Do you believe in hands-on conservation work to benefit our ocean? Do you want habitat improvements, kelp restoration and more abundant fisheries?
If you answered yes, there is much to celebrate and support.
Coastal Conservation Association’s (CCA) Santa Barbara Chapter is hosting a fun event at a fun place, with a great group of presenters, plus dinner, raffle, etc. It is 5-9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11 at the recently renovated Palm Park Beach House, 236 Cabrillo Blvd.
Pre-registration is required and can be done at www.ccacalifornia.org. You can purchase individual seats or a table for eight friends, family or colleagues for the CCA 2021 End of Summer Celebration. The event is catered by Country Meat Market (they always do great work!).
One presenter will be Chris Goldblatt, founder/CEO of Fish Reef Project. He has been working on reef building in the U.S., Mexico and other countries overseas, and is gathering support for a planned project to build a kelp restoration reef complex in our local Goleta Bay, where kelp restoration and sand accretion are sorely needed. I strongly believe in this project.
Another presentation on ocean life and health will be made by Pike Spector and June Shrestha, both of whom work with NOAA’s Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary staff and Advisory Council members (I serve on that council). These two are lively and knowledgeable presenters whose love for sea life is exciting and contagious.
There will be numerous people there who are knowledgeable about the sea, the islands, flora and fauna, fishing, fisheries enhancement, reefing, whales, and coastal communities. Nice to rub elbows with people who care about conservation and helping ocean life thrive.
We live on the edge of the continent,and if anyone cares about the ocean, it must be us. That is one of many reasons why I get very involved in supporting good hands-on conservation work, like fisheries hatcheries, kelp restoration, and robust inshore habitat for plants and critters.
I invite and encourage you to come meet me and join me for this meaningful event that will help CCA accomplish some of the goals we all share. Go to www.ccacalifornia.org to buy tickets or a table for family, friends and colleagues. Enjoy CCA’s 2021 End of Summer Celebration.
— Capt. David Bacon operates WaveWalker Charters and is president of SOFTIN Inc., a nonprofit organization providing seafaring opportunities for those in need. Visit softininc.blogspot.com to learn more about the organization and how you can help. Click here to read previous columns. The opinions expressed are his own.
