June 2026 Edition
A monthly round-up of news and trends important to the AltaSea community.
AltaSea Community Spotlight
Over the past several years, the Port of San Diego and one of its incubator participants, ECOncrete, have partnered to retrofit a portion of San Diego Bay’s Harbor Island with ECOncrete’s coastal armor.
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The 100% Fish Program, created by the Iceland Ocean Cluster, is working to transform fish byproducts into new economic value chains. The program is committed to using every part of the fish, from eyes to livers to skin, to reduce food waste while helping breathe new life into coastal economies.
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The 175-foot tall wheel opens later this year and is part of the $500 million West Harbor project set to launch this summer in the Port of Los Angeles in the South Bay neighborhood of San Pedro.
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We talk constantly about the future of the Blue Economy — offshore wind, marine robotics, sustainable aquaculture, ocean restoration, underwater infrastructure, marine carbon removal.
But we rarely talk about the people who will actually build it.
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Guide with Confidence. Inspire with Purpose.
We’re looking for enthusiastic volunteers to serve as Field Trip Guides and Docents at AltaSea.
No matter your background, and you enjoy learning, sharing, and connecting with people, we’d love to have you!
Secure your spot now!
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.
Become a member today!
AltaSea remains committed to supporting science-based solutions to climate change—solutions that both protect the oceans and benefit local communities. But we can’t do it without your support. Please make a tax-deductible donation and join UrgentSEA, our new membership campaign, today.
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Join us for our AltaSea Open House: Advancing Modern Innovation Through the Blue Economy and California Jobs — a free public event spotlighting cutting-edge ocean technology, workforce development, and sustainable innovation at the Port of Los Angeles.
Further Reading
Marine Science
Earth’s oceans cover more than 70 percent of our planet’s surface. That is a lot of room for species to exist, often without ever being detected by humans. Those species have had nearly 3.7 billion years to evolve, and today more than 90 percent of them remain undiscovered.
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Marine Science
Here, beneath the swaying kelp canopy of the Great African Seaforest, a helmet snail rises from the sand, siphon probing like a periscope for the scent of sea urchins. It disarms their prickly spines with slime and liquefies their innards with acid, keeping the grazers in check and the forest from being devoured.
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Sustainable and Innovative Business
Beneath the beauty of coral reefs lies a hidden universe of microbes unlike anything scientists expected. Each coral species supports its own specialized microbial partners, many of which have never been studied before.
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Sustainable and Innovative Business
(Spanish) The submerged structures of the platforms have acted as artificial reefs. Mussels, barnacles, and anemones colonized the metal walls, and that food chain attracted predators. The octopuses take advantage of the nooks and crannies of the structures to hide and hunt, on a bottom that used to be mostly sand.
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Education
New USC Dornsife research reveals how tiny sea-faring microbes compete for nutrients and help regulate the planet’s climate.