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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.
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MPA Community Compliance Forum
The MPA Collaborative Network held Community Compliance Forums for each coastal county as part of a multi-year Compliance Initiative funded by the Ocean Protection Council. The Forums provided space for local stakeholders to voice their MPA, ocean, and coastal compliance concerns and brainstorm ideas to address those concerns.
MPA Ambassador Program:
Collaborative members are engaging boat captains and docents in an ambassador program targeting visitors to Point Reyes and the Farallon Islands. Working with these ambassadors, the collaborative has developed a map-based brochure that will be used as an outreach tool, with the goal of increasing awareness and compliance of local marine protected areas.
Golden Gate MPAs Brochure
With input from the fishing and boating community, the Collaborative developed a waterproof brochure for San Francisco and Bay Area residents to learn more about the MPAs in their area.
Online MPA Ambassador Training
The Golden Gate Collaborative created an online training course for interested users to become MPA Ambassadors. The course includes information on why MPAs are important, how they work and where they are located. The training is applicable statewide and can be offered to docents, interpreters, ocean business employees, students, and the general public. Those that complete the training will receive a certificate of completion and be recognized as Certified MPA Ambassadors.
Golden Gate MPA Collaborative Leadership Team
David McGuire
Golden Gate Collaborative Co-Chair
Executive Director, Shark Stewards
sharkfilms@gmail.com
Morgan Patton
Golden Gate Collaborative Co-Chair
Executive Director, Environmental Action Committee of West Marin
Paul Hobi
Golden Gate Collaborative Co-Chair
Program Manager, Seabird Protection Network
Leslie Alder-Ivanbrook
Golden Gate Collaborative Co-Chair
Program Director, Environmental Action Committee of West Marin
leslie@eacmarin.org
Golden Gate MPA Collaborative Members
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Aquarium of the Bay
California Academy of Sciences
California Dept. of Fish and Wildlife
California Coastal Commission
Farallones National Marine Sanctuary Association
Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary
Golden Gate Audubon Society
Marin County Parks
Marin County Sheriffs
Marine Marine Mammal Center
National Park Service
Natural Resources Defense Council
Office of Assemblyman Marc Levine
Point Blue
Point Reyes National Seashore Association
Pillar Point Harbor
Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies
San Francisco Department of the Environment
Shark Stewards
Sierra Club SF Bay Chapter
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Watershed Alliance of Marin
West Marin Environmental Action Committee