Mar 30, 2022 | Enforcement and Compliance, Outreach and Education, Policy and Permitting, Research and Monitoring, Statewide
What did 2021 look like for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s (CDFW’s) Marine Region? It was not the year many of us hoped for, with continued challenges to research, data collection, and management activities as the COVID-19 pandemic raged on. Two...
Mar 30, 2022 | Catalina, Central Coast, Del Norte, Enforcement and Compliance, Golden Gate, Humboldt, Los Angeles, Mendocino, Monterey, North Coast, Orange County, Outreach and Education, Policy and Permitting, Research and Monitoring, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Barbara Channel, Santa Cruz, Sonoma, South Coast, Statewide, Tribal
Proving that many heads are better than one, The Marine Protected Area Statewide Leadership Team (Leadership Team) released its 2021-2025 Work Plan and it is a must read for anyone interested in California’s network of marine protected areas.
Mar 8, 2022 | Outreach and Education, Research and Monitoring, Statewide
Nicole Palma, a Program Manager for the Marine Protected Area (MPA) Collaborative Network, led a presentation on The Role of Community and Citizen Science in Marine Protected Areas. The mission of the MPA Collaborative Network is to support coastal communities in...
Mar 3, 2022 | Outreach and Education, Statewide
Message from the California Marine Sanctuary Foundation Hello, We are excited to be sending out an additional two months worth of curated posts for the California Marine Protected Area Social Media Campaign! This link will take you to the eighth packet of...
Feb 25, 2022 | Catalina, Central Coast, Golden Gate, Los Angeles, Monterey, Orange County, Outreach and Education, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Barbara Channel, Santa Cruz, South Coast, Statewide
Content provided by Save Our Shores Save Our Shores recently collaborated with Virtual Planet Technologies and Oceans360, with funds from Coastal Quest and Ocean Protection Council, to create a virtual reality experience of our region’s Marine Protected Areas...
Dec 16, 2021 | Enforcement and Compliance, Outreach and Education, Research and Monitoring, Statewide
A form of nature-based tourism known as ecotourism is an immense and burgeoning industry (Bowker et al. 2012; Balmford et al. 2015; Murray et al. 2019). For a time, the boon of ecotourism seemed an irreproachable alternative to the extractive exploitation of wildlife,...
