CALIFORNIA AQUACULTUREHISTORY – DIVERSITY –

POTENTIAL

RANDY LOVELL – STATE AQUACULTURE COORDINATOR, CDFW

IT STARTED WITH SALT …

SAN FRANCISCO BAYBRINE SHRIMP AND SALT MAKING

ARCHEOLOGICAL SHELL MOUNDS (SAN FRANCISCO)

… AND OYSTERS $25M INDUSTRY

MUCH MORE POTENTIAL

OYSTER PIRACY

CA’S FIRST FISH & GAME LAW

DIVERSITY - ADVERSITY – OPPORTUNITY• DIVERSE SPECIES RAISED & TECHNIQUES

USED• AQUACULTURE IN NEARLY EVERY COUNTY

(53 OF 58)• DIVERSE MARKETS SERVED

SEAFOOD, STOCKING & ENHANCEMENT, PHARMA, PETS

• STRINGENT REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT = LEMONADE ? INNOVATORS HAVE SURVIVED AND CARVED NICHES

LEARNING FROM CA AGRICULTURE

LEARN FROM HISTORY AND WATCH FUTURE TRENDS

• SCALE IS DIFFERENT• MARKETS NICHE-

ORIENTED• LOTS OF EDUCATING OF

CONSUMERS, REGULATORS,AND DECISION-MAKERS NEEDED

US CAVIAR CAPITAL (SACRAMENTO)KEYHOLE LIMPET

HEMOCYANIN(KLH)

SPIRULINA &ALGAE BIOFUELS

HIGH-HEALTHSHELLFISH SEED

CONTROLLED-ENVIRONMENT

PRODUCTION FACILITIES

SPECIALIZATION & HIGH-VALUE PRODUCTS

OCEAN ACIDIFICATION:SHELLFISH LARVAE DEFORMITIES

WHEN OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS

• HUGE SUPPLY SHORTFALL VS. DEMAND

• DEMAND FOR LOCAL PRODUCTION IS GROWING… CONNECT WITH CONSUMERS DIRECTLY BRING PRODUCTION CLOSER TO END CONSUMER EMPHASIZE CA’S STRICT ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS AS ADVANTAGECA SHELLFISH

INITIATIVE• INCREASE SHELLFISH CULTURE SPACE & RESOURCES

• IMPROVE PERMITTING EFFICIENCY

• COLLABORATE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL & COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS

• BUILD REGIONALLY - STEP BY STEP

• STRENGTHEN COASTAL ECONOMIES, WORKING WATERFRONTS,& BUILD BLUE JOBS

LOOKING AHEAD

OFFSHORE MARINE AQUACULTURE

RANDY LOVELLSTATE AQUACULTURE

COORDINATORCA DEPT FISH & WILDLIFE

916-445-2008RANDY.LOVELL@WILDLIFE.CA.

GOV

THANK YOU