California's kelp forests are dying. Preservation isn't the only way to save them. [Opinion]
is a professional charter sports-fisherman and a volunteer environmental activist with The Nature Conservancy and the American Conservation Coalition. He lives in San Diego.
I spent my childhood on the ocean with my father, who was a charter fisherman here in San Diego for over 20 years. Now in my fifth year of sportfishing, I get to be part of the largest sportfishing fleet in the world. San Diego has been a world-class fishing destination since before World War II. Sadly, this legacy isn’t guaranteed for the next generation.
My father remembers the vast kelp forests off the Coronado Islands, and old charts around my childhood home confirm their once-great size. I personally witnessed the loss of kelp forest off Imperial Beach. We can’t allow this pattern of disappearance to continue. Not only is the kelp forest an important part of the ecosystem, it is responsible for a
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