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A Visitors Guide to Marine Protected Areas of the Central Coast
The Monterey and Santa Cruz Marine Protected Area (MPA) Collaboratives have produced a brochure and supporting web page to help visitors protect, explore, and experience the unique and delicate coastal ecosystems in the greater Monterey Bay area. Encouraging a...
Integrating Key Takeaways from the Pathways to Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion for California’s Coast and Ocean Workshop Series
In our quest to create an ocean conservation realm where everyone feels welcome and valued, the MPA Collaborative Network recently wrapped up a Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) workshop series offered in partnership with Just Communities Central Coast....
Calling on Bilingual Communities for Translation Project in Orange County!
Do you speak Mandarin, Vietnamese, Korean, or Tagalog? Do you love the ocean? If so, we need your help! We are seeking community members to help us identify best practices for developing and reviewing signage translations in Orange County’s common languages. The...
Noyo Harbor and local marine science star at major ocean symposium and festival on the “blue economy”
FORT BRAGG, 5/29/22 — Attendees of the Blue Economy Symposium and Learning Festival May 19-22 in Fort Bragg heard mixed news regarding the health, economic and otherwise, of our local stretch of the Pacific. First the bad news: the byzantine, multi-agency permitting...
New Regulatory Requirements for the Commercial Harvest of Kelp and Other Marine Algae
At the February 16, 2022 meeting, the Fish and Game Commission adopted amendments to the commercial kelp and other marine algae harvest regulations, Title 14, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Sections 165 and 165.5, and Appendix A, and addition of Section 705.1....
San Francisco District Attorney Boudin Announces Civil Prosecution Against Commercial Fisherman for Fishing in the North Farallon Islands State Marine Reserve
SAN FRANCISCO – Today, San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin announced that the District Attorney’s Office, working with California’s Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), filed a civil prosecution against a commercial fisherman for unlawfully fishing in the...
MPA Collaborative Network Newsletter: Summer 2022
The MPA Collaborative Network Quarterly Bulletin brings you California MPA news from local MPA Collaboratives, organizations working across the state in MPAs, and the MPA Management Program.
Global Kelp Restoration Guidebook
Content provided by Tristin McHugh, Kelp Project Director with The Nature Conservancy and Mendocino Collaborative Co-Chair. Dear Kelp Lovers of the World, We are exceptionally excited to share with you the official copy of the Kelp Restoration Guidebook. Please find...
The California Marine Sanctuary Foundation has MPA exhibits, videos for anglers, social media content, and scripted PowerPoints available for your use
Content is provided by our partners at the California Marine Sanctuary Foundation (CMSF).MPA Exhibits Available for You!Are you attending an upcoming event or looking for colorful displays for your visitors center, museum, business or aquarium? We have 3 MPA exhibits...
Celebrate World Ocean Day with California State Parks
California State Parks is taking you underwater for World Ocean Day with California State Park and Monterey Bay Aquarium scuba divers! We will be connecting students and park stewards virtually to Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, and other select parks throughout...
MPA Compliance Initiative Update – Spring 2022
The MPA Collaborative Network’s Compliance Initiative, supported by Ocean Protection Council (OPC) Once-Through Cooling Mitigation funds, and in partnership with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), the California District Attorneys Association,...
MPA Collaborative Network Submits MPA Decadal Management Review Key Partner Report to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife
This is the MPA Collaborative Network’s Key Partner Report submitted to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) as part of the first statewide MPA Decadal Management Review of California’s globally recognized network of marine protected areas. The MPA...