Kelp died out? - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

FullFlavorPike · 07-19-2020, 01:29 PM

I have some good memories of diving LJ kelp back in like 2012 when I was first diving out there and it was so thick you could swim into these huge kelp rooms where the mat on the surface would block out the sun's light from above.

JohnMckroidJr · 07-20-2020, 10:04 AM

We use to have this conversation about the diminished kelp forest back in the 1980s. Russ Izor would bring kelp stringers from Catalina Island to try to re-plant the Palos Verdes Peninsula. At one time there was a giant Horse Shoe Kelp forest right outside of Los Angeles Harbor. As our population grows, so does the environmental footprint. Kelp beds have died correspondingly and one study found that the only thing that could survive on the sewage at Whites Point outfall was the Sea Urchin.

07-19-2020, 01:29 PM	#1
FullFlavorPike Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 810	I have some good memories of diving LJ kelp back in like 2012 when I was first diving out there and it was so thick you could swim into these huge kelp rooms where the mat on the surface would block out the sun's light from above.

07-20-2020, 10:04 AM	#2
JohnMckroidJr Senior Member Join Date: May 2014 Location: Fort Lauderdale Posts: 1,960	We use to have this conversation about the diminished kelp forest back in the 1980s. Russ Izor would bring kelp stringers from Catalina Island to try to re-plant the Palos Verdes Peninsula. At one time there was a giant Horse Shoe Kelp forest right outside of Los Angeles Harbor. As our population grows, so does the environmental footprint. Kelp beds have died correspondingly and one study found that the only thing that could survive on the sewage at Whites Point outfall was the Sea Urchin.