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How many citizen science groups are there in the Central Coast?
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> One would think this is an easy question to answer: ask around, make a list, and count. Yet, when someone asks me this question - as frequently occurs - I say ‘around 30’. So why the fuzzy...
Inviting Abstracts for AGU FOG Session
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> Hello All, Please consider submitting an abstract to AGU (Dec 2014)Session ID#: 3447http://fallmeeting.agu.org/2014/scientific-program/Fog: Atmosphere, biosphere, land, and ocean...
Focusing In: California Collaborative Fisheries Research Program
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> When the picture of a black rockfish appeared onscreen, a large number of ears in the room perked up. Then a few eyebrows raised and you could almost see the mental cogs turning. Accompanying...
Welcome to the newest version of OceanSpaces!
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> Welcome, everyone, to the next step in the evolution of OceanSpaces! We’re thrilled to release an updated and improved site to better serve your needs as California’s ocean community. Our...
Workshop Summary Released!
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> On April 23rd and 24th, representatives from 18 of the Central Coast citizen science groups gathered with marine protected areas and the staff of the Ocean Science Trust. Our objectives for the...
Citizen Science in the MPA Monitoring Plan
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> Now that baseline monitoring in the Central Coast is complete, the we are working closely with the Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Ocean Protection Council to design and implement the...
Sorting Structures: How do citizen science program attributes affect a group’s ability to engage with management?
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> “Citizen science comes in all shapes and sizes”. That’s a phrase that has become a mantra within the California Citizen Science Initiative. We’ve documented those shapes and sizes as part of our...
LightHawk brings a 1,000-foot view to marine conservation
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> All of us have probably seen it, that small plane flying low, whizzing by just off the coast. “What a view they are getting” I think to myself whenever I see this. Besides a pretty view, small...
When Work is a Day at the Beach: Monitoring Gives First In-Depth Look at North Central Coast’s Sandy Beaches
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> Karina Nielsen loves going to the beach as much as any Californian — and may love it even more than most. That's because as a marine ecologist, she knows those long sandy stretches that look so...
Life in the Boundary: A Sea Grant Fellow’s Perspective to Science Integration
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> This post originally appears in California Sea Grant's blog Our Ocean on March 11, 2014California Sea Grant provides unique educational opportunities for graduate students in the form of...
Focusing In: Reef Check California
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> Standing in front of the large kelp forest tank at the Monterey Bay aquarium, volunteer SCUBA divers with the Reef Check program look at the list of species held within like a checklist. “I’ve...
Tracking Ocean Acidification down the West Coast
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> This post first appeared March 17, 2014 in the West Coast Governors' Alliance on Ocean Health, The Collaborative Voice of the West Coast Sea Grant FellowsAs a Californian, I had only heard...