Releasing Thousands of White Seabass in the Santa Monica Bay

White seabass have made a remarkable recovery in Southern California waters. These fish were heavily overfished, so hatchery programs were put in place to increase the population. These fish are bred, then placed in growout pens to grow them. The program are mostly staffed by volunteers. This particular pen is located in Marina del Rey. There were several volunteers helping load the fish onto the Betty-O sportfishing boat to be taken offshore and released in front of Venice pier. This day, approximately 3500 juvenile seabass were released successfully. This program has made sportfishing for the species much better.

[@Just_Fati89]

Really cool 😊

[@Dane-o7q]

We have a wsb hatchery in carlsbad. good to see. my 8 year old nephew will enjoy these in a few years.

[@jgcareyYT]

Really like that the Betty-O was helping with the transporting of the fish 👍

[@alfredog2154]

Yes, the fish stand a better chance of survival out in the open. The sea lions in the harbor were eating too many of the released fish previous times.

[@joshualin3366]

this is so cool! how do you join the program?

[@alfredog2154]

I found out about this event through social media. They announced that they needed volunteers for this particular day. I think they use volunteers throughout the year for other tasks too. I think they might have some info online.