Santa Barbara Mariculture
Offshore Hope Ranch, Santa Barbara, CA (~3/4 mile off coast, ~80 ft depth), USA
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sbmariculture.com ↗verification source ↗
Products
Black mussels (rope-cultured, offshore longline aquaculture)
Served at
Sources
What the quality assessment above is built on.
- sbmariculture.com ↗
First-party: farm sited ~3/4 mile off Hope Ranch near Santa Barbara, ~80 ft depth, submersible longline + NZ rope-culture technique, open-ocean aquaculture since 2000
- syvnews.com ↗
Independent local news profile of owner Bernard Friedman, confirms 'Hope Ranch' branding and Japanese-longline growing method
- sbfish.com ↗
Independent seafood retailer sells these as 'Hope Ranch Mussels, locally farmed offshore in Santa Barbara' -- corroborates branding