I don't know, I kind of like the revenge of the algae.
We dedicate this paper to Dr. Fred Conte, California state Aquaculture Specialist Emeriti of UC Davis
Cooperative Extension, who sadly passed in 2021. We thank him posthumously for his deep insight and
guidance surrounding oyster #aquaculture in the state (10/10). And thank you Sea Grant!!
In all, we found when dramatic, sudden declines occur in wild capture we consistently saw some level of evidence of aquaculture emergence or growth within a 5 year window of time. With variability of food systems projected to increase with time this has important implications for #aquaculture (9/10)
Last, but certainly not least, we collected #oyster data going back to 1888 & found more evidence for blue transitions. More specifically, that a 'full blue transition' occurred (no fishing, only farming) sometime in the mid-1930s. But it's hard to say exactly when bc the data were misreported(8/10)
That said, incorporating policy effects into a quantitative model is challenging and the number of policies did not improve our predictive model of aquaculture production. What did was CA population, US GDP, and wild catch CV (as we hypothesized!) (7/10)