal is to expand its 100-acre ranch to over 1,000 acres with science based data showing no negative environmental or social impact. Launching operations with low-risk, high profitable mussels – not susceptible to disease, no predators when suspended on ropes in the open-ocean and harvested 6 through 10 months after seeding. Catalina Sea Ranch intends to expand by cultivating other sustainable filter-feeding shellfish crops such as oysters, rock scallops and macro algae as well.