Tag Archives: policy and permitting

**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> We had some good news for California’s whales last week: new emergency measures were required in the drift gillnet fleet to prevent entanglement of sperm whales. The new federal emergency fishing regulations are forcing California’s drift gillnet fleet for swordfish and shark to stop fishing for […]

**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> As we sail out of Moss Landing Harbor, there are no familiar sounds of sea lions or crashing waves.  The early morning fog seems to have muted even the seabirds.   The swells are small today, but that is little comfort to my queasy stomach. I’m onboard […]

**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> Too often the problem of linking science and policy is either ignored, or misrepresented. With this article, recently published in the Guardian, my colleagues and I had two central aims. First, we wanted to clear up some fundamental misconceptions about the challenge of effectively integrating science […]

**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> Beyond the traditional institutions of science lies a vast array of motivated, talented individuals engaging in the world around them through citizen science, and there may be even more waiting in the wings. From high-tech crowd-sourced observing systems to community-based local experiments, there are many approaches […]

**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> Let the learning begin. The planning of California’s open coast statewide marine protected area (MPA) network is now complete-the Fish and Game Commission approved plans for the final stretch of northern coastline on June 6. Yet establishing the network was just the first chapter in the […]