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CERF 2015 Call for Abstracts: “Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia: Connecting Science To Decision-Making”
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> There is no single approach to considering ocean acidification and hypoxia science in management and policy. Given the complexity and scale of these issues, along with the rapidly advancing...
Our Oceans Reflect the Consciousness of Humanity’
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> The Ocean Sanctuaries' phrase 'our oceans reflect the consciousness of humanity' might sound a bit 'new age-y' to some, especially to scientists, so allow me to explain exactly what we mean by...
Participate in a study of ocean research priorities!
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> A 15-minute survey to direct scientific research toward applications that ocean decision makers and users want and need. I’m a first year PhD student at Stanford University studying marine...
Marine Science Today’ Guest Blog: Ocean Sanctuaries’ Citizen Science Programs
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> Marine Science Today Guest Blog by Michael Bear "At Ocean Sanctuaries, we believe that the field of citizen science has finally come into its own in the 21st Century. With more and more divers...
Ocean Sancturies’ ‘Sharks of San Diego’ Featured on National Geographic’s ‘Fieldscope’ Page
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> Because we are using National Geographic's 'Fieldscope' data collection tool for citizen scientists, National Geographic has added our 'Sharks of California' to the 'Regional Projects' section...
Milestone Met – South Coast Baseline Reports Now Available!
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> We’ve reached an important milestone in the South Coast marine protected area (MPA) baseline monitoring period! Technical reports from 9 monitoring projects in the South Coast MPA Baseline...
Perspectives from the OPC-SAT — Part 4: Launching a New Effort to Ready California’s Fisheries for Climate Change
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> We recently held our most recent OPC-SAT workshop, Readying California’s Fisheries for Climate Change, another important step in the OPC-SAT’s work to advance science in California fisheries....
Facebook Group ‘Shark Conservation Non-Profits’ Created
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> Not to take anyone away from this fine space here, but next time you're on Facebook, come check out the page I created for 'Shark Conservation Non-Profits'...
Diving Parks, Saving Sharks
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> As an active diver and underwater videographer, I have been diving the California coastal marine protected areas, many before they were formed under the Marine Life Protected Act. Last fall I...
Feb. 2015 Citizen Science Association Conference Presentation: ‘Identifying Sevengill Sharks with ‘Wildbook’
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> On Feb. 11, 2015, Barbara Lloyd, Founder of Ocean Sanctuaries, presented an abstract called: IDENTIFYING SEVENGILL SHARKS IN SAN DIEGO WITH 'WILDBOOK' Barbara Lloyd and Michael Bear, Citizen...
Status Check! South Coast MPA Baseline Period
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> California’s South Coast marine protected area (MPA) network was established in early 2012, and it ranges from Point Conception to the California-Mexico border. It includes sandy beaches, kelp...
Mixing it up at the first ever Citizen Science Association Conference
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> My favorite thing about conferences is the networking. I know all you introverts just cringed a little (or a lot). The conversations after the talks end, outside conference rooms, during lunch -...