Malibu Pier Sportfishing applies for onboard liquor licenses
Malibu Pier Sportfishing LLC has submitted two applications to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control for licenses to allow the sale of alcoholic beverages on two of its boats, according to a notice of application issued by the department on Monday.
Malibu Pier Sportfishing operates two boats: Malibu Sportsman, a 48-foot-long wooden fishing boat, and the Aquarius, a 55-foot-long vessel that has been fishing from the Malibu Pier since 1934.
The applications, which are still pending, were submitted on Sep. 3.
Point Dume elementary school goes green
Point Dume Marine Science Elementary School last week added 33 solar panels to one of its buildings with the financial support of various entities including the David Geffen Foundation and funds from a lemonade stand managed by the school’s second graders.
The 33 solar modules were installed on southward facing classrooms to ensure maximum sun exposure, preventing 3.52 tons of coal from being burned and 10,919 pounds of carbon dioxide from being released into the atmosphere, according to a press release by the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District.
Point Dume Marine Science School students are taught about the fragile ecosystems and how one’s choices make a vital difference to the world. Students learn to recycle, compost, reuse steel water bottles, reduce trash, and participate in the Annual Heal the Bay Beach Cleanup. Students sold reusable grocery bags to raise money for a film about watershed protection, and also successfully advocated to the local school board to ban the use of plastic foam lunch trays in the school’s cafeteria.
City launches pollution-curbing program for local restaurants
The City of Malibu on May 5 partnered with the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission and the cities of Santa Monica, Redondo Beach, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Torrance and Rancho Palos Verdes in implementing the “Clean Bay Restaurant Certification Program,” which recognizes restaurants that exceed local stormwater regulations to reduce water pollution.
Stormwater pollution and urban runoff create a serious problem for Santa Monica Bay and local water bodies, jeopardizing the overall ecology of the watershed, according to a press release issued by the City of Malibu. The certification program recognizes food-service establishments that receive a score of 100 percent on the program’s criteria checklist, which requires businesses to go above and beyond local stormwater regulations.
The Malibu City Council will annually award qualified restaurants with window display certificates and will promote the businesses in an advertisement placed in the local newspapers, the press release states.
“The City of Malibu is dedicated to protecting the environment and places water quality as a top priority,” Mayor Andy Stern said in the press release. “The city and the Bay Restoration Commission share a common goal to restore and protect the watershed and we’re proud to promote local restaurants that feel the same way.”
The SMBRC will also include the awarded restaurants on the Clean Bay Certified Restaurants listing on its Web site, www.santamonicabay.org.
Quarantine of sport-harvested mussels in effect
The annual quarantine of all mussel species harvested by the public on California’s coasts, bays and estuaries became effective May 1 and continues through Oct. 31, according to the California Department of Public Health.
The statewide mussel quarantine is intended to prevent human cases of paralytic shellfish poisoning and domoic acid poisoning. The quarantine applies only to sport-harvested mussels.
More information can be obtained by calling 510.412.4643
-Olivia Damavandi