Long Beach and L.A. Harbors Release Study Showing Growing Number of Species

LOS ANGELES一 The Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach released the results of a 2018 biological joint study that recorded more than 1,000 different species of marine life in San Pedro Bay including 150 species that were not previously recorded. A surprise discovery in the survey was the recording of three new species of abalone including one endangered abalone that judging by size had been there for 20 years or so, according to Kat Prickett, the marine environmental supervisor of the water group and the environmental management division of the Port of Los Angeles. The ports contracted out to Wood, an environmental and infrastructure solutions consulting firm, to run the survey. The survey had four key objectives that ranged from surveying biological communities in port complex habitats to documenting non-native species present in the port complex. “This study, like the previous Biosurveys, has four key objectives,” said the study, which was published in April of this year. “ 1) to describe the biological communities of the various habitats in the Port Complex; 2) to describe how those communities have changed over time; 3) to describe how those communities compare among different habitats and sub-regions within the Port Complex and to the greater...