2020
What happened to Catalina Sea Ranch?
March 14, 2020
2019
Sea of Sustainability
San Pedro Today - April 2019 Q& A with Phil Cruver, CEO of Catalina Sea Ranch
SoCal is Home to First Aqua Farm in Federal Waters (Video)
Spectrum News - February 1, 2019
The first aqua farm in federal waters is in Southern California. It’s about 10 miles out from San Pedro and six miles from the coast of Huntington Beach.
Catalina Sea Ranch’s Cruver ‘chomping at the bit’ to expand mussel farm on federal waters
Undercurrent News - January 28, 2019
SAN PEDRO, California, US -- Don’t bother telling Phil Cruver, founder of the Catalina Sea Ranch (CSR), that he needs to be patient.
Nearly seven years after taking the initial steps necessary to build his 100-acre Mediterranean mussel (Mytilus Galloprovincialis) farm some six miles off the coast of Los Angeles, California -- the only commercial aquaculture facility operating in US federal waters -- he is ready to make it 30 times larger and further backup his trademarked claim of operating the “Aquaculture Capital of America”.
Unreasonable Goals Company: Catalina Sea Ranch
January 2019 Video on Facebook
Catalina Sea Ranch has created the first aquaculture facility in U.S. federal waters to deliver fresh, sustainable, regenerative protein to feed the world.
Rising Tide - Catalina Sea Ranch looks to expand, spins off research arm
Los Angeles Business Journal - January 7 - 13, 2019
2018
Could California’s ocean ranches solve a global food shortage and fix the seafood trade deficit?
The Washington Post - November 26, 2018
Will America Run Short of Seafood? This Ocean farm could save us
USA Today - September 30, 2018
Farms Under The Sea Could Feed The World In 2050 (Video)
Quartz News In-Depth Episode on Facebook Watch - September 27, 2018
Farming the ocean to save the world
Quartz - September 27, 2018
This Farm Could Help Meet Rising Seafood Demand
USA Today - September 14 - 16, 2018 Weekend Print Edition
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Can mussels be the sustainable snack that saves the ocean?
Fast Company - July 25, 2018
Cruver's Catalina Sea Ranch (PDF)
John Deere's - Marine PowerSource - Volume April 1, 2018
Report: Offshore Fish Farms Could Thrive in California
News Deeply Oceans Deeply - March 26, 2018
This Ranch Grows Millions of Mussels in the Ocean Between Long Beach and Catalina—The First of Its Kind
Long Beach Post - January 31, 2018
2017
Southern California Mussel Ranch has Unexpected Benefits (PDF)
Pacific Coast Sportfishing Magazine - Nov/Dec 2017
The New Frontier: With Deep-Sea Explorer Dr. Robert Ballard on Board, AltaSea Looks to Turn San Pedro Into A Major Player In The “Blue Economy” (PDF)
San Pedro Today - October 2017
With Trump's blessing, US offshore mussel farm plans to double in size (PDF)
IntraFish Aquaculture - 10/2/2017
Catalina Sea Ranch snags federal grant to start kelp farming
The Daily Breeze - 9/30/2017
Ranching in the Ocean with Phil Cruver of Catalina Sea Ranch (90 Minute-Podcast)
Food & Agriculture Innovators - 09/13/2017
Aquatic Farm Flexes Mussels Offshore (PDF)
Los Angeles Business Journal - 8/14/2017
First US offshore mussel farm harvests inaugural batch
Undercurrent News - 7/19/2017
The U.S.' First Offshore Shellfish Ranch Opens on the L.A. County Coastline
LA Weekly 4/1/2017
Growing millions of mussels beneath the Pacific Ocean waves
KCRW Good Food blog, National Public Radio
Catalina Sea Ranch Blazes New Trails (PDF)
San Pedro Today Feb 2017
Growing Mussels and Giant Kelp in San Pedro at the First Offshore Shellfish Ranch in Federal Waters
KCET.ORG 2/24/2017
Catalina Sea Ranch Raises $2m for Innovative Offshore Aquaculture Project
Ag Funder News 1/25/2017
2016
Harvest nears for first US offshore shellfish farm (PDF)
Taylor Shellfish gives US offshore producer Catalina Sea Ranch a head start (PDF)
IntraFish 9/23/16
Real-time Ocean Observations and the Ocean Internet of Things™
ECO ECO MAGAZINE 09/16/16
Grants for undersea research off San Pedro aim to boost U.S. seafood production
Daily Breeze 09/09/16
How to Build a Data-Capturing Internet of Things Platform for the Ocean
AgFunder News 03/04/2016
Los Angeles City Council-member Joe Buscaino featured Catalina Sea Ranch at the "Future of LA Waterfront 2016”
VIDEO 2/25/2016
2015
Monitoring the Ocean’s Pulse for Offshore Aquaculture (PDF)
Marine Technology (Page 32) Nov-Dec 2015
2014
2012
“Catalina Sea Ranch - Innovation”
“Diving In”
LA Business Journal August 5, 2012
Long Beach entrepreneur has fresh idea for shellfish farm
Los Angeles Times August 6, 2012