Photo Gallery: ExplorOcean hosts Simply Sustainable Seafood Fest

Panelist Terese Pearson talks about the challenges for her family-owned business Pearson’s Port, which is California’s only floating seafood market. “Fishing has definitely changed through the years. The way that we fish has changed,” she says.  (Susan Hoffman / Daily Pilot)

Sustainable Seafood panelists Debbie Johnson, director of Catalina Sea Ranch, Terese Pearson of Newport Beach’s Pearson’s Port, Wendy Marshall of ExplorOcean and moderator Veronica Ducic speak during the Simply Sustainable Seafood Fest celebrating healthy seafood for World Ocean’s Day.  (Susan Hoffman / Daily Pilot)

Terese Pearson’s daughter proudly shows off a local spiny lobster that was recently trapped in a photo from Pearson’s slideshow. Pearson’s family-owned business Pearson’s Port has been in continuous operation since 1971, with a fleet of up to a dozen boats delivering fresh catch every day.   (Susan Hoffman / Daily Pilot)

Debbie Johnson, director of the Catalina Sea Ranch, explains the development of the first offshore shellfish ranch in the United States during the Simply Sustainable Seafood Fest celebrating healthy seafood for World Ocean’s Day.   (Susan Hoffman / Daily Pilot)

Wendy Marshall of ExplorOcean focuses on the educational program to K-12 students as part of the ExplorOcean Ocean Literacy program during the Simply Sustainable Seafood Fest celebrating healthy seafood for World Ocean’s Day. “Our mantra is we don’t just tell it, you do it,” she says.   (Susan Hoffman / Daily Pilot)