Oct 31, 2014 | Research and Monitoring, Uncategorized
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> From a young age I remember my Mom talking to me about shark attacks, my brother and I grew up surfing and playing in the ocean in central California and every few years a white shark...
Oct 29, 2014 | Research and Monitoring, Uncategorized
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> I sprayed down my Omer open cell wetsuit with a mixture of hair conditioner and water and began the semi-disgusting process of sliding myself into the suit. Thinking about to the first time I...
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...
Oct 16, 2014 | Research and Monitoring, Uncategorized
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> It was a typical north coast cold and foggy morning as we arrived at the Trinidad boat launch to catch a ride to our research vessel (see Part I), which was anchored at the edge of Trinidad...
Oct 12, 2014 | Research and Monitoring, Uncategorized
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> I recently put the question out on the CitSci.org listserv, ‘How do you motivate citizen scientists to see the value of the ‘zero data’ point?’ We had a colorful and...
Oct 5, 2014 | Research and Monitoring, Uncategorized
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> It was a cold and foggy morning just off Crescent City California, as we prepared to launch the ROV Beagle into the dark and murky waters within the Point Saint George Offshore SMCA. Having...
