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**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> Here is an article on our project aboard the Research Vessel Sea Watch from Sharkboat.org http://www.planetexperts.com/captain-chris-wade-fighting-back-poachers-illegal-fishing/
Channel Islands MPAs – a decade of change on rocky reefs
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> In 2003, a network of MPAs was implemented in the northern Channel Islands, home to the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and the Channel Islands National Park. Now part of the South...
Bust the Bead- Banning Microplastics in Beauty Products
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> Microplastics are tiny plastic beads that can be found in many beauty and health products including toothpaste, hand soap, body wash, and facial scrubs. These plastics are commonly referred to...
3D Scanning of Rocky Intertidal Ecosystems in the North Coast’s MPAs – Part 1: Spatial Imaging Technology
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> Location Location Location!Before I started my current position at Moss Landing Marine Labs (MLML) I was a post-Doc at the University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) with Professor Bob Garrison...
Perspectives from the OPC-SAT — Part 3: Our Upcoming Workshop
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> We will be holding our upcoming OPC-SAT workshop, you are welcome to attend.Agenda: OPC-SAT workshop on Readying California's Fisheries for Climate Change When: Wednesday, February 25, 2015,...
Update on Sea Star Wasting Disease
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> Sea star wasting syndrome (SSWS) is a general description of a set of symptoms that are found in sea stars. Typically, lesions appear in the ectoderm followed by decay of tissue surrounding the...
v.2.0 of Shark Observer App for Androids Available for Free Download
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> Ocean Sanctuaries is pleased to announce that version 2.0 of the Shark Observer app is now available for free download here:http://app.appsgeyser.com/Shark%20Observer--Shark Observer is a...
Join us at the 2015 Citizen Science Association Conference!
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> Citizen science and ocean resource management - what’s the opportunity? At Ocean Science Trust we’re excited to see how this conversation will play out at the 2015 Citizen Science Association...
Bringing the Ocean to the Airwaves
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> What’s Happening with Sea StarsDirector Brian Tissot recently made news as part of a team who made a major breakthrough in understanding sea star wasting disease. The disease has caused one of...
Ocean Sanctuaries to Present ‘Identifying Sevengill Sharks with ‘Wildbook’ ‘ at Citizen Science Association Conference
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> Ocean Sanctuaries is pleased to announce that we will be presenting at the 2015 Citizen Science Conference on Feb. 11, 2015.Citizen Science 2015 is the inaugural conference of the Citizen...
Join ‘Citizen Scientists of the Ocean’ on Facebook
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> Please join us on Facebook, where we (Ocean Sanctuaries) have set up a page devoted to the latest in ocean-related citizen science--we have over 700 members and are growing...
The putative impacts of the non‐native seaweed Sargassum muticum on native communities in tidepools of Southern California and investigation into the feasibility of local eradication
Smith, J.R. 2016. Marine Ecology. 37:645-667.