Apr 19, 2015 | Policy and Permitting, Uncategorized
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> The Ocean Sanctuaries’ phrase ‘our oceans reflect the consciousness of humanity’ might sound a bit ‘new age-y’ to some, especially to scientists, so allow me to...
Apr 10, 2015 | Policy and Permitting, Research and Monitoring
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> A 15-minute survey to direct scientific research toward applications that ocean decision makers and users want and need. I’m a first year PhD student at Stanford University studying marine...
Apr 2, 2015 | Policy and Permitting, Research and Monitoring
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> We’ve reached an important milestone in the South Coast marine protected area (MPA) baseline monitoring period! Technical reports from 9 monitoring projects in the South Coast MPA Baseline...
Mar 30, 2015 | Policy and Permitting, Uncategorized
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> We recently held our most recent OPC-SAT workshop, Readying California’s Fisheries for Climate Change, another important step in the OPC-SAT’s work to advance science in California fisheries....
Mar 10, 2015 | Policy and Permitting, Research and Monitoring
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> California’s South Coast marine protected area (MPA) network was established in early 2012, and it ranges from Point Conception to the California-Mexico border. It includes sandy beaches, kelp...
Mar 10, 2015 | Policy and Permitting, Research and Monitoring
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> My favorite thing about conferences is the networking. I know all you introverts just cringed a little (or a lot). The conversations after the talks end, outside conference rooms, during lunch...