Feb 1, 2021 | 3South Coast, 4MPA Research and Monitoring, New Research, Santa Barbara Channel
Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are designed to enhance biodiversity and ecosystem services. Some MPAs are also established to benefit fisheries through increased egg and larval production, or the spillover of mobile juveniles and adults. Whether spillover influences...
Jan 19, 2021 | 4MPA Research and Monitoring, Field Stories, New Research
Just beyond California’s kelp forests, patches of rock and sandy seafloor stretch from about 100 feet to over 300 feet deep at the edge of the continental shelf in what scientists call the mid-depth rocky reef ecosystem. This zone comprises around 75% of the state’s...
Dec 4, 2020 | 3South Coast, 4MPA Research and Monitoring, New Research, San Diego
“So as you see behind me, there are a lot of these opportunity parcels that we like to call them,” Pukini said. “These orphan wetlands that are in and around a lot of the currently existing wetlands in San Diego County that have the potential to be restored to enhance...
Nov 24, 2020 | 1North Coast, 2Central Coast, 3South Coast, 4MPA Research and Monitoring, Citizen Science, New Research
Over the last two decades, California created a unique network of marine protected areas across the state with the intention of cultivating healthy ocean ecosystems. But because the act limited fishing and other activities in certain areas, it was met with skepticism...
Oct 19, 2020 | 1North Coast, 2Central Coast, 3South Coast, 4MPA Research and Monitoring, New Research
“We’re getting hit from all sides,” says a fisherman from Crescent City during a virtual focus group discussion. “If it isn’t the environment, it’s management.” Over the last decade, California established an extensive network of marine protected areas (MPAs) along...
Aug 10, 2020 | 1North Coast, 2Central Coast, 3South Coast, 4MPA Research and Monitoring, Citizen Science, New Research
Marine Protected Area (MPA) Watch is a network of programs that support healthy oceans through community science by collecting human use data in and around our protected areas. A variety of standardized and custom data reports are available, including standardized...
