Dec 14, 2020 | 2Central Coast, 3South Coast, 5MPA Outreach and Education, 6MPA Enforcement, Golden Gate, Los Angeles, Monterey, San Mateo
At the MPA Collaborative Network, we strive to elevate local community voices to the state level and to liaise what we hear from the state managing agencies back down to local stakeholders. A recent example of the success of this bottom-up, top-down collaboration was...
Dec 11, 2020 | 1North Coast, 2Central Coast, 3South Coast, 5MPA Outreach and Education, 6MPA Enforcement, MPA Events & Gatherings
The MPA Collaborative Network’s Compliance Initiative, supported by Ocean Protection Council (OPC) Once-Through Cooling funds, and in partnership with the Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), the California District Attorneys Association, and Resources Legacy Fund,...
Dec 11, 2020 | 1North Coast, 2Central Coast, 3South Coast, 4MPA Research and Monitoring, 5MPA Outreach and Education, 6MPA Enforcement, MPA Events & Gatherings
The MPA Collaborative Network has recently formed an Estuary Working Group (EWG) in response to expressed compliance concerns that illustrated a need to dedicate more attention and resources to estuarine MPAs. This group is still growing with lots of direct outreach...
Aug 10, 2020 | 3South Coast, 6MPA Enforcement
As one of the three focus areas of the MPA Collaborative Network (CN), we realize the importance of compliance and enforcement, especially how engaging allied agencies (e.g. lifeguards, State Parks, peace officers, and county officials), impacts the performance of...
Aug 7, 2020 | 3South Coast, 4MPA Research and Monitoring, Field Stories, Orange County
Time to make some bubbles and dive into Crystal Cove State Marine Conservation Area! In this story from Todd Shanklin, Orange Coast District, California State Parks, he describes SCUBA diving in the marine protected area (MPA) adjacent to Crystal Cove State Park. On...
