In an interview for NPR's All Things Considered, CA Sea Grant Aquaculture Specialist, Dr. Luke Gardner, explains how his experiments growing purple sea urchins are really a larger effort to protect kelp forests. Also mentioned in the article are MLML/SJSU graduate students' Shelby Penn, Daniel Gossard, and Katie Neylan.
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The Tribune just published an article about CCFRP and the Cal Poly team of volunteer anglers, CPFV partners, and science crew! The article highlights the origins and importance of the program ran by our Fisheries & Conservation Biology lab. The article also explains what a day on the water looks like with CCFRP, and why they value the collaboration among the local fishing community, academic researchers, and resource managers. Click here to read the article.