Tag Archives: shark

**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> June 8 is World Oceans Day, when hundreds of aquariums, zoos, museums and conservation organizations, including San Francisco based Shark Stewards, is joining with thousands of people around the world celebrating the ocean. As Bay Area residents we have much to thank the ocean for. We […]

**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> Marine Science Today Guest Blog by Michael Bear   “At Ocean Sanctuaries, we believe that the field of citizen science has finally come into its own in the 21st Century. With more and more divers and non-divers alike becoming aware of the critical state of both the oceans and […]

**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> As an active diver and underwater videographer, I have been diving the California coastal marine protected areas, many before they were formed under the Marine Life Protected Act. Last fall I visited La Jolla Cove, one of the oldest marine reserves in the State at La Jolla […]

**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> Here is an article on our project aboard the Research Vessel Sea Watch from Sharkboat.org   http://www.planetexperts.com/captain-chris-wade-fighting-back-poachers-illegal-fishing/

**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> July 12: San Diego’s Ocean Sanctuaries has teamed up with National Geographic and is using their interactive, customizable data gathering  tool for citizen scientists, called ‘Fieldscope,’ to monitor shark encounters in the San Diego area. For more see: http://californiadiver.com/ocean-sanctuaries-rolls-out-national-geographics-latest-citizen-science-tool/