Closing Celebration: Speaker Panel & Seaweed Happy Hour

Join us for the closing event of KelpFest! with a program about Urchin Aquaculture and Ocean Foodways. Our panel of presenters includes Severino Gomes from the Kashia Band of Pomo; Grant Downey, Commercial Urchin Diver and Harbor Commissioner; Gabe Tsuruta, Bodega Marine Lab; Luke Gardner from SeaGrant/Moss Landing Marine Lab, and Corine Pearce from the Redwood Valley Little River Band of Pomo. Noyo Center Executive Director Sheila Semans is our host-moderator for the program, which will begin at 5 pm. Tristin McHugh, Kelp Project Director with the Nature Conservancy, will close out the program with a quick update on Kelp Forest Recovery work on the North Coast, and a toast to 2024 KelpFest!

Seaweed Happy Hour follows with some tasty organic bites prepared by local Chef Zenith Hilliard, Minus Tide wines and local beer from Anderson Valley Brewing Company, and an opportunity to meet our guest speakers. After the reception, we hope you will support the local Blue Economy and visit some excellent restaurants in the harbor or in town.

Capacity: 50
Fee: $35

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Noyo Center Marine Field Station
32430 N. Harbor Drive
Fort Bragg, CA

Photo Urchin Barren by Abbey Dias