Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California.
Daily News of Open Water Swimming: Of all the projects that you have done in your illustrious career, where does AltaSea stand in terms of a challenge, potential and opportunity?
By far te most challenging and exicint opportunity, that can be said for anyone building a 35 acre campus is a challenge. The potential is so vast. I am hoping we are throwing a huge boulder in the ocean, and we want altasea to be an exporter of idea. We are on a collision course to destroy the planet and we have to find solutions on a rapid pace
It is the coolest things. It is the ultimate
2011, started in. I was a happy consultant for Walter Annerberg’s Leen Aube, executive director. I was a deputy executive director.
The hurry up and wait. It took 3 years to get permit from the port of los angeles, 50-year lease. California Environment Quality Act, environmental considerations take a long year. Brought in architects about
180,000 sf
all tedious stuff is done.
Offices are off the site. Altasea is an umbrella organization, we partner for-profit and non-profit catalina sea ranch, amazing for-profit, for sustainable aquaculture, 12-15 employees. Great nautilus take up 20,000 sf, 17 crew on their boat, ramping up to 40. Altasea is 7 employees with engineers, architects, lawyers
Daily News of Open Water Swimming: AltaSea has such great potential in terms of research outcomes, potential employment and jobs, and positive impact on the oceans. Does this place any extraordinary pressure on your shoulders?
Economical development grant. 180,000 sf opens by 2018, 300 jobs
Contact us on our website,
Domestic and international influence, imaging all ports having this.
The Longest Swim is connecting the coasts together, everyone who touches the ocean
Geraldine Knapp, head of the LB Port and international port association
Ports on the east coast have looked at what we are doing.
Daily News of Open Water Swimming: Can you describe your typical work day?
My days are very long and never the same. LA 2050 from the Gold Hurst Foundation, giving middle school kids from Carson Middle School and they got to do a workshop in sustainable environment.
Got to see the Nautilus. the man who found the titanic. The kids face make it all worth it.
Meeting donors is also a good moment. Just to see these amazing entrepreneurs and researchers
Daily News of Open Water Swimming: In your off time, do you think about the ocean?
Daily News of Open Water Swimming: Moved to san pedro about 18 months ago. I grew up on the ocean. The first and last imags are of catalina island
Daily News of Open Water Swimming: What key players have helped you achieve successes to date at AltaSea? Can you describe their roles?
Daily News of Open Water Swimming: There are a lot of
Daily News of Open Water Swimming: The port of LA has been very forward thinking
Daily News of Open Water Swimming: Dan – marine biologist – working with 22 schools and colleges
Bob Ballard
11. Shandra Whitehouse has been huge, policy analyst for Oceans Conservancy
12. Donors, the
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6. We have seen the ocean as something that we take things from (e.g., food, fish, raw materials) and dump things into (e.g., sewage, refuse). How does it feel to work towards helping the ocean and giving something back to it?
Daily News of Open Water Swimming: Why would you recommend AltaSea to be an ideal place of employment and research to a young person?
There is no problem recruiting people. This is attracted to the 21st century cowboy. It attracts young dreamers. The young people have not given up on the world. The young people think we can turn this around. I know this is transformative. People my age and older have a problem understanding altasea. It is a very different non-profit. The young get and want to be part of altasea
Get the young to engage in the Blue Economy. We will create our own source of altasea
Sustainable aquaculture is huge. We have overfished the oceans by 90%. Sustainable aquaculture will explain because 47% of the worlds population obtains its protein
The farm is right on the shelf, the upwelling makes the muscles so great.
They are out of the shipping industry. All the canneries
Calamari capital of the world but it all goes to china.
Daily News of Open Water Swimming: How does one apply for jobs or research positions at AltaSea?
Daily News of Open Water Swimming: What kind of people are you looking for to help create the optimal environment and long-term success at AltaSea?
Daily News of Open Water Swimming: What was your personal relationship with the ocean when you were growing up and in the early part of your career?
San Francisco, I heard the crashing waves and foghorn. Bakers Beach.
Salt water in your DNA. I love the feeling of salt water on my skin.
Significant bodies of water, I love.
Ribbon cutting and
Robotics, offsite
Kelly Stromberg, Catalina Sea Ranch on sustainable aquaculture
Bob Mallard, Ben Lecomte
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