**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 II). Just last week we began our second and final north coast survey (See 2015 […]
Tag Archives: north coast
Golden Gate MPA Alliance forms work group to communicate, educate and help compliance with local MPAS
December 9th, 2014
**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 protected areas in Marin and San Francisco counties, including the Farallon Islands. Collaborative members are engaging boat captains and docents in an […]
Join Us for 10 Days of MPAs – Highlighting Science from California’s Coast and Ocean — Starting December 8
December 3rd, 2014
**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 research happening in this network — and beyond — involves a broad community: fishermen, tribes, researchers, citizen scientists, […]
Mendocino Headlands and Frolic Cove Survey’s
November 19th, 2014
**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 site dive-able. I saw the swell coming and signaled Jeramiah to wait, […]
A Robot Visits the Deep Offshore Waters of the North Coast MPAs — Part 1: Mobilization
September 25th, 2014
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> In early September our team of biologists, engineers and GIS specialists mobilized a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) aboard the R/V Miss Linda, an ex-trawl fishing vessel, in preparation for baseline surveys of north coast MPA’s. After two long days of pulling wires and welding equipment into […]