Message from ORV Alguita ( Captains response to questions about the vessel's name)

The name Alguita means little kelp plant in Spanish and was chosen because one of the missions of the Algalita foundation is to transplant giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, along the southern California coast.
Captain Moore

Here is a link to a video about the kelp restoration work that ORV Alguita is involved in:
http://algalita.org/kelp_restoration_mov.html