Healthy Coastal and Marine Ecosystems

A year in salmon: Update from the Russian River Salmon and Steelhead Monitoring Program
For more than a decade, California Sea Grant’s Russian River Salmon and Steelhead Monitoring Prog

New strategies to manage invasive species
New research highlights an integrated approach for managing aquatic invasive species in California.

Endangered white abalone released off southern California
California Sea Grant research leads to new hope for endangered white abalone

Science to action: Research informs management in the San Francisco Bay Delta
Results of projects funded through 2017-2019 Delta Science Fellowship are now available.

Historical ecology of estuarine and coastal communities
Salt marsh plant communities

Nation-level property rights can help protect global marine resources
New research shows that unauthorized foreign fishing is dramatically lower just inside Exclusive Economic Zones than in comparable adjacent areas

Implementation of California Coastal Salmonid Monitoring in the Russian River Watershed (2015- 2019)
Results from salmon and steelhead monitoring associated with implementation of the statewide Coastal Monitoring Plan in the Russian River Watershed from June 2015 to February 2019. 

Explosion in plastic pollution post-World War II seen in marine sediments
Sea Grant-funded research shows a surge in microplastics since the 1950's, visible in sea floor sediments

Simulation driven Bayesian calibration of data weighting
Fisheries managers use stock assessments—collections of demographic information about fisheries populations—to determine the health of the population and inform fisheries management.

Empirical dynamic modeling for assessment and management of short-lived species
Although scientists can successfully assess many fisheries, some populations are harder to model.