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Explore California’s State Fisheries: New interactive data-visualization tool provides opportunity to explore fisheries data
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> The first of its kind in California, we are proud to announce the launch of the California Fisheries Data Explorer. This interactive tool allows stakeholders of all kinds to visualize data from...
Journey to the Devil’s Teeth, a Melange of Marine Protection
**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...
North Coast – State of the Region Report and Fishing Communities Snapshot Now Available!
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> We are thrilled to announce the release of the State of the California North Coast report, now available on Oceanspaces.org! This report contains key information about the biological,...
JOIN US Nov. 1 in Sacramento for an OPC Workshop on California’s Great White Sharks
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> Ocean Protection Council Workshops focus on bringing thought leaders in science and policy together to provide policymakers with the latest information to help inform decision making on coast...
Blue Earth Delivers Fundraising Webinar
On October 4th, Blue Earth Consultants hosted a fundraising webinar for MPA Collaborative co-chairs. The goal of the webinar was to provide an overview of potential funding opportunities and approaches. Practical resources were shared such as lists of relevant funders...
6th International Marine Debris Conference: Call for Abstracts
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> The 6th International Marine Debris Conference taking place March 2018 in San Diego, California. Two sessions in particular, might be of interest within the "Monitoring and Citizen Science"...
EcoNews Report Podcast: North Coast Marine Protected Area Baseline Monitoring
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> Check out this edition of the EcoNews Report, featuring an interview with researchers Ian Kelmartin, Katherin Osborn, and Eric Bjorkstedt, about their MPA Baseline Monitoring projects. Listen...
Join us! North Coast MPA Community Gatherings, November 1-3
Local ocean community members are invited to attend upcoming community gatherings that will be held in Crescent City (November 1), Eureka (November 2), and Fort Bragg (November 3). Join us to learn about information from marine protected area (MPA) baseline monitoring...
Coming Soon: Community Gatherings to Share Information on North Coast MPAs
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> Join California Department of Fish and Wildlife and explore the State of the California North Coast. Click here for an event flyer - and thank you for sharing far and wide! In late October, the...
Introducing the North Coast Snapshot Series!
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> We are excited to announce the first report of the North Coast Snapshot Series is now available! Baseline Highlights from North Coast Oceanographic Conditions: Monitoring Life During a Series of...
What it takes to become a Global Ocean Refuge
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> Banner photo credit: Brian SkerryAn earlier draft was originally published by Marine Conservation InstituteThe Global Ocean Refuge System (GLORES), an initiative of Marine Conservation...
Newly Launched! North Coast Monitoring Survey: Help share your work!
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> The North Coast Monitoring Survey is now available! Those actively involved in managing or overseeing monitoring efforts in the North Coast are invited to participate in this online survey,...