Aug 10, 2020 | Central Coast, North Coast, Research and Monitoring, South Coast
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...
Aug 7, 2020 | Orange County, Research and Monitoring, South Coast
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...
Jul 9, 2020 | Orange County, Research and Monitoring
California researchers spend hours crouched over rocky intertidal zones across the state, piecing together how best to protect marine life.When 11 million gallons of crude oil spewed from the Exxon Valdez oil tanker into the frigid waters of Prince William Sound,...
Apr 30, 2020 | Research and Monitoring, Uncategorized
Some of California’s most important forests don’t have trees. Up and down the West Coast, kelp—a large, plant-like brown algae—supports marine life and local economies.“It’s really quite an iconic ecosystem,” says Mark Carr, a kelp forest ecologist from UC Santa Cruz....
Apr 7, 2020 | Research and Monitoring, South Coast
Author: Natasha Benjamin, Marine Research and Exploration (MARE) March 2020 Sea cucumbers are an important component of the sub-tidal zone, feeding on benthic waste and recycling nutrients. They are the “earth worms” of the seafloor. Similar to other sea cucumber...
Apr 7, 2020 | Central Coast, North Coast, Research and Monitoring, South Coast, Uncategorized
MPA Watch reports provide a snapshot of human use of coastal and marine resources in California. Reports for the period January 1 – December 31, 2019 are now available online for all participating programs. Please visit mpawatch.org/reports to download. MPA...
