Join us on Thursday, July 16 for our Stone Living Lab Seminar featuring Paula Sylvia, Director of the Aquaculture and Blue Technology Department at the Port of San Diego to learn about their ocean-positive and blue economy innovation initiatives.
Join us for our Stone Living Lab Seminar featuring Paula Sylvia, Director of the Aquaculture and Blue Technology Department at the Port of San Diego to learn about ocean-positive and blue economy innovation happening at the Port of San Diego.
Paula Sylvia is the Director of the Aquaculture and Blue Technology Department at the Port of San Diego. She oversees a variety of planning and pre-development and long term planning initiatives aimed at developing environmental and economic opportunities for aquaculture, blue technology, and other nature-based solution businesses in and around San Diego Bay. She also oversees the Port’s Blue Economy Incubator, a platform to support entrepreneurship and innovation partnerships to facilitate and scale pilot projects and build a portfolio of nature-based solutions and new businesses that can deliver multiple social, environmental, and economic benefits to the region. She holds a Master of Science in Aquaculture from the University of Stirling, Institute of Aquaculture in Scotland, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Phoenix, USA.
Before coming to the Port, Paula worked as a Research Biologist for NOAA-National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science Center in La Jolla, California for 2.5 years. Prior to her NOAA position, she worked as the Offshore Aquaculture Program Manager at Hubbs SeaWorld Research Institute in San Diego, California for 13 years. In these roles, Paula was responsible for planning, permitting and implementing offshore aquaculture projects in the southern California region and northern Baja California, Mexico for fisheries replenishment, restoration and food production purposes.