Carlsbad Aquafarm Leaving Agua Hedionda Lagoon

/in , /by /San Diego Union-Tribuneby Phil Diehl

Carlsbad Aquafarm is leaving Agua Hedionda Lagoon for other environmental enterprises after the property owner, NRG Energy, discontinued the lease on the site.

“We have other things,” owner Tom Grimm said Tuesday. “We are pivoting our business model to living shoreline projects … such as using oyster shells to create reefs and nesting areas.”

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