{"id":4378,"date":"2013-09-18T19:00:04","date_gmt":"2013-09-19T02:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catalinaop.com\/?p=440"},"modified":"2013-09-18T19:00:04","modified_gmt":"2013-09-19T02:00:04","slug":"fresh-seafood-facility-runs-on-solar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catalinaop.com\/fresh-seafood-facility-runs-on-solar\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresh Seafood Facility Runs On Solar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Rebecca Gardon<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3549\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/catalinaop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Solaredited.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3549\" class=\"wp-image-3549 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/catalinaop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Solaredited-300x275.jpg\" alt=\"Solar panels on Catalina Offshore rooftop\" width=\"300\" height=\"275\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3549\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Catalina Offshore rooftop<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Did you know that Catalina Offshore Products runs almost completely on solar power? Walk into our fresh seafood facility and there\u2019s nearly an acre of panels above your head quietly powering coolers, offices and the lights. They were installed in 2009 to keep in line with our emphasis on sustainability.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSolar power is good for the environment and our business,\u201d says our CEO Dave Rudie. \u201cIt\u2019s also an investment that protects sea urchins, one of our most valuable products. Carbon dioxide pollution is affecting the pH of the ocean and urchins are damaged by highly acidic waters, so as CO2 increases in the ocean, sea urchins may experience problems. By switching to solar we are producing much less carbon dioxide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solar is just one of many ways Catalina maintains its commitment to becoming more sustainable.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We recently partnered with <a href=\"https:\/\/catalinaop.com\/press\/seafood-for-the-future\/#.VLP-53vRuQ0\">Seafood for the Future<\/a>. We turn waste from byproducts or processing sea urchins into recreational fishing bait called Uni Butter\u00ae and Uni Goop\u00ae. We also promote the idea of using the whole fish. Often we talk to our customers about the different ways to cook a whole fish, as well as about lesser-known edibles such as fish collars which are typically full of succulent meat. Another part of the fish that is edible is the bone marrow in swordfish. San Diego-based chefs Miguel Valdez of 100 Wines and George Morris of Beaumont\u2019s are fans of swordfish marrow. So is Travel Channel\u2019s Andrew Zimmern, who was introduced to it by our resident fishmonger Tommy Gomes while filming the San Diego episode of Bizarre Foods America. If you haven\u2019t had it before, just think of the soft, gelatinous texture of beef bone marrow but with fresh ocean flavor!<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\" width=\"338\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 0px solid #000000;\">\n<p><div id=\"attachment_858\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/catalinaop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC01259.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-858\" class=\"wp-image-858 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/catalinaop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC01259-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Andrew Zimmern fascinated by swordfish marrow.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-858\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andrew Zimmern fascinated by swordfish marrow. Photo: Catalina Offshore Products<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Rebecca Gardon Did you know that Catalina Offshore Products runs almost completely on solar power? Walk into our fresh seafood facility and there\u2019s nearly an acre of panels above your head quietly powering coolers, offices and the lights. They were installed in 2009 to keep in line with our emphasis on sustainability. \u201cSolar power [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15442,"featured_media":441,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dock-to-dish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalinaop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalinaop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalinaop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalinaop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15442"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalinaop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/catalinaop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4378\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalinaop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalinaop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalinaop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}