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The impacts of industrial fishing UCSB researchers discover fishing leads to high carbon emissions By GRAYCE MCCORMICK NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
A group of scientists have discovered that carbon emissions from fishing are 25% higher than what was considered from fuel consumption. Carbon is a large component in living tissue molecules, and when fish die naturally in the ocean, they take all the carbon with them and it’s sequestered for thousands or even million years. This natural phenomenon is called a “blue carbon” pump. However, according to a recent study published in “Science Advances,” researchers found that industrial fishing disrupts that sequestration. Furthermore, they found that industrial fishing emits a double amount of CO2 into the atmosphere, both from the boats’ greenhouse gas emission by consuming fuel oil and by releasing CO2 from extracting fish from the sea, which would
have otherwise remained in the ocean. In a press release from the Current, UCSB marine data scientist and co-author of the study, Juan Mayorga, said, “This is a step forward toward more holistic, science-based assessments of the status of fisheries management and opens the door to innovative financing models including tapping into carbon markets.” The scientists used historial catches and fuel consumption to show that ocean fisheries have released a minimum of 0.73 billion metric tons of CO2 in the atmosphere over the course of 70 years. In the study, they called for limiting blue carbon extraction by fisheries, specifically in unprofitable areas. “We raise the issue of rapidly assessing the effect of measures promoting the recovery of fish stocks, on the reactivation of Please see fishing on A7
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Sara Mahar operates a booth with her paintings and aerials during the weekly Arts and Crafts Walk on Cabrillo Boulevard in Santa Barbara Sunday.
By ANNELISE HANSHAW NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
The Arts and Crafts Show along Cabrillo Boulevard in Santa Barbara Sunday brought a diverse group of vendors, small in comparison to its pre-COVID-19 glory days. Some are crafters on the side of a nine-to-five gig and others create around the clock. Whether they craft for fun or full-time, the show provides a picturesque market. Across from Chase Palm Park, hand-sized sculptures dance in the sea breeze, suspended by a handmade tree. Some are wearing tutus; others are ready to flamenco. Sara Mahar calls them “aerials” because there’s too wide of a variety to be called dancers. Her booth prominently features ballerinas in most of her paintings, and a wide array of dance styles are represented in her aerials. She started dancing when she was five years old. Now, 65 years later, she still dances. She has the posture of a dancer, poised but not harsh. She is lean and her arms and neck tall; it isn’t hard to envision her as a ballerina. Years ago, she was a professional ballerina with the San Diego Ballet for a season. She pointed to a woman in an orange tutu in one of her paintings. “That one’s me,” she said. She painted a piece based on a photo of her former dance troupe. The photo was in National Geographic. She moved to Santa Barbara when she was 30, and she and her husband, Pete Mahar, opened a dance and theater store called Harlequin’s Theatrical Supply. They closed their store in May 2018 and retired. Of course, they dabble in props and costumes. And Mrs. Mahar was able to
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Study co-authors Steve Gaines, at left, and Juan Mayorga.
Solvang City Council to discuss school sidewalk project By GRAYCE MCCORMICK
Ms. Mahar’s aerial sculptures spin as a breeze rushes through. Her husband built a tree prop to hang the figurines from.
spend more time painting and sculpting aerials, which she has been making since she was 16. They take around eight hours to make and require to be completed in phases. They start as wire but are layered with tissue, fabric and glue. She hangs them in her windows at home and the translucent tissue lets the sun shine through. She made a lot of aerials during the COVID-19 shutdown. She listens to baroque music, like Mozart or Bach, as she sculpts and paints. “I’ll get some ideas and I’ll just start painting, and sometimes it’s hard to start. But once you get started, it’s hard to stop,” she said. Please see show on A8
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She painted this piece based on a photo of her former dance troupe.
In its regular meeting on Tuesday, the Solvang City Council will be recommended to award a construction agreement with G. Sosa Construction, Inc. for the Solvang school sidewalk project. City staff hopes to award $172,910 to the company for construction. The project will provide a safe route to and from Solvang School with approximately 175 feet of new sidewalk along the east side of Fifth Street from Alnor Alley to Elm Avenue, 625 feet along the south side of Elm Avenue from Fifth Street to Atterdag Road and 200 feet along the north side of Laurel Avenue from Fourth Place heading east. It will also include a new stop sign and crosswalk at the intersection of Elm Avenue and Fourth Place. Staff will also recommend to authorize the city manager to execute any change orders if within a contingency amount of $150,000. G. Sosa Construction was the apparent low bidder with the amount, and the Measure
A grant covers 30% of the construction cost for a maximum construction cost up to $344,000. The recommended contingency amount is set much higher than usual to allow expansion of the project and incorporate additional sidewalk within the budget amount to maximize use of the grant funding. Once construction begins, the work is estimated to be complete in 50 working days. If the council rejects all bids or cancels, postpones or re-bids the project, the rebidding will likely increase the project cost. The meeting, scheduled for 6:30 p.m., can be streamed at www.CityofSolvang.com/ YouTube. email: gmccormick@newspress.com
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The project is intended to provide a safe route to and from Solvang School.
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