Greetings from CICESE, Baja California, Mexico
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Thank you Greenwave for this incredibly useful resource. I am a research scientist and professor of oceanography, have worked in kelp forest ecology since the mid 1990s here in Baja California, and have gotten much more interested in kelp forest restoration and repopulation initiatives in the last decade. I currently lead a research grant to search for and test climate-change resistant cultivars from different kelp populations in Mexico for restoration and farming initiatives. Thank you for providing such amazing resources!
@lydia_ladah - Hola Lydia! Awesome to read you here! It'd be awesome to reconnect and share the progress with SPORA, with the help of Rod, Zertuche and Sandoval. Saludos!
@lydia_ladah -Hola Lydia - So great to an expert on Kelp in Baja. Do you know of resources for Kelp farming in Baja? Is there any farms in production growing kelp?
@bailey_sory -hi! Totally! Dr. José Zertuche is the kelp farming expert and multitrophic aquaculture expert in Mexico. zertuche@uabc.edu.mx He's done amazing work for decades with academia and industry on kelp farming and is one of the leading experts in the world. He's also a friend and has been an amazing mentor. Let me know if I can help put you all in contact.
@bailey_sory -Hi Lydia - Yes, I would be very interested in connecting with Dr. José Zertuche to learn more about Kelp farming in Baja. Let me know the best way to proceed. My thanks, Bailey
@bailey_sory -hi! Totally! Dr. José Zertuche is the kelp farming expert and multitrophic aquaculture expert in Mexico. zertuche@uabc.edu.mx He's done amazing work for decades with academia and industry on kelp farming and is one of the leading experts in the world. He's also a friend and has been an amazing mentor. Let me know if I can help put you all in contact.
Thank you @lydia_ladah for introducing yourself and @bailey_sory for asking about resources. I'm from San Diego and I would love to see your work Lydia in person or the work of Jose Zertuche, I will be able to make a Baja California trip soon, and if you believe there is anything I could explore and or be able to check out in person that would be productive I would love your advice. I can also be available soon for volunteer work if you know of anything relating to seaweed/kelp farms.
Thank you so much!
@bailey_sory -Hi Lydia - Yes, I would be very interested in connecting with Dr. José Zertuche to learn more about Kelp farming in Baja. Let me know the best way to proceed. My thanks, Bailey