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From Urchin Crushing to Lab-Grown Kelp, Efforts to save California’s Kelp Forests Show Promise

3/29/2024 by Param Bhatia

By Julie Watson. CASPAR BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A welding hammer strapped to her wrist, Joy Hollenback slipped on blue fins and swam into the churning, chilly Pacific surf one fall morning to do her part to save Northern California’s vanishing kelp forests. Hollenback floated on the swaying surface to… SEE MORE

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Transforming Waste Fishing Gear into Profitable Resources

3/28/2024 by Param Bhatia

By Paul Molyneaux. Discarded fishing gear is a major contributor to ocean pollution. According to Ben Kneppers, who along with David Stover and Kevin Ahearn, co-founded the fishing net recycling company, Bureo, around 600,000 tons of fishing gear ends up in the ocean every year and continues to kill marine life.… SEE MORE