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2 Citizen Science Shark Observer Apps from Ocean Sanctuaries
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> Friendly reminder: Ocean Sanctuaries offers 2 Citizen Science shark observer apps--both free:1. National Geographic's 'Fieldscope' Citizen Science app, modified for our 'Sharks of California'...
A Robot Visits the Deep Offshore Waters of the North Coast MPAs — Part IV: Mattole Canyon SMR
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> The Mattole ValleyAfter finishing our survey of the Reading Rock SMR (see Part III) and waiting out our first big north coast storm of the season, we left Humboldt Bay on what seemed to be a...
Unusually Warm Ocean Temperatures off California, Bringing Odd Species
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> San Diego divers have been documenting surface water temperatures as high as 75 F in recent months. We suspect that these same higher than normal temperatures have been responsible for bringing...
Shark in them there waters
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> From a young age I remember my Mom talking to me about shark attacks, my brother and I grew up surfing and playing in the ocean in central California and every few years a white shark...
Diving with Purpose
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> I sprayed down my Omer open cell wetsuit with a mixture of hair conditioner and water and began the semi-disgusting process of sliding myself into the suit. Thinking about to the first time I...
MPAtlas: Why We Need MPAs
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> "In a world where fisheries and marine biodiversity are continuing to decline, marine protected areas (MPAs) are an essential tool needed to slow and reverse the oceans’ downward trajectory....
A Robot Visits the Deep Offshore Waters of the North Coast MPAs — Part III: Reading Rock SMR
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> It was a typical north coast cold and foggy morning as we arrived at the Trinidad boat launch to catch a ride to our research vessel (see Part I), which was anchored at the edge of Trinidad...
Q: How Do You Motivate Citizen Scientists to See the Value of 0?
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> I recently put the question out on the CitSci.org listserv, 'How do you motivate citizen scientists to see the value of the 'zero data' point?' We had a colorful and sometimes humorous series of...
A Robot Visits the Deep Offshore Waters of the North Coast MPAs — Part II: Point Saint George Offshore SMCA
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> It was a cold and foggy morning just off Crescent City California, as we prepared to launch the ROV Beagle into the dark and murky waters within the Point Saint George Offshore SMCA. Having...
2015 Marine Life Survey of ‘Yukon’ Destroyer Planned
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> Sometime in late 2015, Ocean Sanctuaries is planning to offer an opportunity for San Diego divers to contribute to a citizen science survey of the abundant marine life that has accumulated on...
UPDATE: The BLUE: A $10,000 Ocean Conservation Fellowship Grant
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> UPDATE: We've had an amazing turn out for The $10,000 Blue Fellowship Grant. There have been 7200+ people engaged in the campaign with 400+ votes and 20 submissions. We could use everyone's...
Ocean Sanctuaries to Feature Terra Mar’s Ocean News Feed ‘The Daily Catch’
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> Ocean Sanctuaries is pleased to announce a partnership with the Terra Mar Project, featuring their daily ocean news feed 'The Daily Catch' on our hompage, second item down on the right hand...