Oct 10, 2013 | Policy and Permitting, Research and Monitoring
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> I can’t bear to go running without my smartphone because I’ve become so attached to the data I get from its various tracking features–distance, pace, elevation change, calories burned,...
Sep 9, 2013 | Policy and Permitting, Uncategorized
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> We had some good news for California’s whales last week: new emergency measures were required in the drift gillnet fleet to prevent entanglement of sperm whales. The new federal emergency...
Jul 15, 2013 | Policy and Permitting, Uncategorized
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> Too often the problem of linking science and policy is either ignored, or misrepresented. With this article, recently published in the Guardian, my colleagues and I had two central aims. First,...
Jun 3, 2013 | Policy and Permitting, Uncategorized
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> Let the learning begin. The planning of California’s open coast statewide marine protected area (MPA) network is now complete-the Fish and Game Commission approved plans for the final...
Jun 1, 2013 | Policy and Permitting, Uncategorized
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> OceanSpaces is an online community that fosters new knowledge of ocean health. The platform brings everyone together with a stake in the health of California’s oceans – scientists, fishermen,...