**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p>
The Golden Gate MPA Collaborative has successfully brought together environmental NGOs, agencies, fishermen, scientists, aquaria and vessel captains interested in raising awareness of marine protected areas in Marin and San Francisco counties, including the Farallon Islands.
Collaborative members are engaging boat captains and docents in an ambassador program targeting visitors to Point Reyes and the Farallones. Working with these ambassadors, the collaborative is developing a map-based brochure that will be used as an outreach tool, with the goal of increasing awareness and compliance of local marine protected areas.
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Golden Gate Collaborative Members
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Aquarium of the BayCalifornia Academy of SciencesCalifornia Dept. of Fish and WildlifeCalifornia Coastal CommissionFarallones National Marine Sanctuary AssociationGulf of the Farallones National Marine SanctuaryGolden Gate Audubon SocietyMarin County ParksMarin County SheriffsMarine Marine Mammal CenterNational Park ServiceNatural Resources Defense Council
Office of Assemblyman Marc LevinePoint BluePoint Reyes National Seashore AssociationPillar Point HarborRomberg Tiburon Center for Environmental StudiesSan Francisco Department of the EnvironmentShark StewardsSierra Club SF Bay ChapterU.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceWatershed Alliance of MarinWest Marin Environmental Action Committee