Forests of kelp, a fast-growing brown algae, provide food and habitat for hundreds of marine species and absorb greenhouse gases that might otherwise hasten climate change.

Bull Kelp in South and Central Puget Sound has declined more than 90% over the last 150 years - and eelgrass meadows severely declined as well, according to a new report just delivered to ...

An artificial reef created by Southern California Edison is alive with giant kelp, its strands waving “like thick hair” at the surface as fishing boats probe its edge. The 174 acres of … ...

One of my favorite techniques while fishing for calicos is to align my casts with the kelp; if the kelp is visible, laying in the current but up, then I know chances are calico bass will be feeding.

DNR and the Squaxin Island Tribe will work to surround the kelp bed with a priority habitat zone, co-develop ways to improve the kelp bed’s health through stressor mitigation, and investigate ...

California has seen a dramatic decline in its kelp forests in recent years, prompting efforts and intervention to try and save the kelp, which provides a habitat for a wide range of plants and ...

Kelp attached to a 174-acre reef that Southern California Edison built last summer off San Clemente is rising toward the surface and is earning national acclaim. The National Association of Environ… ...

2,300 acres near Everett now under 'Protection Zone' for kelp, eelgrass The move is part of a Watershed Resilience Action Plan, which will restore the salmon habitat in the Snohomish River watershed.

With the kelp, other life has flourished off of Palos Verdes. Kelp bass, rock fish, giant kelp fish and many species of invertebrates have made a visible comeback, said Meux.

Climate-driven changes in dispersal of Tripneustes lead to its range expansion into Bass Strait and poleward, ~340–650 km further into Ecklonia's habitat range inducing new areas of co-occurrence in ...