California Ocean Protection Council (OPC)
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Socioeconomic Baseline Data Collection, Resource-Use Mapping and Rapid Social Assessment
How will the Central Coast MPAs affect commercial fishers? Will open fishing areas become overly crowded? Will catches decline or improve over time? What is going to happen to prices? -
Collaborative Surveys of Nearshore Fishes in and Around Central Coast MPA
In this project, researchers are enlisting the expertise of commercial sportfishing vessel owners and recreational anglers to conduct hook-and-line surveys of nearshore rockfishes. -
Baseline Surveys of Deep-Water Demersal Communities in and Near Central Coast MPAs
This project will use a manned submersible to visually survey benthic communities in habitats deeper than can be effectively surveyed by divers or remotely operated vehicles. -
Baseline Data Collection for Rocky Intertidal Marine Protected Areas in the Central Coast of California
The objective of the project is to survey rocky intertidal areas within and outside of MPAs. -
Surveys of Shallow-Water Rocky Reef Communities
The researcher will quantify key attributes of species populations, communities and environ mental variables associated with kelp forest ecosystems within and outside of the Central Coast MPAs. -
Long-Term Faunal Changes in California Nudibranchs: Climate Change and Local Ocean Health
This project has established the feasibility of using intertidal nudibranchs (brightly colored, shellless mollusks) as fine-scale indicators of basin-scale climate variability and its effects on Ca -
Ecology and Trophic Interactions of Jumbo Squid (Dosidicus gigas) in the California Current Ecosystem
The original goal of this project was to assemble a picture of the jumbo squid’s life history in the California Current. -
Parasites as Indicators of Coastal Wetland Health
How healthy is that wetland? Count the parasites in common snails to find out. The more species of parasites, the healthier the marsh, as it implies the presence of all requisite hosts. -
Setting the Stage for Community-Based, Fishermen-Led Lost Crab Fishing Gear Recovery
Dungeness crab fishing grounds from Crescent City to Morro Bay may be littered with thousands of lost crab pots. -
Developing an Index of Abundance for Pacific Sardine in California
New aerial surveys of sardines off Southern California will address fishermen’s concerns that sardine abundance estimates are effectively “missing California fish,” as this project will help pay fo
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