Dec 11, 2014 | Research and Monitoring, Uncategorized
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> Talking Fish Over PizzaI slide onto the stool next to a hunched over man at Piaci Pizza, a local hang out for Fort Braggers. He’s watching a movie on his iPhone screen and without glancing up at...
Dec 9, 2014 | Policy and Permitting, Research and Monitoring
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> The Golden Gate MPA Collaborative has successfully brought together environmental NGOs, agencies, fishermen, scientists, aquaria and vessel captains interested in raising awareness of marine...
Dec 8, 2014 | Policy and Permitting, Uncategorized
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> This blog series is dedicated to giving a voice to OPC-SAT members to share their reflections on bridging the science policy boundary. The Ocean Protection Council Science Advisory Team...
Dec 6, 2014 | Research and Monitoring, Uncategorized
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> In this second piece of my experience sailing the ocean blue, I describe the research methods we used to document levels of plastic marine pollution across the subtropical and subpolar gyres in...
Dec 4, 2014 | Policy and Permitting, Uncategorized
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> As Program Manager at Ocean Science Trust, I have been working with the Ocean Protection Council Science Advisory Team (OPC-SAT) for over four years. I am often asked by researchers, their...
