Tag Archives: conservation

“Communicating about MPAs” is the third and last webinar in a series to showcase California’s new underwater parks, our network of marine protected areas. This webinar features California Fish and Game Commission President, Mike Sutton and Nicole Lampe of Resource Media.

“California Leads the Nation in Ocean Conservation” is the first webinar in a series to showcase California’s new underwater parks, our network of marine protected areas. This webinar features former state assemblyman and ocean champion, Fred Keeley; conservation leader, Kaitilin Gaffney; and Director of the California MPAs Program for the Monterey Bay Sanctuary Foundation, Rikki […]

This animation created by the Monterey Bay Sanctuary Foundation with permission from Ocean Conservancy, illustrates the changes that are likely to occur within marine protected areas – fish are able to grow larger, live longer, and these areas harbor a greater abundance and diversity of species.

This illustrated guide to MPAs explains everything you wanted to know about MPAs, but were too afraid to ask! Credit: Story By: Amelia Urry; Illustrations By: Amelia Bates; Science Consultation By: Rod Fujita

This short ten-minute video about the California MPA Network highlights what MPAs are and the resources they protect, as well as MPA policy, outreach, monitoring and enforcement.