Research Projects

Project Number Title Focus Area Start / End Date
R/MPA-42 Establishing a statewide baseline and long-term MPA monitoring program for commercial and CPFV fisheries in the state of California Healthy Coastal Ecosystems, Resilient Coastal Communities and Economies, Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture -
R/MPA-45 California Collaborative Fisheries Research Program – monitoring and evaluation of California marine protected areas Healthy Coastal Ecosystems, Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture -
R/HCE-11 Impact of the San Francisco Bay Plume in the California north central coast Healthy Coastal Ecosystems -
R/HCE-09 Harnessing the power of population genomics to understand the dynamics of Pseudo-nitzschia spp. harmful algal blooms Healthy Coastal Ecosystems -
R/HCE-08 Assessing the health and productivity of Southern California estuaries using high-throughput sequencing of benthic meiofauna Healthy Coastal Ecosystems -
R/OPCSFAQ-08 A multi-faceted approach to enhance sustainability of the California spiny lobster fishery Healthy Coastal Ecosystems, Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture -
R/OPCSFAQ-11 Sea Feeds: Identification and culture of Californian marine macroalgae capable of reducing greenhouse gas production from ruminant livestock Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture -
R/OPCOAH-02 Benefits beyond biomass: Biophysical feedbacks within Marine Protected Areas may promote ecosystem resilience in the face of global climate change Healthy Coastal Ecosystems -
R/OPCOAH-05 Understanding ocean warming impacts on shrinking body sizes of California fishes: Linking pattern & mechanism to support future sustainable fisheries Healthy Coastal Ecosystems -
R/OPCSFAQ-09 Reconstructing the population dynamics of southern California Paralabrax species in the face of a changing ocean Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture -