Oct 27, 2015 | Policy and Permitting, Uncategorized
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) would like to share a handful of marine protected area (MPA) short stories, facts, updates, and important management information with...
Oct 19, 2015 | Research and Monitoring, Uncategorized
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> For me, the participating in MPA monitoring has been an unforgettable journey up and down the coast of California. From the warm clear waters of Santa Barbara Island to the cold murky waters at...
Oct 13, 2015 | Research and Monitoring, Uncategorized
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> A video of a shark consuming a sea lion off of Alcatraz last weekend has created quite a stir among the swimming and rowing community in the San Francisco Bay. A group of tourists witnessed...
Oct 13, 2015 | Research and Monitoring, Uncategorized
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> This time last year we conducted remotely operated vehicle (ROV) surveys of several north coast marine protected areas as part of the North Coast MPA Baseline Assessment Program (See 2014 Part...
Oct 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
Reef Check, a worldwide organization dedicated to monitoring the health of reef ecosystems, has been busy here in California. They are training volunteer divers to study some of the coast’s most remote marine protected areas in Big Sur, the Channel Islands, and off...
Oct 8, 2015 | Research and Monitoring, Uncategorized
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> We are about to wrap up our 2015 survey season with our most challenging expedition of the year, the North Coast MPA Baseline Assessment. After an exciting year of processing video collected...
