Tag Archives: national marine sanctuary

This 10-minute film is a celebration of the central coast MPAs, featuring iconic places, charismatic species and compelling messages of hope from spokespeople working in these special protected areas.

This short children’s film examines how a fictional oil spill at Moss Landing could threaten the diversity of life in the mudflats of Elkhorn Slough. Sponsored by the Monterey Bay Sanctuary Foundation, the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, and the Monterey Institute for International Studies. Produced by students from the Olson Elementary School, Class 2, […]

“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 […]

Within the cacophony of the ocean “soundscape,” there is singing and chattering of marine mammals, the steady thrum of propellers from transiting container ships, and even the pitter patter of rain on the ocean’s surface. SanctSound scientists record and listen to sounds year-round in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary using a network of hydrophones or underwater microphones. […]

**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> The waters outside the Golden Gate host an abundance of marine life, and a diversity of marine protection from our State MPAs to the rocks of the California Coastal National Monument to our National Marine Sanctuaries. Just outside the Golden Gate, the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary […]