Dec 8, 2014 | Policy and Permitting, Uncategorized
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> This blog series is dedicated to giving a voice to OPC-SAT members to share their reflections on bridging the science policy boundary. The Ocean Protection Council Science Advisory Team...
Dec 4, 2014 | Policy and Permitting, Uncategorized
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> As Program Manager at Ocean Science Trust, I have been working with the Ocean Protection Council Science Advisory Team (OPC-SAT) for over four years. I am often asked by researchers, their...
Dec 3, 2014 | Policy and Permitting, Research and Monitoring
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> This week we’re kicking off a big celebration. No, not for the holidays. This one’s for the community involved in monitoring California’s statewide network of MPAs! The science and...
Oct 21, 2014 | Policy and Permitting, Research and Monitoring
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> “In a world where fisheries and marine biodiversity are continuing to decline, marine protected areas (MPAs) are an essential tool needed to slow and reverse the oceans’ downward...
Sep 8, 2014 | Policy and Permitting, Research and Monitoring
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> Summer coastal fog dampens the ground and an acrid smell pervades the air. It’s 5am on an August morning at Pillar Point harbor and the docks are already stirring with movement. Commercial squid...
Sep 3, 2014 | Policy and Permitting, Uncategorized
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> It’s before sunrise but I’m already out of bed. I am not a fisherman. For me, this is not normal. But today I have the chance to join an emerging discussion on ocean health, and what it means...
