Tag Archives: biodiversity

This short children’s film highlights the importance of protecting our ocean from marine pollution. Sponsored by the Monterey Bay Sanctuary Foundation, the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, and the Monterey Institute for International Studies. Produced by students from Marshall Elementary School in Seaside, California, for the MERITO Program — Multicultural Voices for Ocean Literacy 2010

Una Ola de Cambio es un video de 10min que destaca la implementación de la Ley para la Protección de la Vida Marina (MLPA, en inglés), y el establecimiento de la nueva red de AMPs en la Costa Central. El video fue producido por “Mountain and Sea Productions” y presenta imagenes subacuáticas en bosques de […]

In this short film students research blue fin tuna to find out more about them and discover ways they can help this endangered species in their everyday lives. Sponsored by the Monterey Bay Sanctuary Foundation, the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, and the Monterey Institute for International Studies. Produced by students from the Olson Elementary […]

“Science of MPAs” is the second webinar in a series to showcase California’s new underwater parks, our network of marine protected areas. This webinar features University of California marine biologist, Mark Carr; Director of Reef Check California, Jan Freiwald; and Director of the California MPAs Program for the Monterey Bay Sanctuary Foundation, Rikki Dunsmore.

This animation created by the Monterey Bay Sanctuary Foundation with permission from Ocean Conservancy, illustrates the changes that are likely to occur within marine protected areas – fish are able to grow larger, live longer, and these areas harbor a greater abundance and diversity of species.