About
The Monterey MPA Collaborative draws its diverse membership from the rich scientific, academic, nonprofit and agency community centered in Monterey County.
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Beyond Cannery Row: The Monterey Marine Protected Area Collaborative
This article is part of a series by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife Marine Management News featuring each of the MPA Collaboratives in the MPA Collaborative Network.
Exploring California's Marine Protected Areas
A series by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife Marine Management News exploring California’s MPAs. Recent articles featuring MPAs off the coast of Monterey County are linked below.
Projects
Bilingual MPA Coloring Book
The Monterey MPA Collaborative has developed a bilingual coloring book featuring species likely to benefit from MPAs. The coloring book was printed and distributed at events and other venues where consumptive and non-consumptive users enter the MPA areas. The coloring book is freely available to download in our Project Library.
MPA Outreach Toolkits
With coordination from the California Marine Sanctuary Foundation, the Monterey MPA Collaborative has developed MPA Outreach Toolkits which feature updated area brochures and laminated maps.
MPA Ambassador Program
Members have worked to incorporate marine protected area outreach and provide continued support to the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary’s Bay Net and Team OCEAN Volunteer Programs and helped create a State Parks PORTS Program highlighting Point Lobos MPAs.
MPA Outreach Assessment
The collaborative worked with CSU Monterey Bay students to engage and educate local dive shops on MPAs, surveying them on best approaches for education and establishing a baseline of knowledge regarding MPAs.
Monterey MPA Collaborative Leadership Team
Erika Delemarre
Monterey MPA Collaborative Co-Chair
MPA Outreach & Education Project Coordinator, CA State Parks
Julia O'Hern
Monterey MPA Collaborative Co-Chair
Operations Manager, The Marine Mammal Center
ohernj@tmmc.org
Monterey MPA Collaborative Members
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American Cetacean Society – Monterey Bay Chapter
BLM – California Coastal National Monument
California Collaborative Fisheries Research Program
California Dept. of Fish and Wildlife
California Marine Sanctuary Foundation
California State Parks
California State University Monterey Bay
Center for Ocean Solutions
Elkhorn Slough Foundation
Hopkins Marine Station
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
Monterey Bay Fisheries Trust
Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
Pacific Grove Museum of National History
Point Lobos Foundation
Reef Check
The Marine Mammal Center
The Otter Project