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 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 3, 2014 | Policy and Permitting, Research and Monitoring
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> This week we’re kicking off a big celebration. No, not for the holidays. This one’s for the community involved in monitoring California’s statewide network of MPAs! The science and...
Nov 19, 2014 | Research and Monitoring, Uncategorized
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> I stood on the “landing pad” at the Mendocino Headlands site, also known as Pipeline, catching HSU students as waves pushed them one at a time onto the flat rocky outcropping which made this...
Nov 14, 2014 | Research and Monitoring, Uncategorized
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> The 5Gyres Institute is on a mission to educate the world about the downside of its reliance on single-use plastic. The Institute documents the prevalence of marine plastic pollution in major...
