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Reef Check on the Radio
Reef Check, a worldwide organization dedicated to monitoring the health of reef ecosystems, has been busy here in California. They are training volunteer divers to study some of the coast’s most remote marine protected areas in Big Sur, the Channel Islands, and off...
A Robot Returns to Check on North Coast MPAs
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> We are about to wrap up our 2015 survey season with our most challenging expedition of the year, the North Coast MPA Baseline Assessment. After an exciting year of processing video collected...
Subtidal monitoring along the North Coast, Part II: bumping fins with ocean sunfish & hundreds of rockfish
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> The North Coast MPA Baseline Program subtidal monitoring project has been extraordinary, using SCUBA to go places very few (if any) have been diving before. The observation I have enjoyed most...
PISCO scientist and Santa Barbara fisherman talk about MPAs on public radio
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> Dr. Jenn Caselle, marine ecologist at U.C. Santa Barbara and Chris Voss, President of the Commercial Fishermen of Santa Barbara talk about the Channel Islands Marine Protected Areas on public...
Subtidal monitoring along the North Coast, Part I: diving into Double Cone SMCA
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> This is the first in a three-blog series that will share field stories from graduate students conducting baseline monitoring of kelp forests in California's North Coast region, one of 11...
CDFW Scientists Monitor Abalone in South La Jolla State Marine Reserve
CDFW Scientists Monitor Abalone in South La Jolla State Marine Reserve California is home to seven species of abalone, and all of them can be found within South La Jolla State Marine Reserve (SMR). As the largest SMR in San Diego County, and home to rocky...
Ocean Sanctuaries’ Founder Barbara Lloyd Interviewed by KPBS About ‘Yukon Marine Survey’
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> Today, Ocean Sanctuaries' Founder Barbara Lloyd was interviewed by KPBS journalist Erik Anderson regarding the Yukon Marine Life Survey, a citizen science project documenting marine life on the...
Citsci.org: A Partner in Citizen Science
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> Since we at Ocean Sanctuaries have been working with them over the past year or so, I wanted to put in a plug for Citsci.org, which provides tools for the entire citizen science research process...
Western Society of Naturalists 2015 Meeting
This year’s annual WSN meeting will be held November 5th-8th in Sacramento, CA. Find out more and register here by October 1. This year’s WSN meeting will highlight “Marine Science Informing Management” and showcase the opportunities for WSN members’ work to aid...
Innovative Distance Learning Program Helps Students Discover the California MPA Network
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> The California Department of Fish and Wildlife and California State Parks have teamed up to teach California students about the state’s network of marine protected areas (MPAs) through...
Elkhorn Slough OtterCam Goes High Def
Elkhorn Slough OtterCam Goes High Def The Otter Cam at Elkhorn Slough is now in high definition. With two separate camera views and a highlight reel, otters, seabirds, harbor seals should provide many hours of entertainment. Elkhorn Slough is but one of...
North Coast Collaborative Regional Forum
North Coast Collaborative Regional Forum On November 17th, Collaborative members from Sonoma, Mendocino, Humboldt and Del Norte will meet with agency representatives and researchers at the first North Coast Forum in Fortuna to discuss shared goals and...