Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary seeks a new Sanctuary Exploration Center Manager

Dec 9, 2022 | Job, Monterey, Outreach and Education, Santa Cruz

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary seeks a new Sanctuary Exploration Center Manager About the Position: The Sanctuary Exploration Center Manager serves as the Center Coordinator responsible for the overall coordination, control and execution of the operations,...

A Visitors Guide to Marine Protected Areas of the Central Coast

Nov 9, 2022 | Monterey, Outreach and Education, Santa Cruz

The Monterey and Santa Cruz Marine Protected Area (MPA) Collaboratives have produced a brochure and supporting web page to help visitors protect, explore, and experience the unique and delicate coastal ecosystems in the greater Monterey Bay area. Encouraging a...

Integrating Key Takeaways from the Pathways to Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion for California’s Coast and Ocean Workshop Series

Aug 23, 2022 | Outreach and Education, Statewide

In our quest to create an ocean conservation realm where everyone feels welcome and valued, the MPA Collaborative Network recently wrapped up a Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) workshop series offered in partnership with Just Communities Central Coast....

Calling on Bilingual Communities for Translation Project in Orange County!

Jun 14, 2022 | Enforcement and Compliance, Orange County, Outreach and Education

Do you speak Mandarin, Vietnamese, Korean, or Tagalog? Do you love the ocean? If so, we need your help! We are seeking community members to help us identify best practices for developing and reviewing signage translations in Orange County’s common languages. The...

Noyo Harbor and local marine science star at major ocean symposium and festival on the “blue economy”

Jun 13, 2022 | Enforcement and Compliance, Mendocino, Outreach and Education, Policy and Permitting, Research and Monitoring

FORT BRAGG, 5/29/22 — Attendees of the Blue Economy Symposium and Learning Festival May 19-22 in Fort Bragg heard mixed news regarding the health, economic and otherwise, of our local stretch of the Pacific. First the bad news: the byzantine, multi-agency permitting...

New Regulatory Requirements for the Commercial Harvest of Kelp and Other Marine Algae

Jun 7, 2022 | Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Policy and Permitting, Statewide

At the February 16, 2022 meeting, the Fish and Game Commission adopted amendments to the commercial kelp and other marine algae harvest regulations, Title 14, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Sections 165 and 165.5, and Appendix A, and addition of Section 705.1....