February 2026 Edition
A monthly round-up of news and trends important to the AltaSea community.
AltaSea Community Spotlight
AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles, the world’s leading tech hub for the Blue Economy, today announced the appointment of Emmy and Four-Time James Beard Award-winning chef, writer, advocate, and teacher Andrew Zimmern and environmental journalist and ocean advocate Ashlan Cousteau to its Board of Trustees. They will officially join the board during its first meeting of 2026.
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The three-year agreement builds on the 2022-2025 MOU which saw employment within LA County-based Singaporean companies grow by 135%. Implementation will be led by the Mayor’s Office of International Affairs in coordination with: City, State, and regional partners, including AltaSea, and others.
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Part of the goal of the High Seas Treaty includes strengthening resilience against stressors like ocean acidification. US company Captura has devised one way to make that possible: a Direct Ocean Capture (DOC) system that combines electrodialysis and gas extraction technologies to capture ocean CO2 for external storage or reuse, enabling the water to absorb more CO2 from the air.
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CorPower Ocean has been named in the Cleantech Group’s 2026 Global Cleantech 100, marking the third consecutive year the company has been recognised as one of the world’s most promising cleantech innovators.
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Come see where innovation meets reality!
A field trip to AltaSea isn’t just a day by the ocean — it’s a chance for students to see the
future of sustainability in action and imagine their own place in it.
A deep dive into the nation’s leading hub for the Blue Economy
The following articles are from AltaSea’s series The Blue Book, one of our web-based education resources.
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Join us on Saturday March 14 for another AltaSea open house. This time featuring Bradley L. Bartz, the founder of ABC Solar Inc.
The Palos Verdes Landslide: Who Turned the Power Back On!? What happens when the grid goes down—and communities need power now?
Further Reading
Marine Science
Seaweed aquaculture is increasingly being explored as a sustainable source of food and industrial processing feedstock, as well as a potential climate solution through carbon dioxide removal.
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Marine Science
As we edge towards an irreversible point, the climate becomes less a challenge to manage and more a hostile environment in which many will struggle to live, writes Keith Nicholls. Plus, letters from Dr. David Lowry and Leo Young.
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Sustainable and Innovative Business
Using a unique stacked-tank, land-based system, Vertical Lake produces traceable fish while converting waste streams into organic fertilizer and collagen.
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Sustainable and Innovative Business
The Pedagogical Fishing Port project is an endorsed Ocean Decade Activity designed to promote ocean literacy among fishing communities in the Azores.
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Education
After a devastating marine heatwave hit the Florida Keys and Dry Tortugas in 2023, the populations of two essential reef-building corals are now too low to fulfill their ecological roles. However, coral researchers are not giving up hope yet.
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Education
Explore this page to gain insight into the scientific marvels of the marine world and learn what part you can play in uncovering the ocean’s mysteries and safeguarding its future. Remember, everything we know about our oceans was once a discovery waiting to be made.