Healthy Coastal and Marine Ecosystems

MPA update: Sport anglers reel in fisheries data
Over the last two decades, California created a unique network of marine protected areas across the state with the intention of cultivating healthy ocean ecosystems.

2020 Landowner Update: Salmon and Steelhead Monitoring in the Russian River Watershed
Annual update for landowners and community members, summarizing outcomes of salmon and steelhead monitoring activities in the Russian River watershed. 

Spring-run and fall-run Chinook salmon aren’t as different as they seem
Historically, spring-run and fall-run Chinook salmon have been considered as separate subspecies, races, ecotypes, or even as separate species of fish.

State of the skates: An investigation into three of California’s skate species
Research funded by California Sea Grant sheds new light on the life histories and population statuses of three little-studied skate species.

MPA update: Fishing communities discuss protected areas impacts
A team of researchers studies how marine protected areas affect state water fisheries.

California Sea Grant welcomes new CalCOFI coordinator
California Sea Grant and the California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) are pleased to welcome Dr.

Warmer waters threaten red abalone recovery
New California Sea Grant-funded research identifies conditions that promote consistent red abalone recruitment, but also finds impacts from prolonged heat stress.

Aquaculture shows promise in restoring native California oysters
A restoration aquaculture project has doubled the population of native Olympia oysters in Monterey Bay’s Elkhorn Slough.

Tackling toxic algal blooms from two directions
A sea lion rolling its head back and forth, almost as if swaying to music, might actually be dancing in distress to a di

Morro Bay eelgrass loss may be causing widespread erosion
The large-scale loss of eelgrass in a major California estuary — Morro Bay — may be causing widespread erosion