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Catalina Sea Ranch

Catalina Sea Ranch is no longer operating.

Creating the first aquaculture facility in U.S. Federal waters to deliver fresh, sustainable, ready-to-cook mussels.

Catalina Sea Ranch has developed the first offshore aquaculture facility in federally regulated waters of the United States, located six miles offshore of Huntington Beach, California. During the first two years of operation, they improved their technologies, validated the economics, and monitored and documented environmental impact. Their 100_acre aquaculture facility is located on the edge of the San Pedro Shelf, which is the broadest mainland continental shelf segment off the California coast with approximately 40 square miles (26,000 acres) of federal waters available for expansion. They are now expanding their aquaculture facility to 3,000 acres in order to put a dent in America's annual $15 billion seafood trade deficit and become the Aquaculture Capital of AmericaTMTM. Expansion will include cultivating additional mollusk shellfish (scallops, oysters, and abalone), which are among the most lucrative and sustainable fisheries in the U.S., valued at $1 billion. The company has a robust R&D program, having been awarded $500,000 from the Department of Energy (ARPA-E) as the prime contractor to conduct research for developing a marine biomass (seaweed) industry for America.

Press Mentions

February 2, 2019

Catalina Sea Ranch Grows Seafood in the Middle of the Pacific

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January 28, 2019

Catalina Sea Ranch’s Cruver ‘chomping at the bit’ to expand mussel farm on federal waters

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January 4, 2019

RISING TIDE | Los Angeles Business Journal

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November 26, 2018

Could California’s ocean ranches solve a global food shortage and fix the seafood trade deficit?

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September 30, 2018

Will America run short of seafood? This ocean farm could save us

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September 27, 2018

Come aboard the only mussel farm in U.S. federal waters

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